Most skillful fighter in boxing history? Who is he?

[IronDanHamza]

I'm puzzled by that. Truly. Can you with a good conscience rate Charles skills over Tunney or Pep? I don't see it, mate.

Well Charles showed a lot more versatility and skills agaisnt much superior opposition than Willie Pep.

Tunney's arguable. Another one that's one of the most skilled.

It's a tough question.

[DeepVoice]

Pernell Whitaker in his prime was skilled enough to outbox the great Julio Cesar Chavez.

[SBleeder]

Ricardo Lopez is up there with the most skilled fighters of all time.

[MDPopescu]

Robinson, Tunney, Ali...

[Bennyhill]

Robinson, Tunney, Ali...

tunney was another level from either one. tunney single handily created the art form of true technical boxing.

[Holywarrior]

Extremely difficult to say.

My first pick would probably be Ezzard Charles.

?? Not nearly enough footage to justify that.


I'd go Roy Jones.

[SBleeder]

?? Not nearly enough footage to justify that.


I'd go Roy Jones.

Sigh.

There's almost as much footage of Charles as their is of Jones.

[Holywarrior]

Sigh.

There's almost as much footage of Charles as their is of Jones.

I'd love the link because I can't find anything that tells me he is the most skilled.

If only we could find a fight of prime Charles getting shellacked all over by Booker.

[BKM-2010]

Ricardo Lopez is up there with the most skilled fighters of all time.

He is usually my pick for this topic too. He was almost flawless.

[Holywarrior]

He is usually my pick for this topic too. He was almost flawless.

Lopez is ridiculously overrated. This is unreal to me. How did he get rated so high? Who was the best fighter he beat? Alvarez? Alvarez is dreadfully boring and Lopez looked like crap.