Top 10 all-time favorite fighters to watch

generic screen name · Post by **generic screen name** » 27 Mar 2006, 01:39

1. Marvin Hagler
2. Meldrick Taylor (I still have a oooold shirt of his, I think it was an Iron-on decal)
3. Rocky Graziano
4. Rocky Marciano
5. Arturo Gatti
6. Chiquita Gonzalez
7. Prime Mike Tyson
8. Sugar Ray Robinson (I actually sat for like 6 hours on Ringside)
9. Riddick Bowe (when he showed up)
10. Manny Pacquiao

HomicideHenry · Post by **HomicideHenry** » 27 Mar 2006, 02:52

1.) Two Ton Tony Galento
2.) Max Baer
3.) Mike Tyson
4.) Jack Dempsey
5.) Rocky Marciano
6.) Stanley Ketchell
7.) Joe Louis
8.) Sugar Ray Robinson
9.) Jake LaMotta
10.) Carmen Basilio
11.) Henry Armstrong
12.) Archie Moore
13.) Muhammad Ali
14.) George Foreman
15.) Henry Cooper

Hell I might as well say it...I actually watch Butter Bean, always thought his fights were fun to watch, four rounders or not.

Plus Laila Ali, Anne Wolffe and a few other women boxers are fun to watch.

HomicideHenry · Post by **HomicideHenry** » 27 Mar 2006, 02:54

IrishRufusMurphy wrote:1.) Two Ton Tony Galento
2.) Max Baer
3.) Mike Tyson
4.) Jack Dempsey
5.) Rocky Marciano
6.) Stanley Ketchell
7.) Joe Louis
8.) Sugar Ray Robinson
9.) Jake LaMotta
10.) Carmen Basilio
11.) Henry Armstrong
12.) Archie Moore
13.) Muhammad Ali
14.) George Foreman
15.) Henry Cooper
16.) Roberto Duran
17.) Sugar Ray leonard

Hell I might as well say it...I actually watch Butter Bean, always thought his fights were fun to watch, four rounders or not. That and I was a fan of Randall Tex Cobb, cus he was funny and was a tough guy. Liked alot of fighters, but I ain't listing them all.

Plus Laila Ali, Anne Wolffe and a few other women boxers are fun to watch.

HomicideHenry · Post by **HomicideHenry** » 27 Mar 2006, 03:09

There isn't a whole helluva lot of his fights on film, but the Jack Johnson Ketchell fight I love to watch.

I know people can say that was a pre-arranged draw, but look at the film again---Ketchell's face was black on one side of his face, he was obviously hurt.

Plus from the books and things I read, Ketchell's KO power is all but unmatched at Middleweight---plus he made a brawl of his fights, he never used ring science---he looks clumsy and awful today on film, but he was forever chasing the KO.

HomicideHenry · Post by **HomicideHenry** » 27 Mar 2006, 03:16

Yea pretty much, but I read alot of his fights with Billy Papke. I like Ketchell's style, he just went beserk on his opponents.

Even though he was outclassed by Johnson, I thought to myself, damn if only people at Heavyweight nowadays threw wild punches and went crazy like that in fights ne more lol there would sure as hell be more asses in the seats and KO's.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 27 Mar 2006, 06:20

Tommy Hearns

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 27 Mar 2006, 09:32

Ill include fighters who Ive seen fight live rather than film. Bobby Chacon, Hagler, Danny Lopez, Yaqui Lopez, James Scott, Dwight Qwawi, Saad Muhamed, Joe Frazier, Barry Mcguigan, Mickey Ward. By live I mean in person or on TV.

Ezzard · Post by **Ezzard** » 27 Mar 2006, 10:11

MightyWarrior wrote:Tommy Hearns

Tommy's fights usually had it all, knockdowns, knockouts, great skill, bravery and you were never 100% that Tommy would win (especially in the later fights) even when he was dominating his opponent.

kick asner · Post by **kick asner** » 27 Mar 2006, 10:58

A guy who I thought always got overlooked was Cornelious "Boza" Edwards. I was never dissapointed with the action in any of his fights. Also Aaron Pryor was non stop action. John "The Beast" Muguibi because of his knockout ratio. Also guys like Frank "The Animal" Fletcher, James "Hard Rock" Green, Harold Braizier, and Buster Drayton would give you your money's worth.

