Fav All-time Fighter By Weight Class

[oogiebe]

Your favorite fighter by weight class, not your GOAT by weight:

Heavyweight: Lennox Lewis
Cruiserweight: Evander Holyfield
Light Heavyweight: Archie Moore
Super Middleweight: Joe Calzaghe
Middleweight: Carlos Monzon
Super Welterweight: Julian Jackson
Welterweight: Pernell Whitaker
Super Lightweight: Antonio Cervantes
Lightweight: Roberto Duran
Super Featherweight: Alexis Arguello
Featherweight: Salvador Sanchez
Super Bantamweight: Wilfredo Gomez
Bantamweight: Ruben Olivares
Super Flyweight: Johnny Tapia
Flyweight: None
JR Flyweight: Michael Carbajal
Minimumweight: Ricardo Lopez

[chrisjs1985]

I did mine allowing only the same fighter to appear once meaning you've got someone like Marquez or Trinidad who only had 3-4 fights in a division appearing at a junior division. I try to only put fighters who were career fighters in the division or at least competed for a title in that tweener division so someone like Jose Napoles, despite being one of my very favorite all-time favorites doesn't appear. Since Bantamweight has Jofre, two of my absolute all-time favorites in Olivares and Zarate miss out too. Alexis Arguello, Evander Holyfield, Carlos Ortiz, Wilfredo Gomez also among my all-time favorites but couldn't squeeze them in.

Heavyweight: Joe Frazier
Cruiserweight: James Toney
Light Heavyweight: Matthew Saad Muhammad
Super Middleweight: Joe Calzaghe
Middleweight: Marvin Hagler
Junior Middleweight: Felix Trinidad
Welterweight: Luis Rodriguez
Junior Welterweight: Kostyta Tszyu
Lightweight: Ken Buchanan
Super Featherweight: Juan Manuel Marquez
Featherweight: Salvador Sanchez
Super Bantamweight: Rafael Marquez
Bantamweight: Eder Jofre
Junior Bantamweight: Gilberto Roman
Flyweight: Jimmy Wilde
Junior Flyweight: Roman Gonzalez
Strawweight: Ricardo Lopez

[oogiebe]

I did mine allowing only the same fighter to appear once meaning you've got someone like Marquez or Trinidad who only had 3-4 fights in a division appearing at a junior division. I try to only put fighters who were career fighters in the division or at least competed for a title in that tweener division so someone like Jose Napoles, despite being one of my very favorite all-time favorites doesn't appear. Since Bantamweight has Jofre, two of my absolute all-time favorites in Olivares and Zarate miss out too. Alexis Arguello, Evander Holyfield, Carlos Ortiz, Wilfredo Gomez also among my all-time favorites but couldn't squeeze them in.

Heavyweight: Joe Frazier
Cruiserweight: James Toney
Light Heavyweight: Matthew Saad Muhammad
Super Middleweight: Joe Calzaghe
Middleweight: Marvin Hagler
Junior Middleweight: Felix Trinidad
Welterweight: Luis Rodriguez
Junior Welterweight: Kostyta Tszyu
Lightweight: Ken Buchanan
Super Featherweight: Juan Manuel Marquez
Featherweight: Salvador Sanchez
Super Bantamweight: Rafael Marquez
Bantamweight: Eder Jofre
Junior Bantamweight: Gilberto Roman
Flyweight: Jimmy Wilde
Junior Flyweight: Roman Gonzalez
Strawweight: Ricardo Lopez

Agree. It was hard to leave off so many of my favs. Jofre and others you mention as well.

[dr_devious]

A British bias from me: -

Heavyweight: Tyson Fury
Cruiserweight: David Haye
Light Heavyweight: Dennis Andries
Super Middleweight: Nigel Benn
Middleweight: Marvin Hagler
Super Welterweight: Mike McCallum
Welterweight: Lloyd Honeyghan
Super Lightweight: Ricky Hatton
Lightweight: Ken Buchanan
Super Featherweight: Jim McDonnell
Featherweight: Azumah Nelson
Super Bantamweight: Michael Brodie
Bantamweight: Jamie McDonnell
Super Flyweight: Johnny Tapia
Flyweight: Jimmy Wilde

[oogiebe]

A British bias from me: -

Heavyweight: Tyson Fury
Cruiserweight: David Haye
Light Heavyweight: Dennis Andries
Super Middleweight: Nigel Benn
Middleweight: Marvin Hagler
Super Welterweight: Mike McCallum
Welterweight: Lloyd Honeyghan
Super Lightweight: Ricky Hatton
Lightweight: Ken Buchanan
Super Featherweight: Jim McDonnell
Featherweight: Azumah Nelson
Super Bantamweight: Michael Brodie
Bantamweight: Jamie McDonnell
Super Flyweight: Johnny Tapia
Flyweight: Jimmy Wilde

Good list! Funny how favorites differ from our perception of GOATs.

