Why is Willie Pep regarded as the best defensive boxer of all time?

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  1. Thirdtonunn24

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    What makes him get picked more than defensive geniuses like Whitaker, Floyd, Toney, Benitez?
     
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  2. SwarmingSlugger

    SwarmingSlugger Active Member Full Member

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    Maybe because he did it over a 240 fight career.
     
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  3. Journeyman92

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    Benitez? Curry bounced him like a rubber ball on a school yard court.
     
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    Sad how that was the way of it then, today he'd be undefeated and happily retired.

    "First your legs go. Then you lose your reflexes. Then you lose your friends"-Willie Pep
     
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  5. Thirdtonunn24

    Thirdtonunn24 Member Full Member

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    I consider him a defensive genius since he made legends like Hearns, leonard, duran miss like it was their first time boxing.
    However, there’s no denying that he got tagged a lot in the Curry fight.
     
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  6. Journeyman92

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    We must not have watched the same fights.
     
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    Oh shoot, I replied twice lol.
     
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  8. JackSilver

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    The myth that Pep won rounds without throwing a punch that’s been passed down the ages don’t exactly hurt his rep either.
     
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  9. Journeyman92

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    It’s flattering to think people believe it.
     
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