Most well rounded fighters of all time

Every boxer has weaknesses; even Ali. He wasn’t particularly good at fighting on the inside and lost to Frazier because he didn’t know how to roll body punches where he was easy to hit due to keeping his hands too high.

Could win a chess match but couldn’t work out how to beat Ken Norton His mental lapses during fights were probably his biggest flaw.

 

Well I just see them both as guys who can outbox you, or be aggressive and KO you. Lewis in particular was successful with both strategies.

 

Emile Griffith

 

Eder Jofre

 

I see what you mean, but I have a different view.

Of course, both Wlad and Lennox were well-rounded, but some part of their games were much stronger than others. Clearly for both of them. Not only stylistically, but technically as well. Lewis never developed good left hook (he could throw it occasionally like against Bruno but overall it wasn't a major weapon), Wlad even to lesser extent developed right uppercut (again, he could throw it occasionally like against Peter in rematch but it was rare thing for him). Also, both Wlad and Lewis almost exclusively threw head punches only, you could rarely find them throwing/landing body punches. In my opinion Riddick Bowe had much more well-rounded offense compared to Lewis or Wlad. But they both were much better at the defensive end of course. All three were well rounded fighters of course compared to most of fighters but not among the most well rounded fighters ever. Guys like Hagler, Duran and Holyfield were more well rounded and had more balanced game overall

 

Butterbean was especially well-rounded.

 

Hmm,I'll pick Ezzard but by a whisker too,what a list...

 

I would tend mostly to look at the Boxer-Punchers as the style closest to well rounded, in many cases. All fighters (and humans) have weaknesses. In the Heavyweight Division: Joe Louis, Evander Holyfield, and Lennox Lewis easily come to my mind. All were well rounded, but had weaknesses. (Inconsistency seems to be the main one with Boxer-Punchers, who sometimes, inexplicably, show up to a fight using the wrong style for the opponent at hand.)

 

Sugar ray Leonard is a good shout. He had great speed, Timing, reflexes, footwork, power, great combination puncher. Leonard was the whole package in one.

 

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Archie Moore
Barney Ross
Holy
Lloyd Marshal
Gomez
JMM
Napoles

 

I feel like ODLH was above average at everything, but didn’t excel at anything.

 

Usyk

 

How bout John John Molina. He could box sharp, quick hands, good footwork, he could get rough when necessary. (Ask Oscar). He was adaptable. Molina fought alot of good fighters.

 

In no particular order:
Duran
Louis
Dempsey
Langford
Fitzsimmons

 

Joe Gans also deserves a mention, he could do it all against Nelson.

George Dixon and John L. Sullivan should be honourable mentions as their well rounded-ness is purely judged from writeups and contemporary comparisons.