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Just one attribute which was their best, above all other qualities, in your view...

Eusebio Pedroza

Muhammad Ali

Oscar De La Hoya

Sandy Saddler

Joel Casamayor

Felix Trinidad

Shane Mosley

Gene Tunney

Pernell Whitaker

Sal Sanchez

Alexis Arguello

Roberto Duran

Ray Robinson

Julio Cesar Chavez

We'll say how consistent the responses are...

Pedroza - mental strength
Ali - Durability
Sanchez - Intelligence
Whittaker - Defence
Duran - Defence
Saddler - Power
Arguello - Technique
Robinson - too many to say...

Ezzard wrote:Pedroza - mental strength
Ali - Durability
Sanchez - Intelligence
Whittaker - Defence
Duran - Defence
Saddler - Power
Arguello - Technique
Robinson - too many to say...

Not sure on the rest?

I think the only fair way to do this is to write down the first thing you think of.

Eusebio Pedroza - workrate

Muhammad Ali – desire

Oscar De La Hoya – confidence

Sandy Saddler - power

Joel Casamayor - patience

Felix Trinidad - power

Shane Mosley – combination punching (think of him @ 135)

Gene Tunney – foot movement

Pernell Whitaker – reflexes

Sal Sanchez – counter punching

Alexis Arguello - durability

Roberto Duran – body punching

Ray Robinson - coordination

Julio Cesar Chavez - stamina

That wasn’t easy.

Such is the idea. Given all of these men had several outstanding attributes, I thought we could get a good cross-section of points, as people opted for differing qualities.

Goodnight, Irene wrote:

Ezzard wrote:Pedroza - mental strength
Ali - Durability
Sanchez - Intelligence
Whittaker - Defence
Duran - Defence
Saddler - Power
Arguello - Technique
Robinson - too many to say...

Not sure on the rest?

List too long...

Tunney and footwork is spot on though...

Eusebio Pedroza: Ring savvy and poise

Muhammad Ali: Speed and confidence. His most underrated asset was his punching power

Oscar De La Hoya: Speed.

Sandy Saddler: Punching power

Joel Casamayor: Boxing skill

Felix Trinidad: Heart

Shane Mosley: Great chin

Gene Tunney: Intelligence

Pernell Whitaker: Defense. His underrated assets was his chin and strenght

Sal Sanchez: Poise.

Alexis Arguello: booming right. Poise.

Roberto Duran: Agressiveness and power. His most underrated assets were his speed and defense

Sugar Ray Robinson: Speed and power.

Julio Cesar Chavez: Stamina. Left hook to the liver was lethal.

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first thing that came to my mind regarding Muhammad Ali,
was the ability to take a punch.
I'm not old enough to remember when he won the HW Championship in 1964.
But I do remember when he came back in early 1970's to fight Oscar Bonavena, Frazier and Foreman,
Ron Lyle ,Earnie Shavers and other big punchers.

one name not listed was Benny Leonard,
and for him it would be "Ability to Think" in the ring.

Roberto Duran-Big cajones
Gene Tunney-Will Power
Aexis Arguello-Mustache
Ray Robinson-Sweeter then sugah