Nicolino Locche, Prince Naseem Hamed, Ken Buchanan (maybe?) come to mind. Who are other "slick" non-american boxers? I guess I define "slick" as meaning a defensive fighter who rarely is hit, gives lots of angles, slips punches, ducks punches etc.
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Nicolino Locche, Prince Naseem Hamed, Ken Buchanan (maybe?) come to mind. Who are other "slick" non-american boxers? I guess I define "slick" as meaning a defensive fighter who rarely is hit, gives lots of angles, slips punches, ducks punches etc.
Junior Witter?
Johnny Nelson?
Lennox Lewis was slick for a HW, his philosophy of hit without being hit fits the bill.
Sergio Martinez
Anthony Small before he became a crazed shoe bomber wannabe used to always impress me with his slickness. Was very Mayweather esque.
David Haye to a degree, although he lost all credibility with his farce fights. But was still slick in the ring.
Esubeo Pedroza, Miguel Canto, thought they were slick in different ways.
Roberto Duran is probably the slickest aggressive fighter i've seen.
Herol Graham, Joel Casamayor, also come to mind.
Wilfredo Benitez, Kid Chocolate, Sot Chitalada, Ken Buchanan all spring to mind
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Originally Posted by ICB
Duran is a great call, mostly due to his being an offensive fighter I think how fluid he was is really overlooked.
For my likings;
Guzman
Camacho
Benitez
Loi
Roman
Locche
"Finito" Lopez
Napoles
Canto
Guzman is probably the best name that hasn't been mentioned Mick, good one. For whatever reason that kind of style is far more prevelant with African American fighters than black fighters from elsewhere, must be a combination of things.
Out of the people named above, which were known to be aggressive-slick fighters as opposed to defensive-slick fighters? Or would you say "slick" is always a defensive style?
Of todays boxers Guzman definately would have to be in there. I still always wish he would have panned out better. Could have been the man at lightweight I felt. Movin on!!.....Quote:
Originally Posted by CutMeMick
Eubank!
I would say Lopez, Napoles, Benitez & Camacho can be classified as offensive slick fighters...Quote:
Originally Posted by Rantcatrat
Slick is not necessairly defensive.
Ismael Laguna, Panama Ken Buchanan, Carlos Ortiz, Puerto Rico. Sugar Ramos, Dominican Republic Salvador Sanchez, Mexico Nicolino Locche, Brazil Carlos Monzon, Argentina Ahzuma Nelson, Ghana Jose Napoles, Mexico by way of Cuba From Panama at the top of my list, Roberto Duran.
Love him or hate him....Anthony Mundine is/was pretty evasive. Shoulder roll worked quite well for him.
Nelson was a premier offensive/defense tight fighter....Luis Rodriquez was as awkward slick with sharp hands as they came.
JCC, Senior, had some pretty slick moves. In particular, watch the Rosario fight, and how he'd disrupt Rosario's right hand by by bumping his Rosario's right elbow with his left glove.
Kell Brooks
napoles for sure and in his own way kirkland laing
Can't believe no one mentioned Calderon?! The guy was amazing!!!
Joan Guzman, Chris John, Ivan Calderon, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Flash Donaire.
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1969/70 Featherweight champion Johnny Famechon had all the defensive skills, ducking, weaving, speed and was a superb counter puncher with a lightening jab.Very similar fighter to Pernell Whitaker, broad shoulders and very slick. 67 fights and was never knocked out. Jose Legra couldn't work him out and Fighting Harada failed twice. He lost to Saldivar in a controversy, Saldivar barely laid a glove on him during the whole fight!
Joe Calzaghe comes to mind.. I didnt appreciate him enough while he was around but after studying his career set for long hours, I now realize what a great fighter he was.. like really really underrated in so many ways.. He was one of the few white fighters who fought like a black man in terms of rhytm and slickness.. He had this odd rhytm that was hard to adjust to for most fighters...
Calzaghe was slick as they come.. he fought like a black man...