Most naturally gifted fighter you have ever seen ?

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  1. Hanz Cholo

    Hanz Cholo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    For me it would be a tie between

    Sugar Shane Mosley at light weight
    & Roy Jones Junior at middleweight.

    Im sure they were roided to the gills but I have never seen fighters throw triple & quadruple hooks with one hand that fast before. (Didn’t even realize that was possible)

    & I have not seen it since.
     
  2. MidniteProwler

    MidniteProwler Fab 4. Mayor of Aussie Boxing Full Member

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    I know he is no where near the top of the list but I feel Anthony Mundine deserves a mention had he never played Rugby League and had an amatuer career he could've been Australia's GOAT IMO
     
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  3. Pugilist Specialist

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  4. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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  5. Eel87

    Eel87 Active Member Full Member

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    He was really good from the start. Started to slide after the Soliman rematch. I liked the Echols and Soliman fights.
     
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  6. kirk

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    Might seem like a weird pick but honestly prime Rigo is up there for me in terms of most gifted.
     
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  7. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Not a weird pick at all. Rigo in his prime was supremely talented, just a really disappointing career and wasted opportunity to use the most out of his God given abilities.
     
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  8. chino2dapiapimp

    chino2dapiapimp WBC Fecarbox champ Full Member

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    Joan Guzman deserves an honerable mention
     
  9. ayala

    ayala Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Leonard,Whitaker, Mayweather jr., Jones, Duran, Benitez, Lomachenko
     
  10. MetalLicker

    MetalLicker I Am Full Member

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    Duran
    Tyson
    Holyfield
    Hearns
    Monzon
    Hagler
    Pacquiao

    All of these guys are naturally gifted fighters because they're natural born fighters. Now bear in mind that this is different from most physically gifted fighters, which is Roy Jones Jr.

    The guys above are a good mix of athleticism, skills, killer instinct and embodiment of the fighting spirit.
     
  11. Nopporn

    Nopporn Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Rigo is a bum. He has no future in boxing now.
     
  12. Mike_b

    Mike_b Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Oscar "chololo" larios pre Pacquiao and jmm the technician. Also Juan Diaz the brawler.
     
  13. bandeedo

    bandeedo Loyal Member Full Member

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    probably duran. its like he was generationally bred specifically for fighting. temperament, ferocity, resiliency, determination, gameness. the physical attributes are incidental.
     
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  14. destruction

    destruction Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    In my lifetime it is Roy Jones at MW and SMW.

    Untouchable
     
  15. Ph33rknot

    Ph33rknot Live as if you were to die tomorrow Full Member

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    Chavez Sr no am experience