Floyd Mayweather & Manny Pacquiao feature as our panel imagine the perfect puncher
Who's got the best jab, hook, speed, defence, brain, chin?
Friday 1 May 2015 11:02, UK
What makes up the Ultimate Fighter? We asked our Panel to dream up the perfect fighting machine ahead of two of the best pound-for-pound boxers, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, getting it on.
Speed: Amir Khan
Spencer Fearon says: "No one throws combinations like he does and not many move as quickly as he can. He is lightening fast on all fronts and it's all right doing it against lower-tier fighters, but he does it against world-class opposition. The best out there."
Power: Gennady Golovkin
Matthew Macklin says: "I think he’s had the highest knockout ratio of any world champion and the highest knockout percentage of any middleweight world champion ever. And if anyone should know just how much power he carries, it's me."
Defence: Floyd Mayweather
Jim Watt says: "There is no one beyond Mayweather. He is that good that I can only think of one fighter ever who gets close to him, and that is Wilfred Benitez. It is not just making people miss, but when the punches land he takes the sting out of them, takes away the power and the accuracy."
Jab: Wladimir Klitschko
Johnny Nelson says: "He’s put people over with his jab - and that's at heavyweight. It's the one thing he's got in the bag that works time after time. It sets everything up but it's that good, sometimes he doesn't have to do too much else. It does enough damage on it's own."
Hook: Manny Pacquiao
Glenn McCrory says: "He throws them from all angles, but all with power. That left is good, very good, but he has more up his sleeve. He will come at you but you don't see that hook coming. I hate to say it, but remember Ricky Hatton?"
Body shot: Gennady Golovkin
Paul Smith says: "He lands them when he doesn't even get the technique right - not knuckles up or the palm facing up. He's throwing them the other way like an amateur and he's still hurting hard, durable guys like Martin Murray. His shots don't look like they're going to hurt, but they do."
Boxing brain: Floyd Mayweather
Alex Arthur says: "He can dissect an opponent. Sometimes he comes out for two rounds, has nothing but a look at his opponent, doesn’t do very much at all. But he’s watching every movement they make, how they react to what he does, and from that he then starts to dissect them."
Chin: Carl Froch
Spencer Oliver says: "All you've got to do is go through the fights he's had. He came back from the brink against George Groves, Jean Pascal, Jermain Taylor - every fight that lad goes through has been a war. He just takes so many shots, and no one's stopped him."
Trash talk: Adrien Broner
Jamie Moore says: "I don't think there is anyone out there that waffles on as much as him. He thinks whatever he says makes him look cool and intelligent, but it doesn't! If it came from any other boxer, they would punch themselves in the mouth and try to shut up! Maybe he's insecure, I don't know."
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