Slick Boxers Who Are Tough.

Normally fans regard slick or defensive fighters as not tough, but what slick fighters can you remember being tough ?

James Toney
Floyd Mayweather Jr
Pernell Whitaker

Are a few that come to mind.

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Originally Posted by ICB

Normally fans regard slick or defensive fighters as not tough, but what slick fighters can you remember being tough ?

James Toney
Floyd Mayweather Jr
Pernell Whitaker

Are a few that come to mind.

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Paulie Malignaggi
Joan Guzman

Hopkins
Calzaghe could be called slick.
Willie Pep
Ray Robinson
Ray Leonard
Shane Mosley(not really slick, but still tough)
Same goes with Oscar Dela Hoya
Wilfredo Benitez
Muhamad Ali

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Originally Posted by Taeth

Hopkins
Calzaghe could be called slick.
Willie Pep
Ray Robinson
Ray Leonard
Shane Mosley(not really slick, but still tough)
Same goes with Oscar Dela Hoya
Wilfredo Benitez
Muhamad Ali

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Excellent choice with Hopkins

Mark Johnson,coming up very slick but not afraid to war.The way he went out vs. Jhonny Gonzalez,not reflective of career.

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Originally Posted by Taeth

Hopkins
Calzaghe could be called slick.
Willie Pep
Ray Robinson
Ray Leonard
Shane Mosley(not really slick, but still tough)
Same goes with Oscar Dela Hoya
Wilfredo Benitez
Muhamad Ali

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Agreed, on Ray Leonard, he was definitely tough. He had to be to go toe to toe with Duran for 15 rounds, giving Duran all he could handle.

Leonard could definitely take a good punch. He also had the ability to raise the level of his game when the going got tough, as in the first fight against Hearns, and also against Donny Lalonde, where leonard was hurt and came back strong to score a crushing knockout.

I think Chris Byrd was slick and tough.....though when he debuted I detested him

Jimmy Young ? he did go the distance with Shavers, Ali, Foreman, and deserved to beat Shavers in the rematch and Ali.

Chris Byrd until old age got him

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This is a phenomenal list of slick boxers. Rep.

Winky Wright.

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Originally Posted by Taeth

Hopkins
Calzaghe could be called slick.
Willie Pep
Ray Robinson
Ray Leonard
Shane Mosley(not really slick, but still tough)
Same goes with Oscar Dela Hoya
Wilfredo Benitez
Muhamad Ali

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about the same for me except for calzaghe booooooooooo. and james toney also. i always thought agustus was slick and tough

Larry Holmes

Johnny Tapia

Lennox Lewis's toughnes was up there with the best when focused..

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