Most skillful fighter in boxing history? Who is he?

[BennyST]

Great picture, mate. a nice reminder that Tunney was all class. that's very easy to forget when you have loudmouth, trashy, rogues like Mayweather dominating the headlines. tunney was an intellectual man who led a life far different from most sportsmen.

Top ten P4P dish too.

Would he beat Sturm, Oscar, Calzaghe, Reid head to head?

[IronDanHamza]

That he is skillful, but not the best.

Ok that's nice to know.

Still don't know what that has to do with what I said.

[BennyST]

Not to be rude or disrespectufl/dismissive to any of the posters, i respect your opinions but if you did not say Mayweather as your hands down #1 you are either biased, don't like him, or don't know much about boxing. For those who will cry that he does not knock opponents out, i rebut with k.o. power is not a "skill" you can learn, if you have it you have it. But your boxing skills you can develop and improve on with practice. Mayweathers skill set is easily the best any of you have ever seen. Ever. Chime in with who the 2nd best is if you want but don't be ignorant towards the truth. In all the hate you have for him you have to admit at the least that he is the best "skill wise" we've ever seen. Don't mean he's the greatest or best ever. Just sayin.

I think I would more or less agree.

Prime Duran right up there too. His defensive mastery is like Mayweathers offensive arsenal, while his offensive arsenal was like Floyds defensive mastery. Different focus, and Duran was a lazy, ill disciplined fat bastard, but man, at his best I can't think of any better at fighting.

Floyd though, definitely right up there at the top.

[MrRolltide91]

Duran.......

[MrRolltide91]

Ezzard charles is a good choice

[Scott9945]

Ezzard charles is a good choice

As good of a choice as anyone. Can't really see why it would cause much debate.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Does burley get any consideration? What do you guys think...

[Holywarrior]

Does burley get any consideration? What do you guys think...

Burley had Robinson second guessing. Reminded me of Jons Jr a bit.

[Holywarrior]

Ok that's nice to know.

Still don't know what that has to do with what I said.

Its asking for the most skillful. Charles is probably Mccallum level. Low tier top 10

[IronDanHamza]

Burley had Robinson second guessing. Reminded me of Jons Jr a bit.

What? You know there is barely any footage of Burley, right?

You said there's not enough footage to justify Charles skills (20+ fights, some of which beating great fighters) yet there's seeminginly enough of Burley, who "reminds you of Jones Jr" yet there is only one fight of his filmed.

So how can you justify that? 20+ fights wasn't enough to justify it at first, now Burley is a good example?

Which fights do you consider Burley to show his skills? Since you asked for Charles. Well there's only one fight of Burley that I know of and that's Oakland Billy Smith.