Your top 10 "p4p most skilled ever"

Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Leonard
Pernell Whitaker
Floyd Mayweather Jr
Roberto Duran
Muhammad Ali
Mike Tyson
James Toney
Willie Pep
Roy Jones Jr

 

Duran
Whitaker
Napoles
Gomez
Robinson
Leonard
Burley
Gavilan
Rodriguez
Monzon

HM to Ortiz, Mayweather, Hagler, Hopkins, Canizales, Kalambay, McCallum, Moore, Spinks, Charles, Chavez, Gonzalez, Conteh, Hearns, Pep, Toney, Louis, Ali, Tyson, Sanchez, Jofre, Pedroza, etc. Lots of names.

 

Of course the likes of Judah isnt more skillfull than those on your list. Someone like Whitaker or Napoles, **** it even Mayweather, fighters who may not have a record to match those names on your list could at least be argued to be more skilled than some of those names, if not have the overall career they has.

 

1. Benny Leonard
2. Ray Robinson
3. Pernell Whitaker
4. Floyd Mayweather
5. Ray Leonard
6. Roy Jones
7. Ezard Charles
8. Joe Louis
9. Wilfred Bentiez
10. Barney Ross

 

Robinson
Duran
Leonard
Hagler
Hearns
Charles
Whitaker
Mayweather Jr.
Jones

 

About right

 

Anyone that does not have Duran in their list needs to go and have a word with themselves. SRR is a clear #1 for me, after that I wouldnt know where to start but it feels like Duran, Ali, SRL, Sweet Pea, Armstrong, Charles, Arguello, Hagler and Lopez all should be make it, in no particular order like. Happy for other names to be thrown in the mix too but I'd find it hard to ignore someone like say Lopez for someone like James Toney, who I agree was a massively skilled fighter.

Also, subjective as to what is meant by "skilled". RJJ was so athletic that when he was young his flaws were hidden, wheras someone like B-Hop has developed a strategy that makes the most of his own strengths. Who's more skilled there? I dont know. Similarly, Tyson in his prime was a killing machine, but his head movement was phenomenal. Does that make him more skilled than say Lennox Lewis who had a dominant outside game (and his inside game wasnt too shabby either). So, I took a view of natural talent coupled with how its implemented in the ring.

 

I really like this one.

 

It's good.

 

Very little love for Pep. Surprising.

 

Swap Louis with a Pep/Burley and it's almost game over. :hat

 

Thank You.

 

RJJ skills are underrated so much because he was so athletic. You don't dominate on athletic ability alone...if you did there would be more like him.

 

:d