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Re: Best/favourite fighter who graced our sport?
Posted: 01 May 2016, 17:08
by keithmoonhangover
Rexob wrote:keithmoonhangover wrote:My Era
British - Mark Prince
International - Larry Holmes
All Time
British - Ted Kid Lewis
International - Stanley Ketchel
Now
British - Mitchell Smith
International - GGG
What d'I do?
Re: Best/favourite fighter who graced our sport?
Posted: 02 May 2016, 05:54
by Rexob
keithmoonhangover wrote:Rexob wrote:keithmoonhangover wrote:My Era
British - Mark Prince
International - Larry Holmes
All Time
British - Ted Kid Lewis
International - Stanley Ketchel
Now
British - Mitchell Smith
International - GGG
What d'I do?
Mitchell Smith
or Mitchell and Smith?
Re: Best/favourite fighter who graced our sport?
Posted: 02 May 2016, 05:57
by keithmoonhangover
Rexob wrote:keithmoonhangover wrote:Rexob wrote:
What d'I do?
Mitchell Smith
or Mitchell and Smith?
Mitchell Smith is one of my favourites, not one of the best.
Re: Best/favourite fighter who graced our sport?
Posted: 02 May 2016, 06:12
by bigjack
My all time favourite Sugar Ray Leonard
My all time best,most complete fighter is Julio Cesar Chavez Snr.
Re: Best/favourite fighter who graced our sport?
Posted: 02 May 2016, 06:15
by Rexob
keithmoonhangover wrote:Rexob wrote:keithmoonhangover wrote:
Mitchell Smith
or Mitchell and Smith?
Mitchell Smith is one of my favourites, not one of the best.
Oh
Re: Best/favourite fighter who graced our sport?
Posted: 02 May 2016, 06:19
by keithmoonhangover
Rexob wrote:keithmoonhangover wrote:Rexob wrote:
Mitchell Smith
or Mitchell and Smith?
Mitchell Smith is one of my favourites, not one of the best.
Oh
What's the matter with that? He's fun to watch. You've got me feeling all embarrassed now.
Re: Best/favourite fighter who graced our sport?
Posted: 02 May 2016, 06:24
by Rexob
It's ok up to you who you like, I just thought he was a bit of a prick last time, out and not really as good as people made out?
Re: Best/favourite fighter who graced our sport?
Posted: 03 May 2016, 17:59
by josco
Naz is top Brit for me, just ahead of Calzaghe and Randolph Turpin. Of the old timers Willie Pep was pretty smart.
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Re: Best/favourite fighter who graced our sport?
Posted: 03 May 2016, 18:03
by gilgamesh
There's quite a few fighters that hold a special place in my heart. Arturo Gatti probably tops the list.
Re: Best/favourite fighter who graced our sport?
Posted: 04 May 2016, 02:48
by Stevieb8006
Stuarty30 wrote:Boxerbeetle wrote:Growing up in the 90s, there's no real surprises on my list tbh.
Favourite British fighter was Calzaghe, honourable mentions to Lennox and Naz.
Favourite international fighters were Morales and Barrerra, although Golovkin is getting up there now as well.
Best of all time has to be Robinson, he really could do everything.
Barerra was a class act. I also love GGG. I was a schoolboy when Barerra beat Naz. Only thing that softened the blow was my love for Barrera! Still think Naz would've taken him if he was an Ingle fighter.
Barrera was brilliant. My nippers middle name is Antonio in tribute. My fav international fighter. He was a sore sore loser tho, never took defeat gracefully
I always liked the triers that come good domestically like Clinton woods or Dennis Andries.
Re: Best/favourite fighter who graced our sport?
Posted: 04 May 2016, 05:10
by Crazyboy
So hard this one
Benn, Eubank, Naz all up there as favourite boxers
However all time favourite is split between hagler and SRL
In fact if I had to stick my neck out and choose one, it would be SRL for both best and favourite fighter growing up.
Re: Best/favourite fighter who graced our sport?
Posted: 04 May 2016, 10:53
by Loynesy
Favourite - JC Superstar.
As I've posted before, I had lunch with him a couple of years ago, delightful company, but still exuded menace.
