Majority of great fighters have been offensive fighters

Exactly. It's much easier to be on the attack in boxing.

 

What's with this "hurting" stuff? Who wins is not based on who does the most hurting. Provodnikov beat the hell out of Algieri and Bradley and lost both fights.

 

And you can't just go out and start slipping punches.

 

Exactly, because his defense sucks.

 

Fixed.

 

:good

 

I agree with what you said but still maintain that it takes more skill to be a great defensive fighter than a great offensive fighter. Your position and my position are not mutually exclusive.

 

Who's to say which particular skills are better than others. That's rather subjective, isn't it? Perhaps it's more a case of you personally admiring the skills of great defensive minded fighters more.

 

I didn't say which skills were better, I was talking about which skills are harder to learn. Perhaps you should reread my posts.

 

no, they're both attributes that can be worked on. no amount of practice was gonna turn froch into a defensive wizard.

 

[emoji38]

 

You're very offensive right now.

 

:deal

That's why Pacquiao is a weak ATG- Terrible defense
That's why Floyd is a weak ATG- Terrible offense