Who is/was the second best defensive boxer after Floyd Mayweather?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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  2. THE BLADE 2

    THE BLADE 2 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Floyd was not the best defensive boxer. Nice try.
     
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  3. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Who said Floyd was #1? Quora?

    I try to avoid Quora at all costs, especially in regards to intelligent boxing discourse?

    Do you own stock in Quora or something?
     
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  4. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I agree, I just like pasting their questions, I do think Floyd is in the Top 10 list of defensive fighters though, I actually wrote Pep in as my answer on Quora.
     
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  5. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Maybe not but he has the best stats and got hit less over his career since stats were first being collected.
     
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  6. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Does he get hit less because of his counter punching skills or his defense? Or do the 2 blend into the same answer.

    I am not knocking Floyd and think he is in any conversation about great defensive fighters....

    I am however knocking Quora (it sucks) and I come here to avoid nuts that post there (not meaning you per se) and YouTube comment sections.

    Quora sucks
     
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  7. AwardedSteak863

    AwardedSteak863 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I don't know if I could pick a best defensive fighter of all time but I would argue against any of these guys.

    Duran
    Toney
    SweetPea
    Pep
    Bhop
    Charles
     
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  8. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Benitez ( tragically enough )
    Johnson
    Qwai
    Nunn
    Byrd
    Tunney
    Loughran
     
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  9. janitor

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    Intuitively, I would expect the greatest defensive fighter of all time, so be somebody who didn't have much apart from his defensive brilliance.
     
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  10. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He's not better than Whitaker ..Whitaker was like Houdini
     
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  11. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If Roy Jones's chin is so terrible...then he should be in the discussion
     
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  12. Minotauro

    Minotauro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I always felt Locche had the best defense would stand right in the pocket and make you miss by a few inches.
     
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  13. escudo

    escudo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Do any of you even Nicolino Locche?
     
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  14. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    The question is kinda ambiguous.

    Is it who is the best fighter, who had a defensive style, or which fighter had the best defence?
     
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  15. JohnThomas1

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    Tex Cobb.
     
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