Best Technical Fighters By Decade

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  1. Bomber265

    Bomber265 New Member Full Member

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    Hi all,
    it has been a while since I made my first thread here. I have been reading, but time constraints prevented me from posting or even watching very much boxing lately. In fact most of the boxing I have watched has been training videos, drills, and things of a similar technical nature. That brings me to my question, what are the best technical fighters (we have film of) from each decade. That is, who is has the best technique. I am trying to get a feel for the evolution of boxing styles through the eras, and I wanted to be able to watch the progression. I am not necessarily looking for boxer-movers even though they populate my list, I am just looking for people who used technique to maximum effect.

    My own thoughts for the sake of a starting point, these are just the examples that come to mind given my limited experience.
    1900-1909: maybe Corbett not really sure of this at all
    1910-1919: not sure here either.
    1920-1929: Gene Tunney
    1930-1939: Benny Leonard
    1940-1949: Willie Pep, Joe Louis, Charlie Burley
    1950-1959: Ezzard Charles
    1960-1969: Emile Griffith
    1970-1979: unsure of even a guess here, maybe Ken Buchanon
    1980-1989: Salvador Sanchez, Wilfred Binetez
    1990-1999: Pernell Whitaker
    2000-current: Floyd Mayweather, Juan Manuel Marquez

    Well off to train a little, then some work, and then back here I guess.
    Bomber
     
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  2. burt bienstock

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    1910-1919: Jack Britton- Mike Gibbons
    1920-1929: Benny Leonard -Gene Tunney
    1930-1939: Barney Ross
    1940-1949: Willie Pep-Ray Robinson
    These would be more accurate for the decade...
     
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  3. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Burt, (in your opinion) who was more "technical" : Tommy Loughran or Gene Tunney ?
     
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  4. Swarmer

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    1900-1909: Joe Gans
    1910-1919: Jack Britton
    1920-1929: Benny Leonard
    1930-1939: Barney Ross
    1940-1949: Willie Pep
    1950-1959: Ezzard Charles
    1960-1969: Eder Jofre
    1970-1979: Alexis Arguello
    1980-1989: Sugar Ray Leonard
    1990-1999: Pernell Whitaker
    2000-current: Floyd Mayweather Jr.

    Very difficult to narrow down some of these. Found myself having trouble picking slicker, clever boxers or perfect, efficient boxer-punchers most of the time.
     
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  5. teeto

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    Is Jim Driscoll the 20's or the decade before? I can't remember. I don't know how technically correct he was but one thing is for sure, his style is the technician and he was a ring general, i'm just going off the little bit of footage we have, and accounts of course.
     
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  6. Swarmer

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    1900-1910 from my POV. Also you should read his boxing manual.
     
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  7. teeto

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    Boxing manual? I didn't even know about it.
     
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  8. Bugger

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    Just to throw some different names out there....

    30s - Kid Chocolate
    40s - Ron Richards
    50s - Archie Moore
    60s - Fighting Harada
    70s - Locche
    80s - Donald Curry
    90s - Orlando Canizales
    00s - Kostya Tszyu
     
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  9. burt bienstock

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    Vic, I truly don't know what "technical" means in our post.Sometimes it may mean "perfectly school trained,BUT not the best" boxer. In that meaning , I would take Gene Tunney over Tommy loughran because of his
    more punishing hitting powers. Aside from that they were equal, I believe.
    Just as I believe that the 2 best fighters I ever saw in their primes Willie Pep, and Ray Robinson were "technically equal", Ray Robinson, because of
    his much better punching power, than Willie, was the better pound for pound fighter. So with Tunney over Loughran....:good
     
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  10. bodhi

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    Don´t forget Harold Johnson. I also think Hopkins has a good claim.
     
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  11. El Bujia

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    Both. He'd fit in for both decades, in my opinion. Moreso than Jack Britton, anyway.
     
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  12. El Bujia

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    Really? He hadn't been a good technician since quite early on in his career, in my opinion.
     
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  13. Bomber265

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    Thank you all very much. I am particularly interested in boxing technique, and how it evolved over the decades so this is a great place to start. I will be off to see about watching at least snippets of these fighters, and possibly reading some boxing manuals. My final goal is to examine in depth how and why boxing styles developed by decade.

    For instance, I want to take a close look at how bare knuckle boxing evolved into modern gloved boxing. This is in part to understand why fighters of one era may look so different than the fighters of others. Also this is a really great way to find cool new fights to watch.
     
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  14. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    A very noble pursuit, Bomber. How long have you been into boxing?
     
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  15. Vic-JofreBRASIL

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    1900-1909: Joe Gans
    1910-1919: Jack Britton
    1920-1929: Benny Leonard, Tommy Loughran, Tunney
    1930-1939: Barney Ross, Joe Louis
    1940-1949: Willie Pep, Robinson
    1950-1959: Archie Moore, Ezzard Charles, Willie Pastrano, H. Johnson, Billy Graham
    1960-1969: Eder Jofre, Luis Rodriguez, Giardello
    1970-1979: Miguel Canto
    1980-1989: Leonard, Benitez, Marlon Starling
    1990-1999: Pernell Whitaker
    2000-current: Hopkins, Mayweather

    Something like that......
     
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