[writehooks]

Restricting my picks to the "original eight" weight classes, they are:
Heavyweight: George Chuvalo
Light heavyweight: Michael Moorer
Middleweight: Marvin Hagler
Welterweight: Henry Armstrong
Lightweight: Roberto Duran
Featherweight: Art Hafey
Bantamweight: Johnny Coulon
Flyweight: Scotty Olson

[oogiebe]

Restricting my picks to the "original eight" weight classes, they are:
Heavyweight: George Chuvalo
Light heavyweight: Michael Moorer
Middleweight: Marvin Hagler
Welterweight: Henry Armstrong
Lightweight: Roberto Duran
Featherweight: Art Hafey
Bantamweight: Johnny Coulon
Flyweight: Scotty Olson

Chuvalo; Hafey & Armstrong amongst my favs. Just not the top of my list. Nice list!

[gilgamesh]

Heavyweight: Joe Frazier
Cruiserweight: Oleksandr Usyk
Light Heavyweight: Matthew Saad Muhammad
Super Middleweight: James Toney
Middleweight: Gennady Golovkin
Jr. Middleweight: Thomas Hearns
Welterweight: Roberto Duran
Jr. Welterweight: Arturo Gatti
Lightweight: Jose Luis Castillo
Jr. Lightweight: Vasyl Lomachenko
Featherweight: Erik Morales
Jr. Featherweight: Erik Morales
Bantamweight: Rafael Marquez
Jr. Bantamweight: Naoya Inoue
Flyweight: Roman Gonzalez
Jr. Flyweight: Michael Carbajal
Strawweight: Ricardo Lopez

[tiny_acres]

Heavyweight: Larry Holmes/ Earnie Shavers
Cruiserweight: Carlos DeLeon
Light Heavyweight: Michael Spinks
Super Middleweight: Andre Ward
Middleweight: Marvin Hagler
Super Welterweight: Tommy Hearns
Welterweight: Floyd Mayweather/ Donald Curry
Super Lightweight: Aaron Pryor
Lightweight: Roberto Duran
Super Featherweight: Alexis Arguello
Featherweight: Azumah Nelson
Super Bantamweight: Wilfredo Gomez
Bantamweight: Ruben Olivares
Super Flyweight: Johnny Tapia
Flyweight: Roman Gonzalez
Jr. Flyweight: Michael Carbajal
Straweight: Ricardo Lopez

[Counter-puncher]

108 Yuh
112 Gonzalez
115 Roman
118 probably Chucho Castillo
122 Gomez
126 Sanchez
130 Argüello
135 Duran
140Tszuyu
147 Leonard
154 McCallum
160 Hagler
168 Calzaghe
175 Qawi
Cruiser Holyfield
Holmes

Just my favourites to watch.

[Onetimeonly]

So many of my favs are lights & welters I'm taking the liberty of spreading them out through divisions they fought in.

Gonzalez
Gushiken
M Johnson
Inoue
R Marquez
Gomez
Morales
Arguello
Duran(honorable mention Howard Davis)
M Taylor
Whitaker
P Williams
Hearns
Froch
Saad
Holy
Shavers

[Tony1244]

Great Thread


Heavyweight: George Foreman
Cruiserweight: Evander Holyfield
Light Heavyweight: Archie Moore
Super Middleweight: Joe Calzaghe
Middleweight: Marvin Hagler
Super Welterweight: Julian Jackson
Welterweight: SR Leonard
Super Lightweight: Aaron Pryor
Lightweight: Roberto Duran
Super Featherweight: Alexis Arguello
Featherweight: Danny "Little Red" Lopez
Super Bantamweight: Wilfredo Gomez
Bantamweight: Carlos Zarate
Flyweight: Miguel Canto

[giacomino]

I few of them I couldn't pick just one
105: Lopez
108 Yuh/Roman Gonzalez
112 Pascual Perez/Laciar
115 Gilberto Roman
118 Carlos Zarate/Jofre
122 Wilfredo Gomez
126 Marco Antonio Barrera
130 Arguello
135 Duran
140 Cervantes/Locche
147 Leonard
154 Castillejo
160 Monzon
168 Ward
175 R. Jones
190 Holyfield
HW Dunno

[oogiebe]

Best part of this thread is there is no one who can criticize. It's just who we like! Nice lists all!

[gilgamesh]

Best part of this thread is there is no one who can criticize. It's just who we like! Nice lists all!

Challenge accepted!

