Who had the better defensive skills between these 5 fighters ?

I'd say Mike Tyson. For a small guy he made those big guys with their long reach miss a lot.

 

Zarate below Hagler? atsch

 

Baldy was a mug.

 

Yeah. And?

 

Tyson in his peak was a phenomenal defensive master.

OK I'm overexaggerating a bit here but I'm on a high because my first week at my new school has ended and I'm off out with the footy lads tonight

 

Tyson
You can count on one hand how many punches landed on him during his peak.
Once he flushed all that down the toilet, he was easier to hit and easier to beat

 

That a fact?

 

1. Hagler
2. Chavez
3. Gomez
4. Zarate
5. Tyson

 

Another vote for Gomez by a ton.

The early incarceration of the guy had fantastic legs. Best in the sport the way he dipped and almost touched his rear end to the canvas and punched out of it. Whitaker dipped like that but didn't punch out of that position much. Those legs are what made opponents miss and then he'd clean up on them. Problem was those legs were gone by the time of the second Lopez fight. They were deteriorating earlier and that's why opponents were lasting longer. By the time he moved up in wieght, those legs were long gone and he fought more like Juan Carlos Gomez than he did the early version of Wilfredo Gomez. Upright. But he still managed some nice wins, but fights were a lot tougher. And he got hit a ton more.

 

It is indeed

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I'd say more than just "five" punches landed on him in this stretch alone:

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Agreed, but the key word there is "early" - very early, in fact.

Gomez ceased to be such an "unhittable" defensive force the moment he changed his style from a mobile tactician to an aggressive banger - which happened even before he fought Zarate.