Most Talented Fighter of All Time: The Official Poll

Exactly, Hamed there but no Ali? atsch

 

RJJ. In his prime, his hand speed was faster than anyone in boxing. And his reflexes were amazing. Even at age 38, he still has blazing hand speed.

 

****ing tough choice but I'll say Roy Jones.

One of the fastest ever whether its P4P or real speed. Some of the best reflexes ever. What makes it worse is his speed to power ratio could be criminal. Strength is a point open to debate but I don't remember him ever really being thrown around by big strong guys like Hopkins or Ruiz.

So fast feet, fast hands, great reflexes, good power and hes quite strong. He's also very agile, co-ordinated and generally athletic.

 

none of them. muhammad ali is number one physically then mike tyson. if you include mind & body - tyson doesn't make top 10 because his strategic mind is so bad.

MUHAMMAD ALI - most physically talented fighter of all time.

 

You mentioned his "mind". Well, this question about raw, athletic talent.

 

Almost impossible to say. I went for RJJ, but could just as easily named the Sugars or Hagler and Sweet Pea.

 

It depends on what you consider talent. I consider talent to be a mixture of skill and natural ability, and saying that Ray Robinson takes the cake.

If you want to know who I think is the most athletic fighter with the most natual ability I would say Roy Jones Jr.

 

Feel free to say Hamed wasn't an elite fighter, but to deny he was one of the most talented people to step into the ring is silly.

He had concussive power in both hands, excellent speed (particularly at bantam, where a lot of people haven't bothered to watch him fight) and reflexes that were lightning, enabling him to use simple head/body swaying for defense, like RJJ and Ali. He had a LOT of raw talent.

This poll, however, is missing a lot of people. For example, where is Hearns or Ali?

 

Exactly. Where's Willie Pep? Joe Louis? Sam Langford? Henry Armstrong? Muhammad Ali? Roberto Duran? Jack Dempsey? Harry Greb? Ezzard Charles? Does the starter of this thread seriously think that guys like Meldrick Taylor and Naseem Hamed should be included instead of them???

 

Where is Ali?

 

since i'm too young to have followed SRR ill have to say RJJ

 

1) Roy Jones Jr
2) Joe Gans
3) Sugar Ray Robinson

 

roy jones jr