Arsenal · Post by **Arsenal** » 27 Mar 2006, 11:04

I'd go for Benn and Lewis as my favorites then Hagler, Duran, Hamed, Tyson, Ali, RJJ, Calzaghe

, Hearns.

rufus payne · Post by **rufus payne** » 27 Mar 2006, 11:05

Arguello
Pryor
Tyson
Hagler
Gatti
Duran
Ali
Ward
LeHoullier
Allan Green

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 27 Mar 2006, 11:08

kick asner wrote:A guy who I thought always got overlooked was Cornelious "Boza" Edwards. I was never dissapointed with the action in any of his fights. Also Aaron Pryor was non stop action. John "The Beast" Muguibi because of his knockout ratio. Also guys like Frank "The Animal" Fletcher, James "Hard Rock" Green, Harold Braizier, and Buster Drayton would give you your money's worth.

Great picks, These guys were on the tube all the time. and with Boza and Fletcher it was a war every time.

kick asner · Post by **kick asner** » 27 Mar 2006, 12:18

I thought Ray Leonard would have came up more often. Wheather you prefered an action fighter or a tactical one he gave you the best of both. He provided one of the great highlights of all time with his knockout of Davey "Boy" Green. He had some other spectacular knockouts I thought that provided much entertainment.

Borinken25 · Post by **Borinken25** » 27 Mar 2006, 12:27

Hagler
Duran
Gomez
Arguello
Tyson

BoxBuzz · Post by **BoxBuzz** » 27 Mar 2006, 12:32

expug wrote:
kick asner wrote:A guy who I thought always got overlooked was Cornelious "Boza" Edwards. I was never dissapointed with the action in any of his fights. Also Aaron Pryor was non stop action. John "The Beast" Muguibi because of his knockout ratio. Also guys like Frank "The Animal" Fletcher, James "Hard Rock" Green, Harold Braizier, and Buster Drayton would give you your money's worth.
Great picks, These guys were on the tube all the time. and with Boza and Fletcher it was a war every time.

We are on the same page here, good choices and definately a time when you really could catch a good fight on tv pretty regularly.

kick asner · Post by **kick asner** » 27 Mar 2006, 14:11

I remember as a kid running out to the mailbox looking for the T.V. Guide with much anticipation just to see who was fighting that week. Hardly a week went by when they didn't have fights on. Sometimes on more than one channel and sometimes at night for a big event. They even brought back Friday night fights for a brief time in the early eighties. I remeber what a bummer it was watching the Minter/Antufurmo rematch On abc while trying to watch the Dokes/Ocasio rematch on cbs and saying no need to tune into Dokes/Ocasio till about the third round and then switching over during the commercial and the fight was over. :x

mattyp151 · Post by **mattyp151** » 27 Mar 2006, 14:31

Tyson
Roy Jones
Hamed - always waited for him to lose
Hagler - my favorite
LaMotta
Gatti
Pernell Whitaker - could embarass anyone without great offense
Willie Pep - same as above

evndrbsn · Post by **evndrbsn** » 27 Mar 2006, 14:41

Evander Holyfield before 1998.

meade95 · Post by **meade95** » 28 Mar 2006, 15:03

No real order here -

E. Holyfield
P. Whitaker
T. Hearns
J. Fenech
K. Galaxy
J. Jackson
J. Toney
A. Nelson
S. Sorjaturong
R. Vorapin (SW)
M. Tyson
W. Gomez

and I know I'm leaving off another 5 or 6....

rufus payne · Post by **rufus payne** » 29 Mar 2006, 13:02

Julian Letterlough...RIP

barry · Post by **barry** » 29 Mar 2006, 13:35

Danny Lopez
Ruben Olivares
Julio Cesar Chavez
Matthew Saad Muhammad
Rocky Graziano
Arturo Gatti
Evander Holyfield (when he was at cruiserweight)
Bobby Chacon
Marvin Johnson
Pipino Cuevas
Roberto Duran
Thomas Hearns
Wilfredo Gomez
Khaosai Galaxy
Julian Jackson
Henry Armstrong
Felix Trinidad
Alexis Arguello
Aaron Pryor
Jeff Fenech
Sandy Saddler

To name a few...

sockdolager · Post by **sockdolager** » 30 Mar 2006, 12:08

10. Muhammed Ali
9. Marvin Hagler
8. Roberto Duran
7. Carmen Basilio
6. Archie Moore
5. Floyd Mayweather
4. Rocky Marciano
3. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Thomas Hearns
1. Iron Mike Tyson