[gilgamesh]

Your favorite fighter by weight class, not your GOAT by weight:

Heavyweight: Lennox Lewis
Cruiserweight: Evander Holyfield
Light Heavyweight: Archie Moore
Super Middleweight: Joe Calzaghe
Middleweight: Carlos Monzon
Super Welterweight: Julian Jackson
Welterweight: Pernell Whitaker
Super Lightweight: Antonio Cervantes
Lightweight: Roberto Duran
Super Featherweight: Alexis Arguello
Featherweight: Salvador Sanchez
Super Bantamweight: Wilfredo Gomez
Bantamweight: Ruben Olivares
Super Flyweight: Johnny Tapia
Flyweight: None
JR Flyweight: Michael Carbajal
Minimumweight: Ricardo Lopez

Lennox...yeah you would like that limey bastard

Holyfield...pfft. Freakin' guy butted the crap out of people as a Heavyweight. You would like this cheater.

Archie Moore...knocked out more people than anyone ever, but hell he DIDN'T knock out like 60 opponents. I'm not impressed.

Joe Calzaghe, slapping guys gets you far in Wales

Carlos Monzon...If he was such hot sh*t, why did B Hop defend the title more than him?

Julian Jackson? The guy punched like a lily

Pernell Whitaker? He was lucky to get that draw with Chavez

Antonio Cervantes? Guy couldn't even beat Aaron Pryor

Roberto Duran? Damn fine choice. Only intelligent people pick names like this.

Alexis Arguello? Explosive Thin Man...more like the getting Exploded by Aaron Pryor man

Salvador Sanchez? That guy barely proved anything

Wilfredo Gomez? Pfft he sucked when he moved up in weight

Ruben Olivares? 9 months to come up with a name, and that's the best his parents can do? Ruben?

Johnny Tapia? You would like Tapia you druggie

Michael Carbajal? Well even a broken clock can be right twice a day.

Ricardo Lopez? Alright, 3 times a day

[oogiebe]

Your favorite fighter by weight class, not your GOAT by weight:

Heavyweight: Lennox Lewis
Cruiserweight: Evander Holyfield
Light Heavyweight: Archie Moore
Super Middleweight: Joe Calzaghe
Middleweight: Carlos Monzon
Super Welterweight: Julian Jackson
Welterweight: Pernell Whitaker
Super Lightweight: Antonio Cervantes
Lightweight: Roberto Duran
Super Featherweight: Alexis Arguello
Featherweight: Salvador Sanchez
Super Bantamweight: Wilfredo Gomez
Bantamweight: Ruben Olivares
Super Flyweight: Johnny Tapia
Flyweight: None
JR Flyweight: Michael Carbajal
Minimumweight: Ricardo Lopez

Lennox...yeah you would like that limey bastard

Holyfield...pfft. Freakin' guy butted the crap out of people as a Heavyweight. You would like this cheater.

Archie Moore...knocked out more people than anyone ever, but hell he DIDN'T knock out like 60 opponents. I'm not impressed.

Joe Calzaghe, slapping guys gets you far in Wales

Carlos Monzon...If he was such hot sh*t, why did B Hop defend the title more than him?

Julian Jackson? The guy punched like a lily

Pernell Whitaker? He was lucky to get that draw with Chavez

Antonio Cervantes? Guy couldn't even beat Aaron Pryor

Roberto Duran? Damn fine choice. Only intelligent people pick names like this.

Alexis Arguello? Explosive Thin Man...more like the getting Exploded by Aaron Pryor man

Salvador Sanchez? That guy barely proved anything

Wilfredo Gomez? Pfft he sucked when he moved up in weight

Ruben Olivares? 9 months to come up with a name, and that's the best his parents can do? Ruben?

Johnny Tapia? You would like Tapia you druggie

Michael Carbajal? Well even a broken clock can be right twice a day.

Ricardo Lopez? Alright, 3 times a day

I bolded my favs, but really, overall a job well done. I'll have a new list shortly.

[oogiebe]

Especially for Gilgamesh:

Heavyweight: Jose Luis Garcia (if he can beat Norton, then he'd beat Ali, so he'd beat Frazier)
Cruiserweight: Rocky Marciano (well, he'd be a cruiser today!)
Light Heavyweight: Mike Quarry (His brother beat a lot of HW's)
Middleweight: Tony Licata (Um...er...I dunno...just came to mind)
Welterweight: Hedgeman Lewis (one of hte best names ever)
Lightweight: Ray Lampkins (perhaps my favorite Roberto Duran knockout)
Featherweight: Omar Amaya (one of the greatest ring debuts of all time)
Bantamweight: David Sotelo (went 10 rounds with Jose Olivares, which is close to Ruben Olivares)
Flyweight: None (Little guys don't do it for me)

[gilgamesh]

Especially for Gilgamesh:

