Just wondering who are the top defensive fighters in boxing?
1) Mayweather
2) Winky
3) Byrd (even though he got spanked)
4) Hopkins
5) Raheem
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Just wondering who are the top defensive fighters in boxing?
1) Mayweather
2) Winky
3) Byrd (even though he got spanked)
4) Hopkins
5) Raheem
Floyd Mayweather
Winky Wright
Ivan Calderon
Fernando Montiel
Martin Castillo
Ivan Caldron. Because there are naturally faster guys then Mayweather at his weight.
Hopkins' defense is really underrated.
no real order
Floyd
Calderon
Winky
Toney
Hopkins
DEF: 1)PBF, 2)Winky 3) James Toney got that crooked head to the side thang where you cant land nothing on his dome.
james toney
winky wright
mayweather
Hopkins
hopkin and mayweather
Like who, and since when did speed make great defense? Pernell wasn't elite fast, but he was the best defensive fighter maybe ever half of the guys on this list aren't the best on their weight catagory... Wright, Hopkins, Raheem, Byrd.Quote:
Originally Posted by Starr
Mayweather, Hopkins and Wright.
Castillo's defense is pretty good, he can block just about anything with his face.
let me amend that, I meant the JL variety of Castillo.
Winky, Sturm, PBF, and if you considered him active Vitali...he hardly took many head shots, that lean was crucial