Top 5 Most physically gifted fighters you have seen?

Wlad Klitchko : The fastest SHW of all time he hss strength and speed to turn anyones lights out ,had he been like Vitali mentally he would have never lost and under Steward was exceptionally hard to deal with at 6'6 and a cannon ball jab .

Mike Tyson : The most balanced fighter of equal speed and power ,he is highly underatted bc he gets a bad rep of poor stamina issues but his style required more athletism . He was short but explosive arguably the best conditioned fighter of all time .

Anthony Joshua : A genetic monster the guy is the most athletic boxer in history ,former track and field star that could excell at any sport requiring physical demands . Unfortunatly for his opponents he chose boxing . Ive went on record many times on here bc he really is the hext big thing ,his phyical attributes combined with skills ? He may go undefeatted just on his work ethic ,a highly dedicated athlete.

Lennox Lewis : Another all around huge 6'5 athlete who did wrestle and play football as well, similar to Joshua and thats its never a fun night when Lewis brought his A game ,he was too physically imposing and thats why he dominated the 90's .

Razor Ruddock: Arguably one of the strongest punchers never to win a title ,he also had motivated Mike muggin him. Ihave him in my top 5 hardest punchers in history . He had good footwork as well . Holmes fired Razor for being to tough as a sparring partner and he does hsve a win on Lewis in his younger amateur days . Fast ,explosive puncher with rare power sometimes unseen is why hes in my top 5 ,very imposing at 6'3 240 pound mark with a punch he named the Smash .

 

1. Ali
2. Roy Jones
3. Leonard
4. Hearns
5. Whitaker

 

Joshua is yet to fight a top 10. Regardless of his body shape....let him prove to us he is a Champ before he starts making lists like this.

 

Ali
Hearns
Lennox Lewis
Roy Jones Junior
and I will throw in an Amature in my Top 5...Teofilio Stevenson..one of the most Physically gifted Fighters I have ever seen.!!!

 

Muhammad Ali - Speed, reflexes
Roy Jones Jr - speed, reflexes, power
Naseem Hamed - speed, reflexes, power
Pernell Whitaker - reflexes
Ruben Olivares - power

 

Have a soft spot for Olivares....legend.!!!

 

Ali wasn't 6'3 and wasn't 220 pounds in his prime. Most of Ali's fast punches were slaps not power punches. His chin was so great he ended up with brain damage while guys like George Chuvalo, George Foreman and others got hit more often and are 100 percent okay.

The best pure athlete in boxing history was clearly a young Eric Esch.

 

Dustin Nichols comes to mind....

 

anyone claimed Peter McNeely yet?

 

Good call, although Usyk actually beat him twice. First was a schooling, second was reasonable close and sometimes disputed.

 

Razor Ruddock wasn't 240 pounds in his prime. He was 220 or less. I heard he roided up to get to 220. He was a 180 pound fighter when he turned pro.

Anthony Joshua is a genetic monster? You mean a steroid freak? He is a former track star? Well so was Ken Norton Sr and he did with out PED's

Tyson was one of the best condition fighters of all time? I guess that is why he was tired all time if the fight went any rounds. You say because his style took so much stamina to do? You mean how Foreman constantly went forward throwing bombs and only got tired in the Ali fight yet people say he had poor stamina?

Lennox Lewis played "football" Well if you are going to bring up a fighter just because they played other sports. Foreman was on the football team, Ty Fields was on the basketball team, Seth Mitchell was on a American football team.

 

Foreman wasnt athletic and quite slow in the 70's for just 220 pounder . Ruddock had peaked in the 89/91 Years . He was far stronger in those Tyson fights than at any point in time .....Boxing 101 !

The rest you said is basically garbage !

 

My list (recent/current fighters only)

Roy Jones Jr - amazing athleticism and speed
Floyd - insanely long reach, athletic + very fast reflexes
Pacquaio - very good chin despite TKO6, amazing speed and power for someone so small
Mike Tyson - where did that crazy power come from?

Honourable mentions:
Wladimir Klitschko (big yet still fast, very good power)
Vitali Klitschko (even bigger and a superb chin)
Tyson Fury - (very very mobile for such a huge person)
Golovkin - (very hard chin and excellent power)
Usyk - (extremely fast for a cruiser)
Beterbiev - (immense physical strength for a LHW)

 

yeah but Foreman was physically gifted when it came to strength imo

I agree with you 100% about him being slow compared to the elites.