Greatest footwork

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  1. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Simple choice of 2 for me - ALI or PEP

    Both sugar Rays deserve a mention too.
     
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  2. Minotauro

    Minotauro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Jersey Joe had incredible footwork as did Wilfredo Gomez
     
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  3. abraq

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    Great mentions here. What more can I say?
     
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  4. Polymath

    Polymath Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Pep
    Corrie Sanders
    B Hop
     
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  5. natonic

    natonic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Good call on Gomez. His boxing ability seems to be underrated due to his punching power.

    Salvador Sanchez had great footwork too. He always seemed to be in perfect punching position, but seemed to always be passing through that zone at an angle he created.
     
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  6. McGrain

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    Great, great shout on Conn. And Barry!

    Here are ten names:

    1 - Sugar Ray Robinson
    2 - Jersey Joe Walcott

    Billy Conn
    Willie Pep
    Ricardo Lopez
    Jose Napoles
    Benny Leonard
    Joe Louis
    Muhammad Ali
    Roberto Duran


    Some mentions - Ken Buchanan, Archie Moore, Bernard Hopkins, Pernell Whitaker, Carlos Monzon, Charley Burley and, i'm going to get ****ing shot, but Joe Calzaghe.
     
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  7. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Good post. Apart from where you claim Walcott "literally glides in mid air" - that seems a touch unlikely. Never seen the footage though, is it on YouTube at all?

    And I agree with you that Walcott has better footwork than Ali, I think this is the case. Though for a one of performance, Ali's feet in Zaire were quite magical on offence.
     
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  8. The Predator

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    In my opinion:
    Muhammad Ali during the 60´s
    Sugar Ray Leonard.

    Have seen a clip on Willie Pastrano and he was pretty good if I remember it right.

    yes, Jersey Joe Walcott moved well but not better than Ali. No one did, in my opinion.
    All the best
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  9. mcvey

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    Galento
    Liston
    Simon
    Willard
    All of these had



    **** footwork.
     
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  10. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Walcott is a good shout, forgot about him.

    Im not sure if Ive ever seen smoother footwork than Ali in the 60s, particularly the Williams fight.
     
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  11. META5

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    Pea is one of my favourite fighters, but other than not having dynamite fists, one of the things that I believe can be questioned of Pea's abilities is his footwork.

    He had great movement, but in a head to head ATG versus a fighter such as Duran, with the speed, technique and aggression to land one, Pea was vulnerable, severely vulnerable ... and all cos of his footwork!

    When going moving laterally, Pea would cross his feet, losing a centred stance and becoming knock-downable. He was momentarily open and if caught with the right shot, likely to be dropped on a balance issue. In fact, he crossed his feet so habitually, that I believe that it was noted in the first Ramirez fight ... and from my viewing, it remained a flaw, if only a slight one, in his game. On the mere aspect of technical footwork, it was, however, a flaw - indeed, a fundamental one.
     
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  12. Seamus

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    prime frazier was always in position to hit. offensive footwork differs from defensive.
     
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  13. paidinrakim

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    antonio margarito
     
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  14. Brian123

    Brian123 ESB WORLD CHAMPION Full Member

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    Demsey for sure. Very true abbout Ottke I think he is underrated because of how much he accomplished with average skills.

    Also for the bigger men Tunney needs to be on any list
     
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  15. mcvey

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    He was allways coming forward,how could you tell?
     
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