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you top 10 fav fighters doesnt have to be in order

Muhammad Ali
Kostya Tszyu
Naseem Hamed
Rocky Marciano
SRR
Marvin Hagler
Roberto Duran
Mike Tyson
Roy Jones Jr
Ricky Hatton

Good topic. Top 10 ever? Hard call...

George Foreman - Will always be my #1.

Ricardo Lopez - I heard someone once say if you built a 160lb version of him, he'd beat anyone in any weightclass. Amen.

Jack Dempsey - Mesmerised from a young age by the maniacal ferocity.

Pernell Whitaker - Grew up watching Sweet Pea in the 90's. The best fighter of my lifetime, & that includes Lopez, Jones, Mayweather etc.

Michael Carbajal - One fight I'll never forget - everyone knows which one I'm referring to. Superb war.

Roy Jones - Never got tired of watching him at Super-Middle. A pretty handy Light-Heavy, too.

Oscar De La Hoya - You love him or you hate him, it seems. I'm a shameless, unapologetic nuthugger

Joe Frazier - I stare in awe at his unbreakable will, knowing I'll never figure out how he kept on ticking in the tough fights.

Wilfred Benitez - Quickly went downhill after early success, but what a slickster. Beautiful to watch. "El Radar" indeed.

Sal Sanchez - Wow, simply wow. No fight coach can teach that kind of composure & coolness. Brilliant (& brilliantly entertaining) fighter to observe.

I don't love or hate Oscar.

Muhammad Ali
Sugar Ray Robinson... maybe the most aesthetically pleasing style in boxing history
Roberto Duran... I'm in the process of re-re-rewatching his Lightweight title fights; he was awesome.
Bernard Hopkins
Erik Morales
Floyd Mayweather Jr... I don't think I'll ever understand why so many seem to hate him... I can understand not being a fan, but hating him?
Carmen Basilio
Thomas Hearns
Evander Holyfield
Ezzard Charles... greatest Light Heavyweight of all time, and that's not even what he's known for...

Salvador Sanchez
Bobby Chacon
Alexis Arguello
Mravin Hagler
Matthew Saad Muhammad
Sugar Ramos
Ruben Olivares
Danny Lopez
Joe Louis
Kid Gavilan

I go throgh phases but for all of these guys I am yes a nut hugger, appologist and all that fan like agenda.

Floyd Patterson - I love his speed, style and explosiveness. He seems like a genuinely nice sincere man. Such a small man amongst giants.

Larry Holmes- Love his jab and ability to adapt. Has an interesting nature to him from what I have gathered. Almost aware of his lack of legacy earlt on.

Joe Frazier - tough and his relentless style is exciting to watch and displayed at his best a versatility that seems to be over looked. I love his body attacking style and attrition style as well as his ability at one blasting KO shot.

Evander Holyfield- A busy hard working over achiever who may not be a defensive genius but technically so clean. Years ago I would watch his loss to Bowe in 1992 over and over again hoping he would win the fight...kids.

George Foreman- Two versions of the same complicated man. So menacing and powerful yet at the same time so quick to smile and warm hearted.

Jesse Fergusson - A under dog that never was destined to be great, but who given the chance could pull of an upset when seemingly over matched,

Thomas Hearns - the way he popped that jab, threw that right and lasered away with his left hook is awe inspiring. Fought so many different types of guys with his rangey superb style.

MIke Tyson - Before I knew what boxing was I knew who Mike Tyson was. Such a powerful, explosive fast fisted machine of destruction. I dont want to BELIEVE what this complicated man does outside of the ring, seemingly complicated and child like.

Joe Louis - As a teenager I was obsessed wit his calm composure inside the ropes, the way he got the job done and never seemed to panic even if he was losing. An excellent technician.

Doug Jones - I have just become interested in this man after watching three of his fights as well as some high lights. Not the best out there but his ability to work inside, cut of the ring and land that right hand make for a great fight..as well as the way he can slip the jab on the inside and land his own.

The list no doubt will change as it often does....I go through fads a fair bit...Fergusson and Jones will no doubt be replaced by some one else, though the others remain constant/

ricky hatton
herbie hide
ngiel benn
naseem hamed
gary lockett
frank bruno
lennox lewis
john duddy
david haye
ali

1. Julio Cesar Chavez
2. Muhammad Ali
3. Pernell Whitaker
4.George Foreman
5. Ray Leonard
6.Sun-kil Moon
8.Carlos Monzon
9. Tommy Hearns
10. Joe Frazier

[in no particular order]

1. Joe Louis
2. Roberto Duran
3. Jake LaMotta
4. Marvin Hagler
5. George Foreman
6. Mike Tyson
7. Jack Dempsey
8. Rocky Marciano
9. Sugar Ray Robinson
10. Jack Johnson

Though my list is primarily heavyweights, I can't help but be biased, as that particular division has always been my favorite, though I have seen far superior boxers at lighter weight classes, and sometimes far more exciting fights, also at light weight classes. Also my list is based more on those I have really reviewed on film, rather than a list of fighters I have read about and grew to love and enjoy, other wise this list would have looked completely different, as I would have had John L. Sullivan, no doubt, as #1 on my list.

