Who are the most athletically gifted fighters of all time?

im confuessed..whats that have to do with raw athletic ablity..i mean..i guess i could have something to do with it..but not directly...

 

Yeah but you can't deny their skills. Nunn could be defensive by avoiding many shots to the head while Watson could be technical. I originally wanted to say Pep because I watched a few of his fights earlier but he was already mentioned. I hope I helped a little. Happy New Years!:dance

 

Corrie Sanders.
Roy Jones.

 

from the uk,both turpin and conteh were gifted athletes

 

art frias ray mancini vinny pazienzap bobby czyz butterbean gerry cooney vaugh bean dwight tiger walker, robby peden matthew hatton art lasly dick cockel lucien rodriguez, richard dunn, dave concepcion, fred tap tap harris, kenny bang bang bogner, dana rosensplat, so much talent, soo little time to list them all:huh

 

And if Maurice Lucas could get into Dawkins' head, he probably wouldn't have made a good boxer anyway.

 

There were a few heavies back in the day who were virtualy world class sprinters.

Since then the sprinters got faster and the boxers got slower.

On a side note, some of the old timers could have made great ultra runners.

 

First person I thought of was Jack Johnson

(+1 Janitor)

 

Roy Jones and Willie Pep are standouts.

 

Roy, all the way.

 

I suspect that Young Griffo is in the mix, though I will never be able to prove it.

 

What did roy do athletically outside the ring besides be a crappy semi pro bballer?

 

Shavers was a star player on the scholastic gridiron, and he set high school track records which stood for years. Carl Williams was well coordinated on the basketball court, and easily could have played at a high college level. Norton has already been mentioned, and I think he was probably the best all around athlete of any heavyweight around his generation. Toney was a star quarterback in high school.

 

If we're talking about pure physical talent then...

RJJ
Ali
George Foreman( people will probably be surpirsed by this choice but speed and agility aren't the only athletic attrributes that should be considered here)
Tyson



Everone else...