
Originally Posted by
SweetPea
1. Pernell Whitaker- didn't legitimately lose a fight for the first 15 years of his career. Trinidad loss is the only time he was legitimately defeated, and he was a 35 year old drug addict at that point.
2. Roy Jones- Lost 3 fights in a row at the end, but was unbeatable for the first 15 years of his career in a way similar to Whitaker.
Those are the clear top 2 IMO. Both men were unhittable in their prime, but age took away their speed and caused them to get hit more. I put Whitaker #1 based on his chin. As he got older and got hit, he proved that he had a great chin. He took Trinidad's best shots for 12 rounds at 147 and was still standing at the end. Trinidad being arguably the best puncher pound-for-pound of this post-1990 period.
On the other hand, when Jones lost his reflexes and movement, his chin proved to be suspect.
Rest:
3. Floyd Mayweather- the "new" Pernell Whitaker
4. Bernard Hopkins
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