Who Was The Most Complete Fighter At the Original 8 Weights?

How about Azumah Nelson at featherweight. Could box, was tough, 20 stoppages in 28 fights, quick on the draw. Adaptable.

He's not perfect but who is?

 

Excellent choice. But I'd take Sanchez - though it's close.

 

Thought about listing him and Sanchez together.

 

joe louis could not be the most complete hw,
1, he was not a hw, was a cruiserweight
2, with his poor chin he could not be it.
3, ali was more complete, maybe he did not hit as hard and he did not have the same ****nal of blows, but he was faster, bigger, stronger,smarter, he took a much better punch, he was better athlete, he had much better footwork, he had a better jab,he had better reflexes, he had much better move of head, more confiende in himself, tougher mind and better capacity to recover, ali was better

 

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- Joe Louis

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- Gene Tunney

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- Sugar Ray Robinson

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- Sugar Ray Robinson

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- Roberto Duran

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- Sandy Saddler

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- Eder Jofre

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Heavyweights devoid of truly complete fighters. Louis is a bit slow of foot and could be outboxed, Ali has some fundamental flaws, Holmes has some flaws, Tyson's style/height makes him awkward to rank etc. Taking a bit of a leap of faith on Tunney.

 

Ali had a lot more flaws than that. At any rate, he is offensively too limited to be on this list - just like Whitaker.

 

Leonard is indeed an excellent choice - so are Gans and Williams as well.

 

Yes, heavyweight lacked an all-around genius indeed. I am going to tentatively say Liston, though he was not a defensive wizard by any means. But he seems to have the least number of missing elements compared to the other heavyweight greats. Perhaps someone like Jack Johnson was more complete, but not enough footage exists to my knowledge, among other issues in evaluating fighters of extreme yore.

Flyweight is indeed another difficult choice. There is not a single great flyweight fighter I can think of that did not have at least one significant flaw.

 

Pasquel Perez seems fairly complete on film. He doesn't have otherworldly speed or anything, but he's fundamentally sound and heavy handed.

 

Under your guide lines Mc, for featherweight I pick Alexis Arguello. A tall excellent boxer, who can take a punch and was a small edition of Joe Louis in punching combinations...Arguello was one of the greatest featherweight EVER...