Most Fundamentally Sound Boxer?

Apparently Bokaj is the law of the right hand lead it seems lol

Archie Moore
Napoles
Pep
(Pep & Napoles a bit unorthodox but very solid fundamentals)
Barrera
Monzon though a bit unsure about this as he leaned back a bit
Liston
Duran
Chavez
Frazier believe it or not
Saldivar
Hagler
Michael Spinks very awkward but solid technique imo
Olivares
Penalosa
Jose Medel?

Feel free to post more guys people I soak up watching solid technicans for the most part lol. I've noticed most lowerweight divisions of recent times BM-LW are stacked with a history of skilled fighters. Used to be WW-LHW but now lower weights are getting more love and imho in these times BM-FW have the best displays of skill and power.

 

Henry Maske fought by the numbers.

 

Mate Parlov.

 

It's part because he's either closing distance with it or throwing without setting, both serve a purpose

 

I can't imagine anyone outside of Philadelphia with half a brain who would start teaching a beginning to box on the Hopkins model.

 

I think it would serve a purpose if he just threw it correctly too, but I agree that he made it work for him.

 

Not sure about this lot. Spinks had horrific balancing and positioning, which he sacrificed for having as awkward-as-MS-DOS defence, and often threw very non-textbook punches. Frazier looped his punches a lot and could be very wild, especially when tired/hurt. Monzon was very sound except for the way he relied on his height to lean back sometimes, as you note.

 

Best textbook boxer in the hwt division was Gene Tunney.

 

God damn no love for Whitaker? Great jab, balance, footwork, defense, combinations, leads. Did everything amazingly

Arguello
Tunney
Hopkins
Hagler

 

3 pages and no Barney Ross or Benny Leonard. Oh classic...

 

Good call. He did so many unorthodox things so well that it's easy to forget he had very sound fundamentals.

 

Ezzard Charles has the fundementals rounded to perfection, absolute text book style boxer.

 

He did do many things very well, but balance and footwork were some of the more unorthodox traits that he possessed. The noted crossing of his feet and the subsequent potential to be caught off balance as a result with the straight right are definitely not fundamentally sound. Pete's exceptional radar, reflexes and judgment of distance more than compensated, however.

 

Holyfield's a good shout here. I'd also like to mention Julian Jackson just because he normally wouldn't be mentioned in a thread like this. His punching technique was great.

 

Holyfield is a great call.

Tremendous basic boxing skills. One could do no wrong teaching a student to mirror Evander. Just attempt to incorporate more head movement into it.