Heavyweight: Jose Luis Garcia (if he can beat Norton, then he'd beat Ali, so he'd beat Frazier)
Cruiserweight: Rocky Marciano (well, he'd be a cruiser today!)
Light Heavyweight: Mike Quarry (His brother beat a lot of HW's)
Middleweight: Tony Licata (Um...er...I dunno...just came to mind)
Welterweight: Hedgeman Lewis (one of hte best names ever)
Lightweight: Ray Lampkins (perhaps my favorite Roberto Duran knockout)
Featherweight: Omar Amaya (one of the greatest ring debuts of all time)
Bantamweight: David Sotelo (went 10 rounds with Jose Olivares, which is close to Ruben Olivares)
Flyweight: None (Little guys don't do it for me)

I had to not criticize your picks that were the same as mine because then I'm insulting myself

[oogiebe]

I had to not criticize your picks that were the same as mine because then I'm insulting myself

Don't think I didn't notice that. A man's gotta do...

[DrDuke]

Heavyweight: Tommy Morrison
Cruiserweight: Evander Holyfield
Light Heavyweight: Sergey Kovalev
Super Middleweight: Carl Froch
Middleweight: Carlos Monzon
Super Welterweight: Floyd Mayweather Jr
Welterweight: Pernell Whitaker
Super Lightweight: Terence Crawford
Lightweight: Roberto Duran
Super Featherweight: Alexis Arguello
Featherweight: Marco Antonio Barrera
Super Bantamweight: Manny Pacquiao
And I'm a not big fan of the lesser weights.

[oogiebe]

Heavyweight: Tommy Morrison
Cruiserweight: Evander Holyfield
Light Heavyweight: Sergey Kovalev
Super Middleweight: Carl Froch
Middleweight: Carlos Monzon
Super Welterweight: Floyd Mayweather Jr
Welterweight: Pernell Whitaker
Super Lightweight: Terence Crawford
Lightweight: Roberto Duran
Super Featherweight: Alexis Arguello
Featherweight: Marco Antonio Barrera
Super Bantamweight: Manny Pacquiao
And I'm a not big fan of the lesser weights.

Morrison is a bit of a surprise. Exciting fighter, but I don't remember you ever mentioning him. I think he could've been much better had he skipped the Rocky V crap and focused on boxing. And stayed away from the out of ring antics.

[DrDuke]

Heavyweight: Tommy Morrison
Cruiserweight: Evander Holyfield
Light Heavyweight: Sergey Kovalev
Super Middleweight: Carl Froch
Middleweight: Carlos Monzon
Super Welterweight: Floyd Mayweather Jr
Welterweight: Pernell Whitaker
Super Lightweight: Terence Crawford
Lightweight: Roberto Duran
Super Featherweight: Alexis Arguello
Featherweight: Marco Antonio Barrera
Super Bantamweight: Manny Pacquiao
And I'm a not big fan of the lesser weights.

Morrison is a bit of a surprise. Exciting fighter, but I don't remember you ever mentioning him. I think he could've been much better had he skipped the Rocky V crap and focused on boxing. And stayed away from the out of ring antics.

Is it really so surprising? My nickname here is obviously Morrison influenced. And I've mentioned him on numerous occasions, I dunno, how you missed it. Anyway, I agree with you, that he focused too much on the things, which weren't related to boxing. It was his main problem, it caused his downfall. Anyway, he's my all time favorite boxer.

[oogiebe]

Morrison is a bit of a surprise. Exciting fighter, but I don't remember you ever mentioning him. I think he could've been much better had he skipped the Rocky V crap and focused on boxing. And stayed away from the out of ring antics.

Is it really so surprising? My nickname here is obviously Morrison influenced. And I've mentioned him on numerous occasions, I dunno, how you missed it. Anyway, I agree with you, that he focused too much on the things, which weren't related to boxing. It was his main problem, it caused his downfall. Anyway, he's my all time favorite boxer.

Yeah, it was surprising. That's why I said it. The "Dr." part threw me off. Think his kids will ever step up?

[DrDuke]

Is it really so surprising? My nickname here is obviously Morrison influenced. And I've mentioned him on numerous occasions, I dunno, how you missed it. Anyway, I agree with you, that he focused too much on the things, which weren't related to boxing. It was his main problem, it caused his downfall. Anyway, he's my all time favorite boxer.

Yeah, it was surprising. That's why I said it. The "Dr." part threw me off. Think his kids will ever step up?

The "Dr" part was Klitschko related. I'm not a fan of Vitali at all, but I was very impressed by Wlad-Joshua fight. I registered on boxrec just few months after it. I thought, that just Duke is too simple, so I added Dr.

About Morrison kids - I'd be glad, if they step up, but unfortunately they aren't likely to do it.