Fighters that you would describe as "jack of all trades"

But part of what made him unique was that he was so awkward

 

Holyfield and Walcott come to mind. But they were masters at the art of boxing in general they just weren’t particularly known for one thing or another just great fighters.

 

Hopkins.

 

Palomino? Erik Morales?

 

De La Hoya?

 

Ray Leonard was proficient in every area, he just had great speed which he couldn't help. As far as skills go he had it all though.

 

Jeff Chandler......Donald Curry.......Mike McCallum......Salvador Sanchez......Azumah Nelson

High level jacks of all mostly

 

Enormous power at 175.

 

Does Juan Manuel Marquez fit?

Great chin but could be hit and hurt, had good but not outstanding power, highly skilled but could be outboxed, good workrate but could be outworked. The totality of his attributes made him the fighter he was rather than any single thing.

 

True. At this level of scrutiny we rarely get any truly big names as most top fighters have something in there somewhere.

 

Probably the ultimate guy in this category to me would be Bobby Chacon.

Sean O’Grady also comes to mind.

Brian Mitchell was greater than the sum of his parts.

I think all fighters that would fall into this category have something outstanding about them, but it might be heart or toughness or willpower or conditioning or all of the above — things that seem a little more intangible or less easy to observe and quantify than power or speed or boxing ability. Most of them probably have above-average chins. Chacon seems to tick those boxes which is what made him exceptional even though there’s really no part of his game that to me stands out as exceptional.

 

Harold Johnson on the days he wanted to be aggressive.