Rate these defenses in order from best to worst

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  1. Sweet Pea

    Sweet Pea Obsessed with Boxing banned

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

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    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.
     
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  3. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion

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

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    :blood
     
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  5. brooklyn1550

    brooklyn1550 Roberto Duran Full Member

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    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.
     
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  6. CASH_718

    CASH_718 "You ****ed Healy?" Full Member

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    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???
     
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  7. Sweet Pea

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    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.
     
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  8. Hatesrats

    Hatesrats "I'm NOT Suprised..." Full Member

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    Willie Pep
    Wilfred Benítez
    Pernell Whitaker
    Bernard Hopkins
    James Toney

    My Fav 5 defense out of the list.
     
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  9. MSTR

    MSTR More Speed Than Roy!!!!! Full Member

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    Excellent Post!!
     
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  10. BlueApollo

    BlueApollo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'll second that. :good
     
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  11. sues2nd

    sues2nd Fading into Bolivian... Full Member

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    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.
     
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