Most overly cautious fighters

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  1. Toney F*** U

    Toney F*** U Boxing junkie Full Member

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    Who were the most overly cautious fighters in history?
     
    Toney F*** U, Oct 3, 2020
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    Oddone Bermane Stiverne's life coach. Full Member

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    Can’t really say in history but I always found Guillermo Rigondeaux to be overly cautious.

    Some people label it as “defensive minded” fighter but it’s not. Mayweather jr was defensive minded to me, but Rigo seemed afraid at times he shouldn’t have been.

    Tough question... kudos!
     
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    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Joe Bugner- had the tools to be more offensive
     
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    Mayweather Jr. He could of won fights far more emphatically but never liked to take the chance he might get caught
     
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    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Post Baroudi Ezzard Charles could slow a fight to a complete standstill if he needed. It's one of the reasons why he was very unpopular.
     
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    Wlad Klitschko is the one that frustrates me the most. He would be pecking away at a guy he could have blown away 4 rounds earlier, just in case there was still the ghost of a shadow of a chance that the guy had something left in the tank and might hurt him. For every crushing performance he'd have a snoozefest to balance it out with.
     
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    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Eddie Machen and Zora Folley.
     
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    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It’s hard to find a better example than Rigondeaux ...and I like watching him fight
     
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    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Lennox Lewis
     
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    joebeadg Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Jimmy Young, Vilamar Fernandez, Howard Davis
     
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    quintonjacksonfan Active Member Full Member

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    Hopkins
     
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    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I’m sure Golota, Grant and Ruddock would disagree.
     
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Mayweather was too defensive.
     
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    If that's the case, he's the most confident "cautious" fighter I've ever seen.
     
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