Technically skilled fighters that are entertaining to watch

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  1. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Who are some highly crafty fighters that are entertaining and enjoyable to watch while also showing off amazing technical skills?

    I can appreciate Mayweathers skill and craft and he's undeniably one of the most skilled but theres really something about his style that I just can't enjoy and make me want to look back to his fights on YouTube and be thrilled. Normally I love watching fighters display technical skills to the highest level. But I also love watching fighters with a style that is beautiful and entertaining to watch.
    Here's some fighters I think shows just as much skills as Mayweather while also fun to watch:

    Ricardo Lopez
    Alexis Arguello
    Pernell Whitaker
    Mike McCallum
    Jose Napoles
    Harold Johnson
    Nicolino Locche

    Just some of the very few off the top of my head.
     
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  2. attaboi

    attaboi Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Floyd Mayweather
    James Toney
    Lennox Lewis
     
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    Mark Johnson?
     
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  6. Vanboxingfan

    Vanboxingfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Personally, l'd put Duran on top of the list. The was a master both defensively and offensively. SRL was a pretty good fighter too. If Ali & Jones where better technical fighters they'd also make the list.

    Technical skilled fighters doesn't equate to only defensive skills.
     
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  7. Beouche

    Beouche Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    Dinamita of course
     
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  8. Code Red

    Code Red Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Pernell Whitaker...really? You clearly weren't watching boxing back then...He was despised and called every bit the runner Floyd is today, media and haters hated pernell's and his "pitty pat" style. You revisionist boxing fans kill me, if Pernell was fighting today you wouldn't have nothing for him but hate!
     
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  9. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It's funny how fighters who were criticized and hated when they were fighting become popular and loved over time.
     
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  10. Code Red

    Code Red Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Because they thrive off ignorant fans who haven't followed boxing beyond the past 10 years. It's amazing how much love they all of a sudden have for Pernell. They sure didn't show it during his career. Funny thing is that Pernell's success during his time prove to me Floyd would of done very well in that era, probably would still be undefeated!
     
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  11. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Boxing fans are fickle.
     
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  12. Code Red

    Code Red Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    And shady
     
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  14. elmaldito

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    Byrd
    Whitaker
    Lara
    Hopkins
    Marc too sharp
    Chicanito
    Mike mccallum

    All my fav fighters
     
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