Top boxers with worst defensive skills

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  1. Slyk

    Slyk Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Top 5 p4p seems way too high. I think him doing well in opponent % landed has a lot to do with most of his opponents being terrified of him and even more terrified when they taste the power. They stop committing and stepping in and start throwing "please don't hurt me" shots from the back foot.
     
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  2. Conteh'sLeft

    Conteh'sLeft Active Member Full Member

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    Given the opposition he's had to fight before facing Jacobs , that numbers are to expected not praised.

    I'm a GGG fan and I wouldn't even imagine this in my wildest dreams, his defense is good enough when he chooses to use it and that's it.
     
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  3. BELLERS

    BELLERS Active Member Full Member

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    I wouldn't class Wilder as a 'top boxer' at all.
     
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  4. BCS8

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    Yep. People that think Golovkin is weak defensively don't know what they are looking at.
     
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  5. JL Fighter

    JL Fighter Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Gatti
     
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  6. BCS8

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    In other news Max Baer probably wins this thread.
     
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  7. Sooncreate3

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    Julius Indongo. He's like the light middleweight version of Wilder.
     
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  8. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    lol! AJ gets hit a lot less than most heavyweights, he usually fights at a safe range with his right glove up.
     
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  9. Showstopper97

    Showstopper97 The Icon Full Member

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    I've done a thread similar to this on classic, but here are some:

    Trinidad
    Froch
    Mosley
    Mayorga
    Saad Muhammad
    Chacon
    Gamboa
    Charlo(s)
     
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  10. Young Terror

    Young Terror ★ Griselda ★ Full Member

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    Indeed !! He didnt even tried to avoid punches. Very exciting fighter though.
     
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  11. Slyk

    Slyk Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Great list. Frankly PAC has a similarly big disparity in how good his offense is compared to his defense.
     
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  12. Salty Dog

    Salty Dog globalize the Buc-ees revolution Full Member

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    Top 10%? How is that calculated? Using what data?
     
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  13. Eggman

    Eggman "The cream of the crop! Nobody does it better! Full Member

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    Not top but Sam eggington
     
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  14. timeout

    timeout Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Has to be Froch.

    Chin and the will to win first rate.
     
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    Riddick Bowe
    Julian Jackson
    Bobby Chacon
    Matthew Saad Muhammad
    Danny Lopez
    Sung Kil Moon
    Pipino Cuevas
    Israel Vazquez
    Arturo Gatti
    Ricardo Mayorga
    Kevin Kelley
    Juanma Lopez
    Yuriorkis Gamboa
    Vinnie Pazienza
    Carl Froch
    Paul Williams
     
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