Need some suggestions

Oh Yes, Jose Legra ( Known as the Mini Ali )

 

Jim Driscoll
Barney Ross
Kid Chocolate
Packey McFarland
Luis Rodriguez
Ralph Dupas

 

That list in the first post has tightened my pants considerably.

 

"smooth" body rhythm and defensive\offensive work is ultimately a subjective aesthetic(and i wouldn't agree on some of those in that list), but there is the big elephant in the room no one has mentioned yet





Ayub Kalule:yep





No seriously, it's Ray Robinson ffs.Though Kalule of course belongs too.


A few others worth watching you might consider smooth that i don't think have been mentioned..

Archie Moore(a must really)
Carlos Ortiz
Richie Kates
Alfonso Lopez
Guty Espadas(the original)
Mark Johnson
Fidel Bassa
Eddie Gregory\mustafa muhammed
Walter McGowan
Masao Ohba
Gilberto Roman
Chris Eubank
Chucho Castillo
Hedgemon Lewis
Reggie Johnson
Buddy McGirt

 

Truly horrendous advice, even if given in jest it makes me deepy uneasy to see it.:yep

 

Gene Mad Dog Hatcher
Frank The Animal Fletcher
Greg Mutt Haugen

 

ach, tbh don't sweat it.There's none that are absolutely terrible picks or anything like that, i'd say you are better off just watching them all and coming to your own conclusions without being possibly prejudiced against certain fighters or otherwise influenced by other posters.

There's a few i think were only occasionally smooth, or only had certain aspects that were smooth, but i kept that in mind when making my own additions so as not to possibly leave someone out you might take something from.

Nobody better mention DLH though.:yep

 

You suggesting him as well, or disputing his inclusion?.

I think Eubank was very smooth as long as he was allowed to dictate things, and wasn't forced into taking a stalking\pressure role where he was...well just bizarrely uncomfortable and could definitely look clumsy.

He did have that ridiculous telegraphed overhand right he would throw and could be wild\sloppy with his punches, especially the hook.Also as his 168 reign went on and he had a constant struggle to make weight, but most of the time he was very smooth with his jabbing, slipping and countering.

The first fight with Watson would be very high on any list of modern middleweight fights if you want to see smoothly excecuted technical boxing.Though Watson, i think he straddled the fence between being smooth and effortless looking in his movements and having a tighter, more rigidly compact style.

 

Michael Nunn was about as balanced and flowing a long southpaw as you could get.

 

Eubank was probably the most aesthetically pleasing when at his very best, even more so than Whitaker or Napoles. Such an elegant jab, such dexterity in his foot movement and such seemingly effortless slipping with delicate head motion.

 

I would love to have seen a Eubank-Nunn bout with Nunn fighting like he did vs. Toney and Cordoba and not moonwalking. It would've been a thing of pure beauty.

 

Alexis Arguello and Brian Mitchell deserve mentions.