Rate these defenses in order from best to worst

Calderon just "good"? In the middle of the ring, he's easily one of the slickest boxers I've ever seen.

 

No, he blocks and slips the shots, while perfectly countering. He was never in any trouble on the ropes during his prime. Otherwise you're claiming he just had an iron chin to have taken shots from guys like Merqui Sosa. He quite handily blocked most punches that came in, or rolled them well.

And using reflexes to slip and counter is defense.

 

If I listed Calderon as just good then I made a mistake Calderon is excellent.

 

:blood

 

Jones is always a discussed topic when bringing up his defense.

He never had a great fundamental defense or textbook defense. I define defense as 'avoiding getting hit' so in that regard, he has to be mentioned among the best, despite defending in an unorthodox manner in which he utilized his total body co-ordination and superhuman reflexes.

 

Whaqt the hell are you talking about??? Have you ever seen a Roy Jones fight??? "He blocks and slips the shots, while perfectly countering" WHAT!?!?!?!?! What fight did he ever do that in???

And what the **** does Merqui Sosa have to do with this???

 

Calm down you ****ing idiot lunatic.

Merqui Sosa is pretty much the perfect example of what you're talking about, as Jones said prior to the fight that he would look to counter off the ropes against a powerful, bruising fighter, which is what he did against Sosa, blocking his shots, while countering with his own, all with his back to the ropes. He took him out within 2 with crisp counter punches setting up his fight ending flurry.

Watch any Roy Jones fight in his prime, and see how he blocks and rolls shots with his back to the ropes, such as the above-mentioned Sosa fight, or in his fight with Hopkins for a more high-profile bout. His fight with Bryant Brannon is another perfect example of this.

I think the problem here is that I actually have seen Roy Jones fight outside of past prime fights with Tarver and Glen Johnson. You? Not so much. Stick to the Lounge Cash, you're badly outclassed when it comes to boxing.

 

Willie Pep
Wilfred Benítez
Pernell Whitaker
Bernard Hopkins
James Toney

My Fav 5 defense out of the list.

 

Excellent Post!!

 

I'll second that. :good

 

Top Ten...

Whitaker
Pep
Locche
Mayweather
Hopkins
Benitez
Ali
Jones Jr
Toney
Wright


Tho after the first couple of guys...many of the rest are easily interchangable.