Who is the Charley Burley of the modern era?

[El Kabong]

After hearing so much about Charley Burley I started wondering who in the modern era compares to him?

Emanuel Augustus maybe?

[Taeth]

Huh? How so, there is only one video of him out there, but from everything I've heard he was a slick boxer.

I don't think Emanuel Augustus deserves to be mentioned with arguably one of the best fighters ever.

As for who he compares to... well its hard to say because I've never seen him fight.

[sumkalambay]

roy jones jr.

[amat]

Are you talking about good/great fighters who never got a title shot? Because there isn't there only like 10 minutes of footage on him? Anyways, today there i 4 titles for every weight class and all the politics and scared champions in the world can't really keep a gret fighter down like they did Burley and Sam Langford before him. Just not the same era there is no way someone today could not even get a title shot but be considered among the greats in 50 years.

[Chris Nagel]

I'd first think of Mike McCallum, in that he would stand right in front of his opponent and yet still be very difficult to hit. Charley Burley, at least when seen from the only footage of him was the same way. He didn't have to dance circles in order to stay out of harms way.

I guess you could also argue that James Toney is similar. At least when regarding their stance, and those little dips and bends that often an opponent overreach and miss by a mile.

[El Kabong]

I'm not talking about style, I guess I didn't define what I meant at all in my first post. I'm saying who is talented yet had a mismanaged career or never caught the breaks ergo my answer of Augustus.