Rate these 5 Greats on Defensive ability.

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  1. Balder

    Balder Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    1 is the best, 5 the worst....

    Roberto Duran
    Floyd Mayweather
    Willie Pep
    Wilfred Benitez
    Pernell Whitaker


    Extraordinarily hard to judge. Each has a claim.
     
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  2. Balder

    Balder Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    IF I had to say.

    1. Willie Pep
    2. Floyd Mayweather
    3 Duran
    4 Whitaker
    5 Benitez
     
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  3. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    1. Mayweather
    2. Pep (only because statistically I feel Floyd took less shots)
    3. Benitez (unsure because Duran`s defense was better against Leonard)
    4. Duran
    5. Whitaker (would have been higher but sometimes got tagged with shots the others would not have) Whitakers defensive performance was better than all his other fights and I don`t know if Duran or Benitez would have evaded as many against JC specifically Duran because he would be in front of Chavez, I made my choice based on their average mistakes made in their top 10 fights.
     
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  4. surfinghb

    surfinghb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    There's different styles and strengths of a defense that make them great ..imo
    Pep for footwork
    Whitaker for upper body movement
    Mayweather for blocking ability

    Locche deserves a mention for movement and slipping punches
     
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  5. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Pep
    Duran
    Loche
    Benitez
    Maywearher
    Whitaker-most overrated fighter ever. And Duran kos Whitaker chinny in five. Body then head both against the ropes. Duran was fast against Leonard. As lightweight very fast and the great pinpoint puncher during two way exchanges I ever saw. Greatest fighter period I ever saw. He overpowers Chavez t9o.Chavez
     
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  6. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    So the consensus view in this thread is that Duran was defensively better than Pernell Whitaker?
     
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  7. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Whitaker had the advantage of being a great southpaw.
     
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  8. The Morlocks

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    I think you would have to put Camacho in there too
     
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  9. Neebur

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    If you consider Durans style his defence arguably takes more skill to pull off than Pea's. I'd still have Pea before Duran though.
     
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  10. Balder

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    It looks like it. I cant argue with it.
     
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  11. Balder

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    If this were changed up to now a blend of Offense and Defense.

    1 Duran
    2 Pep
    3 Benitez
    4 Mayweather
    5 Whitaker

    Doing this really puts it into perspective. Pep and Duran have it all.
     
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  12. Flash24

    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If any fighter on this list is overrated,it's NOT Whitaker, not with wins over Mcgirt,Pineda,Nelson, close too or in their primes, and what should've been wins over Ramirez, Chavez. And, possibly over De loyhoya. And some very good wins over some good/very good fighters all ranked and close ,or in their primes between 1986/1994 . Their is a fighter on that list that, in my opinion is overrated. He's been fighting fighters tailor made for him for yrs.
     
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  13. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Pep
    Benitez
    Whitaker
    Floyd Mayweather
    Roberto Duran
     
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  14. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Duran is the best of the lot because he slipped coming forward, not going back.
     
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  15. Mendoza

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    Mayweather
    Pep
    Whitaker
    Benitez
    Duran
     
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