Some Of The Best Counter Punchers Past/Present.

Present

Floyd Mayweather Jr
Juan Manuel Marquez
Ronald Wright
Bernard Hopkins
Joel Casamayor
Christian Mijares
Chad Dawson
Joe Calzaghe
Joan Guzman
Steve Molitor
Ivan Calderon

Past

Evander Holyfield
Pernell Whitaker
Mike Tyson
Ricardo Lopez
Salvador Sanchez
Wilfred Benitez
Roy Jones Jr
James Toney
Marlon Starling
Willie Pep
Miguel Canto
Jimmy Young
Jack Johnson
Roberto Duran

Are the ones that come to mind but i've probably forgot loads, but theres a few to get us started.

The two reigning world champs..

Nonito Donaire and Gerry Penalosa.

You always take the best ones when you start ice lol.

My fav counter puncher has got to be Willie pep from the limited footage Ive seen he was just something else.

Carlos Quintana - superb counterpuncher. Just ask Paul Williams and Joel Julio.

Shane Mosley is a pretty good.

Fast Eddie Chambers is one of the best the HW division.

Chris Byrd used to be amazing.

Tarver ain't bad either.

Some old names:

Ray Robinson (how did you forget that one, Ice!)
Floyd Patterson
Ezzard Charles
Billy Conn

James Toney
Mike Mccallum
both throwback fighters

Floyd
Winky
Hopkins
Toney
Lennox Lewis

I'm sure some will come later

I think theres counter punchers and theres boxers who used it well but weren't really counter punhcers.

If I had to list counter punchers who were truely counters:

Toney
Finito
JMM
Benitez
PBF
BCD
Hopkins
Casamayor
Calderon
Molitor
Roman

Penelosa.

JMM.

Calderon9his performance v Dieppa was mind blowingly good!)

For me its toney and roy jones..

Lol.. See reggie johnson - Roy joness.. :o:)

Luis Rodriquez........

James Toney is perhaps the best natural counter puncher of all time imo..

Lennox Lewis had the ability to knock out his opponents with one single counterpunch.

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zsolt erdei

first came to my head

Thanks for the Winky mention. But anymore it seems like he isn't a real true counterpuncher, he just uses his defense and waits for a punch barrage to end, then he goes on the offense?

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Originally Posted by boozeboxer

Thanks for the Winky mention. But anymore it seems like he isn't a real true counterpuncher, he just uses his defense and waits for a punch barrage to end, then he goes on the offense?

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Id call Winky a pressure fighter, really.. Definetly not a true counter puncher.

I agree with Boozer and P4P about Winky. He's a strange type of pressure fighter, because he's not a big puncher, but he is trying to dicate his will one you, as opposed to waiting for you to bring it to him and turning it against you.

Calzaghe can counter, too, but he's more pressure, same with Tyson. They aren't pure counter punchers.

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Originally Posted by RozzySean

I agree with Boozer and P4P about Winky. He's a strange type of pressure fighter, because he's not a big puncher, but he is trying to dicate his will one you, as opposed to waiting for you to bring it to him and turning it against you.

Calzaghe can counter, too, but he's more pressure, same with Tyson. They aren't pure counter punchers.

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Yes this is all good. I think we would all admit that almost everyone at the very top tier can counterpunch to some extent.

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Originally Posted by ICB

Present

Floyd Mayweather Jr
Juan Manuel Marquez
Ronald Wright
Bernard Hopkins
Joel Casamayor
Christian Mijares
Chad Dawson
Joe Calzaghe
Joan Guzman
Steve Molitor
Ivan Calderon

Past

Evander Holyfield
Pernell Whitaker
Mike Tyson
Ricardo Lopez
Salvador Sanchez
Wilfred Benitez
Roy Jones Jr
James Toney
Marlon Starling
Willie Pep
Miguel Canto
Jimmy Young
Jack Johnson
Roberto Duran

Are the ones that come to mind but i've probably forgot loads, but theres a few to get us started.

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Damn man why come up with these topic's if you are gonna answer them all the time.LOL. I agree 100 %