Fill In: Who had the best ____ in history?

jab- Holmes straight right- Lewis Hook- Frazier uppercut- Tyson Footwork- Ali defense- sweat pea handspeed- Roy Jones/ sugar ray over all quicknes- Mayweather

 

Jab: Muhammad Ali

Left/Right Straight: Hearns

Hook: Mike Tyson/ Joe Louis

Uppercut: Lennox Lewis/SRR

Footwork: Willie Pep

Defense: Whitaker/Benitez

Handspeed: Camacho/SRL

Overall Quickness: Meldrick Taylor/SRL

Chin: Chuvalo

Heart: Morales/Marciano

 

Jab: Thomas Hearns, Larry Holmes
Left/Right Straight: Joe Louis, Thomas Hearns
Hook: Joe Frazier, Julio Cesar Chavez (left hook to the body)
Uppercut: Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard
Footwork: Willie Pep, Muhammad Ali
Defense: Pernell Whitaker, Willie Pep
Handspeed: Meldrick Taylor, Roy Jones Jr, Sugar Ray Leonard
Overall Quickness (Handspeed and Footspeed): Floyd Mayweather Jr
Chin: George Chuvalo, Marvin Hagler
Heart: Diego Corrales, Erik Morales
Stamina: Henry Armstrong, Rocky Marciano, Aaron Pryor

 

good list:good

 

I would think that Kostya Tszyu would be more powerful at 140 than Miguel Cotto, Ricky Hatton, and Zab Judah without a shadow of a doubt. And Carlos Zarate, Wilfredo Gomez, Stanley Ketchel, Gerald McClellan, Earnie Shavers, Thomas Hearns deserve to be on the list more than Miranda and Pavlik. You could make a case for Pacquiao, but I still think that Hamed hits harder.

 

Jab: Barney Ross

Left/Right Straight: Barney Ross

Hook: Barney Ross

Uppercut: Barney Ross

Footwork: Barney Ross

Defense: Barney Ross

Handspeed: Barney Ross

Overall Quickness: Barney Ross

Chin: Barney Ross(Never ko)

Heart: Barney Ross

Stamina: Barney Ross

POWER: Fitz

 

beat me to it :rofl


but on what you wrote to me, I guess that when I think of Meldrick Taylor I remember his overall quickness (lateral movement, footwork, etc.) in addition to his handspeed, but when I think of camacho and leonard what first comes to mind are blazing hands...i guess they could be interchangeable.

 

Jab: Ali, Hearns, Holmes

Left/Right Straight: Hearns

Hook: Frazier, Tyson

Uppercut: Tyson

Footwork: Roy Jones, Mayweather

Defense: Whitaker, Mayweather, Pep (this, mostly, from word of mouth, since I've seen limited footage of him)

Handspeed: Meldrick Taylor, Roy Jones

Overall Quickness: Mayweather, Whitaker

Chin: George Chuvalo

Heart: Marciano, Chuvalo

Stamina: Marciano, Mayweather

 

How about Julian Jackson in the power department... Miranda and Pavlik do NOT have all time great power

 

ring generalship: hopkins

 

I like that call.

 

That's an option.

A rematch would have been epic with Hopkins stalking, understanding Jones better, and with Jones understanding Hopkins as well. It's a shame we never got to see it.

 

Jab: Holmes (Hearns, Douglas, Whitaker, etc.)

Left/Right Straight: Lewis (Wlad, Tszyu, Pacman, etc.)

Hook: Frazier (Tyson, Holyfield, Oscar, etc.)

Uppercut: Tyson....and no one else is even close.

Footwork: Ali (Leonard, Whitaker, Calzaghe, etc.)

Defense: Whitaker (Pep, Hopkins, Mayweather, etc.)

Handspeed: Meldrick Taylor (Mayweather, Camacho, Judah, etc.)

Overall Quickness: Camacho (Whitaker, Mayweather, Judah, etc.)

Chin: Mccall (Hopkins, JCC, Holyfield, etc.)

Heart: Gatti (Chico, Frazier, Holyfield, etc.)

Stamina: Didnt some of the old time greats fight MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY....gotta go with them...

Power: Foreman (Tyson, Liston, Julian Jackson, etc.)

Ring Generalship: Hopkins (Ali, Whitaker, Mayweather, etc.)

Admittingly, I dont know much about the really old time fighters....and I know if I spent more time thinking, Id come up with more.

 

\\sues no Roy Jones on ya list for anything?