Who is the most technically skilled boxer P4P?

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  1. Slacker

    Slacker Big & Slow Full Member

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    I'm not talking about the best, the fastest, the biggest puncher.

    I'm talking about the most fundamentally sound elite fighter.

    Think about:

    * Proper stance, footwork and maintaining balance

    * Punching technique - ability to setup second/third/fourth punches because proper postining/balance is maintained.

    * Left jab - for offense and defense

    * Counter punching

    * Blocking/rolling with/slipping punches

    Keep in that fighters like Roy Jones, David Haye, Prince Naseem, Martinez....while amazing...had horrible fundamentals (hands down, lunging, sticking chins out, etc..)
     
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  2. Leon

    Leon The Artful Dodger Full Member

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    Bernard Hopkins

    it's what keeps him afloat even at this old man age
     
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  3. SugarShane_24

    SugarShane_24 ESB good-looking member Full Member

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    Ricardo Lopez
     
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  4. Leon

    Leon The Artful Dodger Full Member

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    Paul Williams
    Nonito Donaire
    Manny Pacquaio
    Miguel Cotto

    :lol::lol::rofl:rofl:patsch
     
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  5. rorschach51

    rorschach51 A Legend & A Gentleman Full Member

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    I went with B-Hop his technique and fundamentals are virtually flawless imo.
     
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  6. bballchump11

    bballchump11 2011 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    :yep
     
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  7. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    It's Marquez. I understand why people are saying Hopkins, and I understand why rorschach51 describes him as virtually flawless. But it's not true IMO. Throwing a punch then lurching into a clinch is not "Technically sound". It's unsound. It's the reason he was "injured", or injured in his last fight to start with. His greatest assets now belong to the realms of tactics, of which the above is an example.

    It's not the same as technical excellence.

    Marquez on the other hand, throws perfect combinations off a quality jab, pressures the space as well as any man alive, counter-punches as well as any man alive, and has great (if compromisable) footwork.

    He's the clear choice IMO.
     
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  8. Doc

    Doc Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Marquez /end.
     
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  9. james!

    james! CounterPuncher Full Member

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    b-hop
     
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  10. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Roman Gonzalez belongs on that list.
     
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  11. canucks9314

    canucks9314 Iron Chinned ATG Warrior Full Member

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    3 people belong in this poll:

    Marquez
    Hopkins
    Mayweather

    Mayweather is the winner for me.
     
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  12. boxingguru8888

    boxingguru8888 Guest

    lennox lewis
     
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  13. Jimmy The Geek

    Jimmy The Geek Active Member Full Member

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    I love Pacquiao....but don't ya' think that Marquez is something special...something better? Seriously, Pac-Man can punch the crap out of the locals, but can he make the old ladies not freak out?
     
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  14. sugarngold

    sugarngold RIDDUM Full Member

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    Andre Ward edges out the rest because he can do it from both leads.
     
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  15. Slacker

    Slacker Big & Slow Full Member

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    Klitschko absolutely belongs on that list.

    I strung it out a bit by adding others.
     
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