I voted for Crawford. He may not be as nimble or as good with angles as Usyk and Lomachenko but he has one thing they don't have, knockout power. I believe power, God-given or otherwise is a skill. This poll is about right now and at this point Loma has very little power. Usyk had good power at cruiserweight but not much at all as a heavyweight. For me, Crawford and Inoue have the most rounded and complete skillsets.
True, and if the thread was about the most dominant fighter I would have voted for Inoue. Alas, it is not. LOL
Well, Inoue's been far more dominant because he's more skillful. The most skillful fighter in boxing.
Has to be Loma. For him to be beating the bigger stronger more powerful young guns at 35 with an inside style is extraordinary.
It wasn't on display much against Ryder, but there are reasons for that. Smaller ring, Ryder's abilities, etc. In GGG 3, GGG fought like a punching bag, so there was no need to show much upper body movement. Against Bivol we saw more of it. I just think a lot of fans want to believe that Canelo's slowing down and past his prime, and is no longer what he was. I don't see that as the case. He looked better than ever against Ryder. Ryder was rated highly by many fans and Canelo won almost every round. Compared to Loma who got beat by a drained Haney, was marked up by a fighter who isn't really known for his power. It's really no comparison. Haney is a good fighter, but Loma does not have the kind of skills that Canelo has, to slip punches, to counter punch, to throw body shots, etc. Loma has great footwork, and a good overall skill set, but Canelo is on another level. Everybody knows it, no one wants to admit it due to fanboyitis.
Usyk is my p4p number one but I voted for Inoue as the most skilled. I think Inoue is more well rounded. I think Inoue is the most likely of this group to retire undefeated
If it's the most skillful then it's Canelo. Canelo has more skills than Inoue. Inoue doesn't use head movement, doesn't skillfully make people miss, doesn't counter punch, doesn't go to the body, doesn't throw uppers and hooks at odd angles like Canelo does, isn't a ropes master like Canelo. Inoue just comes right at you, throws hard, throws fast. That's it. His hand speed and power is fantastic for his weight class, but he's not as skillful as Canelo. Because being skill "ful" means you have different kinds of skill. Inoue has skill set that works for him but he doesn't have anywhere near the level of depth or variety to his game as Canelo. And it's not even close. I know you have "Canelo issues" Mr. JOKER but if we're going to evaluate talent we need to put all biases aside and evaluate boxers for what skills they possess.
Not to the extent that Canelo does. This content is protected Lets see some clips of Inoue using upper body movement combined with head movement, swaying left and right to make people miss. Lets see some clips of Inoue doing this to somebody : This content is protected Inoue don't have these kinda skills in his repertoire. He ain't this skillful.
