Top 230+ lbs technicians?

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  1. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This list shoudln't be longer than one of delicious English food courses, but there are a couple...

    Douglas (his perfomance of Tyson is almost as school book as it gets), Tony Tubbs, Buster Mathis, Bowe, W. Klitschko, Lewis...

    Help me out here!
     
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    James Toney? Perhaps not what you're looking for but he is a technician and he doesn't make 230 :D
     
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    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Well, even at 230+ I suspect he outshines most at that weight in terms of technique:good
     
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    Plenty of podgy South Africans come to mind; plus TNT Tubbs.
     
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    Primo Carnera :deal
     
  6. Bokaj

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    He doen't make mine. I'm distinctly unimpressed by him.
     
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    Beyond the obvious:

    George Godfrey perhaps deserves a mention.
     
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    Could you tell me something about him? Do you have some footage?
     
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    Does a fat, old Larry Holmes count?
     
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    Tony Tubbs. Made Bowe, who was skilled for a superheavy himself, look absolutely foolish.
     
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    Leroy Jones? More quick than a technican maybe.
    Tubbs for sure.
     
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    Lennox Lewis.
     
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    Riddick Bowe, Mike Dokes, Buster Mathis sr.....
     
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    Jnr. also qualifies as well, I think, since he had very little going for him beyond his skill. Buster Mathis Jnr. had appaling conditioning, a dentable chin, little power and wasn't even particularly fast, but he had excellent defensive skill and counter-punching ability. People blame Tyson looking ridiculous against Mathis on Tyson's ring rust, but given how much better Tyson would look in his next fight against Bruno, I think a lot of it had to do with Mathis being an excellent- albeit unusual- technician.
     
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    Mathis Jr. gave Bowe problems too if I remember rightly.

    People say Tyson's timing was off because of the layoff. Maybe. But I figure Tyson also had a lot of difficulty because Buster was a good defensive fighter and was a small and low target. Tyson's style was geared towards chopping down big tall guys. If Buster had had a powerful punch he might have beaten Mike Tyson.