Fighters with better defense than Mayweather - past and present

Nicolino Locche. Untouchable

 

A prime Ali

And worth discussing.

Benitez
Toney

 

No man.

 

:-( every last won of those guys have been dropped in there PRIME. all of them stopped by 37. well not rigon but he only has what 10 fights :huh

mayweather is better then all of guys in the defense department and a smarter fighter.

pernell was more talented when it came to bobbing and weaving and slipping and ducking and bending. nobody did that better but he started getting cracked and dropped a lot in last few fights. plus he has speech problem from taking blows to the head, to many of them. so much for his great defense.

ali used his legs mostly and the rope a dope is terrible thing to do in boxing. ali to many punches to the head :-(

roy was just a super athlete and he broke all the rules in boxing but got a way with them because he was a freakish athlete. when that declined so did his career.

rigo only has 4 fights keep it moving.

sugar put prime pep to bed.

 

Locche and Whitaker come close but in my opinion, their defense focused more on the downright evasive, reflexive side of things

Mayweather's defense features great reflexes but in my opinion he is also more technically gifted than the aforementioned duo. Hi reflexes and speed have dipped over the years yet he is still hard to hit due to his positioning, footwork, upper body movement and scary ring IQ.

By 37, whitaker and Locche were getting hit a lot more as they weren't as strong in the more fundamental side of defense, although they were still great fighters.

As for Pep, I haven't seen enough of him to judge, I understand he was an immense technical fighter

RJJ doesn't belong in this discussion. He was more of a great athlete than boxer

Rigondeaux is an elite fighter yet his defense is slightly overrated in my opinion. he has been buzzed at least 3 times and dropped twice in only 14 fights, one of which was against a pretty average Cordoba. Both of those instances occurred whilst he wasn't throwing much either, so no excuses. Having said that, in terms of the classic fundamentals of defense (bobbing, weaving etc. notwithstanding), he is the only fighter who can rival mayweather for ring IQ, footwork work and placement and upper body movement

 

maybe williepep, but that is it. no1 else imo comes close.

 

James Toney.

His defensive skills took him from MW to HW without being stopped.

 

No.
No.
No.
Roy = Hell no !

Terrible answers. There are only 3:
Henry Armstrong
Sam Langford
Ali ( til he was 28 years old)

 

atsch

 

He holds the +/- average record, so nobody.

 

You right not the best but one of them, 47-0 your hate makes him stronger.