Who are the most successful fighters in history with the least natural talent??

yep, frazier has no strength, no coordination, no speed. great call.

 

Greg Haugen, Jerry Quarry, and Johnny Tapia, only thing with Tapia I reckon he had a solid set of whiskers..
Frans Botha, won heavyweight title in 1995, slow dumpy, scrapper..
Another guy that comes to mind is Carl truth Williams, 80's heavyweight, lousy chin, mediocre fighter, but managed to do well enough to fight for a World title..

 

Ali describe him well "he has no skills but he punches real hard "

 

Maybe Gatti....he looked so slow against Mayweather

 

Hopkins's speed/athleticism gets sold a little short. He has above average speed.

Gatti had reasonably fast hands and legs, moreso early on at 130.

He wasn't known for being the most dedicated fighter outside the ring that lived the right lifestyle. He was more talented than a lot of other world title holders.

 

Audley

 

LOL, Hopkins doesn't qualify.
His hand speed and foot work were better than Titos and many of his opponents.
A Hopkins opponent that does make the list is Kelly Pavlik or Jean Pascal.

The Klitschos should be listed right next to Valuea. All three owe their success to their height over any other attribute.

 

fury?

 

Baldomir certainly has been mentioned? The man had a hell of a chin though, that's for sure. But nothing special in an overall athletic sense.

To be honest, I don't think you could point to a champion that didn't have at least one thing going for them. Whether that be chin, stamina, power, speed, what have you or some combination of attributes.

 

Not true at all.:-(


Nard started boxing at 7, won many trophies including Golden gloves in Philly... Had almost 100 amateur fights I believe... He was also a 3 time prison national champion.

 

Ricky Burns two weight world champion and not exceptional at anything and Carl Froch isn't the most talented but seems to have more determination than most fighters.

 

Yeah he hasn't got that one knock out power though but he is heavy handed.

 

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