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just joined boxrec today and thought this subject would provide some debate


i watched the ESPN friday night fights this morning in which they did a segment on Puerto Rico's top 5 fighters of all time which were picked by Teddy Atlas and Joe Tessitore.

as this the the Current Scene board with many different nationalities , who do YOU think is your country's top 5 all time fighters???


im Scottish so here is mine

1. Ken Buchanan
2. Benny Lynch
3. Jim Watt
4. Walter Mcgowan
5. Scott Harrison

We've had this before I believe, though I think it was with current fighters....

Might want to post this in Boxers of the Past so they can rate fighters from before 1950 over everyone else

Michigan

Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Joe Louis
James Toney
Thomas Hearns
Chris Byrd

I don't need no stinking nation! In Michigan you are born in The Glove!

Kronkpride wrote:Michigan

Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Joe Louis
James Toney
Thomas Hearns
Chris Byrd

I don't need no stinking nation! In Michigan you are born in The Glove!

thats a very talented bunch of fighters although i wouldnt have Mayweather at the top , Hearns is the only fighter on that list that fought in or around the same weight as Mayweather and i think he would knock Mayweather out as the "hitman" is just too big and powerful

BarryWashington wrote:

gattiwarrior wrote:

Kronkpride wrote:Michigan

Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Joe Louis
James Toney
Thomas Hearns
Chris Byrd

I don't need no stinking nation! In Michigan you are born in The Glove!

thats a very talented bunch of fighters although i wouldnt have Mayweather at the top , Hearns is the only fighter on that list that fought in or around the same weight as Mayweather and i think he would knock Mayweather out as the "hitman" is just too big and powerful

yeah out of that list the order should be 1] j. louis 2] t. hearns 3] f. mayweather jr 4] j. toney 5] c. byrd

100% agree

I didn't give them #'s, you guys did.

I'd personally rank James Toney #1. I consider him the most phenomenal boxer of all times. For him to do what he did as a fat HW, on top of the destruction he put on Jirov at CW, is just amazing to me. I also rank him #1 out of the trio of him Jones Jr. and Hopkins. I don't think that there is any man in history that could beat as many guys from 160 pounds to unlimited as James Toney.

This dude is still running around, old and fat, without getting crunched. He has the best chin of all times. He has the tiniest hands of probably any notable HW that ever fought in the division. And he has the talk to rival most any charasmatic fighter of all times.

Kronkpride wrote: And he has the talk to rival most any charasmatic fighter of all times.

If that is whats considered charismatic in Michigan..... Ill stear clear of that state

Norway: #1 Pete Sanstol
#2 Terry Martin
#3 Johnny Solzberg
from #4 and down i really cant make up my mind, Sven Erik Paulsen, Haakon Hansen , Steffen Tangstad, Ole Klemetsen Otto Von Porat....... hard to tell

Kronkpride wrote:Michigan

Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Joe Louis
James Toney
Thomas Hearns
Chris Byrd

I don't need no stinking nation! In Michigan you are born in The Glove!

There's this one guy from Michigan that was pretty good as well.

Can't place my finger on his name but I believe it started with Sugar.

BarryWashington wrote:

Kronkpride wrote:I didn't give them #'s, you guys did.

I'd personally rank James Toney #1. I consider him the most phenomenal boxer of all times. For him to do what he did as a fat HW, on top of the destruction he put on Jirov at CW, is just amazing to me. I also rank him #1 out of the trio of him Jones Jr. and Hopkins. I don't think that there is any man in history that could beat as many guys from 160 pounds to unlimited as James Toney.

This dude is still running around, old and fat, without getting crunched. He has the best chin of all times. He has the tiniest hands of probably any notable HW that ever fought in the division. And he has the talk to rival most any charasmatic fighter of all times.

wow. that's just . . . wow

What do you expect from a guy who swings from Chauncey's nuts?

BarryWashington wrote:

The End wrote:

Kronkpride wrote:Michigan

Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Joe Louis
James Toney
Thomas Hearns
Chris Byrd

I don't need no stinking nation! In Michigan you are born in The Glove!

There's this one guy from Michigan that was pretty good as well.

Can't place my finger on his name but I believe it started with Sugar.

well robinson, leonard & ramos aren't from MI so who u thinkin' of?

Robinson is very much from Michigan