Top 10 most complete fighter of this era

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  1. tliang1000

    tliang1000 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Complete fighter as in... who have the most overall skills, offensive, defensive, and least weaknesses and etc....

    Here is my quick list....

    1) Floyd Jr.
    2) Roy Jones Jr.
    3) Joan Guzman
    4) Bernard Hopkins
    5) Paul Williams
    6) Shane Mosely
    7) Joe Calzaghe
    8) Oscar Dela Hoya
    9) Israel Vazquez
    10) Juan Marquez
     
  2. Amsterdam

    Amsterdam Boris Christoff Full Member

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    Not a bad list mate, though I'd say RJJ is the previous era and while one of the best ever, not technically 'complete'. The other one is Vasquez, his defence is pretty bad and he's 1 dimensional, albeit a TOP class 1 dimension.

    I like the rest on the list.:good
     
  3. Stinky gloves

    Stinky gloves Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Jones is not complete he have no chin.
    Who is Guzman and Williams from 10 years perspective?
    Vasquez and Marquez maybe in 5 years but 10?

    The most important question, where the hell is Pavlik?
     
  4. PATSYS

    PATSYS Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  5. sonny73

    sonny73 Active Member Full Member

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    1.Trinidad
    2.Jones
    3.Lewis
    4.Barrera
    5.Hopkins
    6.Calzaghe
    7.Mayweather
    8.Mosley
    9.DeLaHoya
    10.Pacman
     
  6. tliang1000

    tliang1000 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I think Jones got decent chin at middle-super middle.
     
  7. Stinky gloves

    Stinky gloves Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    So he was complete fighetr at one division?
     
  8. maximumsg

    maximumsg Active Member Full Member

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    complete fighter and trinidad should never be used in the same sentence. What a joke.
     
  9. Caper

    Caper How about a fair shake? banned Full Member

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    Say what you want about little Iron Boy Calderon but he's probably the most skilled fighter in the game today. He lacks power and that's it.
     
  10. LogDog69

    LogDog69 Active Member Full Member

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    What about James Toney?
     
  11. Amsterdam

    Amsterdam Boris Christoff Full Member

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    Good call on MAB, we couldn't mention the Jermain Taylor's and Sven Ottke's of the world.:yep :good
     
  12. kg0208

    kg0208 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He was a complete fighter until he was 34. We take the whole career into account. He was a complete fighter in the natural weight class he was in....BTW, that 3 divisions if you don't count LHW.
     
  13. Danny Ocean

    Danny Ocean My nAmE IS MoNeY Full Member

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    if your talkin about the last 7 years then in no order

    floyd mayweather
    bernard hopkins
    james toney
    lennox lewis
    oscar de la hoya
    shane mosley
    winky wright
    marco barrera
    juan marquez
    joe calzaghe
     
  14. sonny73

    sonny73 Active Member Full Member

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    Every guy in the list has flaws,Trinidads only flaw was defence.
    KO power in both hands stamina chin inside and outside fighter.
    Someone like Mayweathers flaws I feel are bigger he cannot brawl and has trouble throwing punches if he feels he is gonna get hit plus no inside fighting game either.
    Tszyu also should be pretty damn close to the top,I really cannot think of too many weaknesses apart from when dealing with pressure fighters.
     
  15. China_hand_Joe

    China_hand_Joe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nobody is a master of every single style like Calzaghe probably is.

    Mayweather at the lower weights was decent, Barrera has also demonstrated great versatlity.

    But in terms of all round completeness, Calzaghe is world class in every attribute he has, except the solidness of his hands.


    You cannot list people like Wright who lack so much power.