Is Floyd the best defensive fighter ever?

Probably not as good as Pernell Whitaker but all others are debetable.

 

Yes i would agree

 

james toney is better than floyd and have a better opposition as well.

 

The difference is that Floyd is purely a defensive fighter. James Toney was not.

 

Good bait, wait for just a minute a bunch will be catch, the net might break

 

:good

 

He's definitely up there with the best ever defensively and it could be argued he was the best. Mayweather moved well in his prime and even if you got him in a corner he was still hard to hit cleanly.

Toney is amazing at mid and close range, his shoulder roll is damn hard to break through. But his lack of movement meant he could be picked off at range from tall or fast boxers as shown by RJJ and Nunn.

Whitaker was practically untouchable and in my opinion even more elusive than Mayweather. While he sometimes did things that were from a technical stand point wrong, it didn't make a difference, you still couldn't hit him. You'd pin him in a corner, he'd make you miss, then slip away, only to jump back into the corner and you'd still couldn't hit him. It didn't matter if he was out of position, off balance or squared up, he was still impossible to hit. Even the quick fisted De La Hoya could barely touch a faded Whitaker.

 

Top 3 i think in terms of pure defense whitaker was better

 

no not even close very overrated but still a good fighter

 

no, boxing is over 100 years old and there were greater defensive fighters than Floyd, unfortunately Flowmows think Floyd found boxing and the sport starts and ends with his career

 

No, there have been defensive wizards out there that blow your mind.
If you just look at footage of the already mentioned Pernell Withaker, but also guys like Nico Locce and of course Willy Pep you'll see Floyd is extremely effective, but not the very best ever by any stretch. He probably makes a lot of top 10's though.