What are the aspects that are missing from SRR'S game to be considered the perfect boxer?

His jab is a weak point he was a great puncher and offensively he was incredible but he could get nasty and “expose” himself he was better as an attacker then “boxing” very few chinks in the armour with that said psychically he was perfect for 147lbs but above there he lacked physical strength.

EDIT: He also had no idea how to fight circling right.

 

His head movement is the only thing. He relied more on distance management and foot movement / positioning for defense. As we know, he was incredibly good at this. As a result his actual slipping skills etc are below some other ATGs imo.

In everything else he is at least 'second best'. Even if someone else was better at one thing than him, he was likely better at the thing that negated it. Combine that with his physical attributes and you have the insane H2H fighter we know and love.

 

His defence was often porous,he said himself,"I could block more punches ,but it bores me."

 

Notice he never circles right? Left is much more combative if you understand distance, I think it suited him but it was missing.

 

Physical strength as far as grappling, clinching on the inside. Boxing was even rougher then. Being physical, smothering him worked for certain guys. LaMotta ofcourse and later Turpin and Fullmer.

 

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Yea basically doesnt want to go that way.

 

If the opponent decided to go that way he could play a few tricks on the GOAT

 

Defense mostly, he got caught a lot and shouldn't have to be honest. Also you have to factor in his height advantage over most opponents.

 

Defense could be leaky at times although he got carried by good positioning and footwork,then SRR,unlike what most people say can be smothered good and get dragged into being a bully victim.

 

Again " Fighting to me seems barbaric, I don't really like it, I enjoy out-thinking another man and outmaneuvering him, but I still don't like to fight " strange on some level ?