Most Exciting Fighters of all time

[gilgamesh]

It'd be impossible to try to rank this really, but I'm gonna take a whack at it anyway.

Don't take it too seriously as in it's a "definitive" list or anything. I'm just going off the top of my head, and anybody can feel free to make their own list, suggest a fighter, or whatever.

1. Matthew Saad Muhammad
2. Bobby Chacon
3. Arturo Gatti
4. Erik Morales
5. Carmen Basilio
6. Danny Lopez
7. Mike Tyson
8. Julian Jackson
9. Teddy Reid
10. Miguel Cotto

Obviously there are almost certainly more exciting fighters than this that I'm forgetting, but in my time I've greatly enjoyed these guys. I included Cotto just because I saw at least 80 or 90% of the fights in his career, and I NEVER saw him in a bad fight.

[Onetimeonly]

Good list id have Frazier in there.

[oogiebe]

I used to love watching Ruben Olivares back in the day.

[gilgamesh]

Good list id have Frazier in there.

Indeed. I deserve a Left hook for forgetting Smoking Joe. One of my all time favorites!

[Onetimeonly]

Holy field too, Reid's gotta go. Johnny Barton was in quite a few brawls.

[paddy chavez]

Tommy Hearns has to be there

[gilgamesh]

Holy field too, Reid's gotta go. Johnny Barton was in quite a few brawls.

Teddy Reid never bored me. He might not have been a World beater or even a particularly solid contender, but he was damn fun to watch.

[gilgamesh]

Tommy Hearns has to be there

Yep. I thought of his name, but just kinda stopped instead of trying to push the list further. I love Tommy.

[Onetimeonly]

You got the #1 100% correct. I knew you missed Me. Reid was in some good fights. Not as Many as Rafa or Izzy.

[DrDuke]

According to the fights I rewatch the most often I can make this list without a particular order:

Joe Frazier
Evander Holyfield
Tommy Morrison
Roberto Duran
Muhammad Ali
Ken Norton
George Foreman
Riddick Bowe
Lennox Lewis
Mike Tyson
Gene Tunney
Andrew Golota
Arturo Gatti
Micky Ward
Michael Katsidis

[chrisjs1985]

I think the two most entertaining were Matthew Saad Muhammad and Ruben Olivares. They had so many great battles and reigned as excellent champions too.

1a and 1b Matthew Saad Muhammad and Ruben Olivares

The rest in no particular order IMO

Bobby Chacon
Danny Lopez
Arturo Gatti
Evander Holyfield
Felix Trinidad
Joe Frazier
Carmen Basilio
Tommy Hearns

My personal cup of tea as to my absolute favorites to watch over and over are Juan Manuel Marquez, Eder Jofre, Jose Napoles and some of the above.

[oogiebe]

As I said I loved Olivares. Aaron Pryor was another pretty exciting fighter.

[chrisjs1985]

As I said I loved Olivares. Aaron Pryor was another pretty exciting fighter.

I re-watch Olivares' fights a lot. I usually go through his best 10-15 fights once a year. My favorite is the Kanazawa re-match but also the Castillo fights are superb.

[oogiebe]

As I said I loved Olivares. Aaron Pryor was another pretty exciting fighter.

I re-watch Olivares' fights a lot. I usually go through his best 10-15 fights once a year. My favorite is the Kanazawa re-match but also the Castillo fights are superb.

His bouts against Chacon were pretty good!

His fights against Chucho Castillo were amazingly memorable.

[keithmoonhangover]

Great choices so far. Some of my personal favourite exciting fighters are: Stanley Ketchel, Jack Dempsey, SRL, Hearns, Nigel Benn, David Lemieux, Holyfield, Naz, Don Curry, Joe Frazier, Julian Jackson, Mark Prince, GGG, Kevin Kelly, Owen Moran and Terry Norris.

[Tony1244]

Dynamite Billy Douglas (Buster's Dad) was a very exciting middleweight and later light heavyweight.

At best, he may have snuck into the top 10, but very exciting fighter.

[Syntax Error]

Paul Ryan has to be mentioned., even if we wasn't a world champion or ATG.

Dillian Whyte will be another on one of these lists when his career is over.

Because he takes so many 50/50 fights, he nearly always has to go life & death to win them.

[Ambling Alp II]

Agree with most of those mentioned. Some that I don't have been yet:

Ray Robinson
Henry Armstrong
Rocky Graziano
Rocky Marciano
Archie Moore
Jake LaMotta
Floyd Patterson
Ray Mancini
Fernando Vargas

These guys have been fun to watch.