Re: Best/favourite fighter who graced our sport?
Posted: 04 May 2016, 10:56
by Terry Dooley
Best=Hagler. Favourite is James toney.
Re: Best/favourite fighter who graced our sport?
Posted: 04 May 2016, 13:51
by PredatorHayds
My favourites growing up Lennox Lewis and Danny Williams domestically.
I got into watching all of Tommy Hearns fights from a early age because my dad dropped me as a baby whilst listening to the Hagler fight on the radio because he won a load on Hagler.
Hearns was a huge hero of mine.
Since then I've became a huge fan of Emile Griffith and Jack Johnson for achieving what they did, with the struggle they endured.
Also Roberto Duran as he's the man every boxing fan wants to be.
Recently GGG has become my favourite and could easily become my favourite all time. When he fights I get as excited as I did as a kid for Lennox,Hitman and Danny.
Re: Best/favourite fighter who graced our sport?
Posted: 04 May 2016, 14:59
by dookus
Carlos Maussa. Punkest style ever
Re: Best/favourite fighter who graced our sport?
Posted: 04 May 2016, 15:02
by Finn
Chris Eubank snr and Frank Bruno
Re: Best/favourite fighter who graced our sport?
Posted: 05 May 2016, 14:57
by Billybumpkins
When live boxing was shown on Sportsnight during the 70's/80's, I used to love watching Jones the Dig, Colin Jones from Gorseinon in Wales. He would walk through anything to latch one on you, and you just know it was going to come some time. Unlucky not to be world champ against McCrory and Curry, all heart and all punch.
Re: Best/favourite fighter who graced our sport?
Posted: 05 May 2016, 16:18
by rd350lc
Billybumpkins wrote:When live boxing was shown on Sportsnight during the 70's/80's, I used to love watching Jones the Dig, Colin Jones from Gorseinon in Wales. He would walk through anything to latch one on you, and you just know it was going to come some time. Unlucky not to be world champ against McCrory and Curry, all heart and all punch.
thought Curry gave him a beating ? bad cut's wasn't it ?
Re: Best/favourite fighter who graced our sport?
Posted: 05 May 2016, 16:23
by rd350lc
Nobody would agree with this for my UK fav - Carl "the cat"Thompson and Benn for me
as others have said Barrera and Morales gave us some fantastic contests .
Re: Best/favourite fighter who graced our sport?
Posted: 05 May 2016, 17:53
by Counter-puncher
rd350lc wrote:Nobody would agree with this for my UK fav - Carl "the cat"Thompson and Benn for me
.
Same as a mate of mine
Re: Best/favourite fighter who graced our sport?
Posted: 06 May 2016, 12:49
by Monte Fisto
I'm going to say Pacquiao and I know it's probably the least fashionable time to pick him, but what he's done is staggering to me.
He's in the pot of my favourites that include Leonard, honeyghan, Duran, hagler, eubank, Hamed, barrera, lennox, Hatton, maidana
Re: Best/favourite fighter who graced our sport?
Posted: 06 May 2016, 14:02
by Tomasino
My era, Fave -Juan M Marquez
Best - Floyd
All time, Fave - Joe Gans
Best - Sam Langford
Re: Best/favourite fighter who graced our sport?
Posted: 06 May 2016, 15:16
by rd350lc
Counter-puncher wrote:rd350lc wrote:Nobody would agree with this for my UK fav - Carl "the cat"Thompson and Benn for me
.
Same as a mate of mine
He was never ever in a dull fight and was most dangerous when he was hurt himself , his win over Haye was something too .
Re: Best/favourite fighter who graced our sport?
Posted: 06 May 2016, 17:36
by big lennox
Tocker pudwill. The best and my favourite fighter to ever grace out sport.
Re: Best/favourite fighter who graced our sport?
Posted: 07 May 2016, 19:23
by brilo33
steve collins from an irish family i remember my dad older brother going mad when collins fought eubanks,thought i like fighting and he gave us a good name, miguel cotto brought me back to boxing after i got bored following football home and away, erik morales watching old fights loved watching him,man of the people a true fighter is him