No order
Johnny Lira
Henry Sims
Randy Smith
Johnny Heard
Carlos Palomino
Danny Lopez
Bennie Briscoe
Cyclone Hart
Yaqui Lopez
Jesse Burnett

You never hear people say, "I hate Danny Lopez." Chacon. Or Yaqui Lopez for that matter. And they are absolutely right.

Thomas Hearns
Matthew Franklin- Saad Muhammad
Alexis Arguello
Dick Tiger
Koichi Wajima
Carlos Ortiz
Ezzard Charles
Yuri Arbachakov
Kid Gavilan
Joe Frazier

I'm intrigued by Ike Williams, Ernesto Marcel, Nicolino Locche, & would love more film.

I see only 2 people including myself have Hatton in there top 10

It is favourite boxers and you are picking people you ain't see.

I suggest you get some Hatton fights and see a true boxer.

Quick, good on the inside, awesome jab, slippery can adapt t oany style.

Can fight at lightweight to middleweight

How many boxers can do all these things

plopeater wrote:I see only 2 people including myself have Hatton in there top 10

It is favourite boxers and you are picking people you ain't see.

I suggest you get some Hatton fights and see a true boxer.

Quick, good on the inside, awesome jab, slippery can adapt t oany style.

Can fight at lightweight to middleweight

How many boxers can do all these things

Hatton can't do those things, but Mayweather can.

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My Top 5 in No Particular order.. Reason for 5 is because if i say any more, i'll keep going, these 5 Stand out ......

Mike Tyson - An Example what happens when Problems in your Personal life spiral out of control and Destroy your career,

'Prince' Naseem - Colourful attitude and did a lot of Boxing

Muhammed Ali - Colourful attitude and also did a lot for Boxing, Top of that fought and Beat the best in His Prime.

Joe Frazier - His never give up loco-motive style.

Jack Depsey To Fight like that in those Days was really something uncanning to watch, was hard to call it boxing, and just simple to call it Fighting.

observer1 wrote:

plopeater wrote:I see only 2 people including myself have Hatton in there top 10

It is favourite boxers and you are picking people you ain't see.

I suggest you get some Hatton fights and see a true boxer.

Quick, good on the inside, awesome jab, slippery can adapt t oany style.

Can fight at lightweight to middleweight

How many boxers can do all these things

Hatton can't do those things, but Mayweather can.

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when has mayweather fought at middle

and looks a compubox stats, hatton outjabbed floyd 3 to 1

Mayweather doesn't throw many jabs. Sometimes he does, but not typically. When he did get his jab working in some of those later rounds against Hatton, he couldn't miss.

Much good it did Hatton to land those jabs, by the way

I Feel Fine wrote:Mayweather doesn't throw many jabs. Sometimes he does, but not typically. When he did get his jab working in some of those later rounds against Hatton, he couldn't miss.

Much good it did Hatton to land those jabs, by the way

hatton had a virus and was only 50% fit

1. Ezzard Charles
2. Jersey Joe Walcott
3. Julio Cesar Chavez
4. Sugar Ray Robinson
5. Floyd Patterson
6. Wilfred Benitez
7. Alexis Arguello
8. Joe Frazier
9. Barbados Demon Joe Walcott
10. Carmen Basilio

Wilfredo Benitez
Carlos Ortiz
Marvin Hagler
Wilfredo Gomez
Salvador Sanchez
Felix Trinidad
Pernell Whitaker
Alexis Arguello
Roberto Duran
Alfredo "El Salsero" Escalera

blimey, a whole page of lists of top 10 faves of all time and i'm the first to posit archie moore?

archie
robinson
greb
nel tarleton
jimmy wilde
sanchez
stracey
benny leonard
armstrong
saddler

if i went down the line, it'd be roy jones 1-9. and after what i saw, roy jones #10 southpaw.

My top 10 favorite fighters of my lifetime:

1. Roberto Duran: Forever my childhood hero...Forever my champion.
2. Muhammad Ali: The closest thing to Duran
3. Sugar Ray Leonard: He was beautiful to watch...Very sweet
4. Julio Cesar Chavez: My Duran's replacement...Wjat a fighter in his days.
5. Mike Tyson: I am talking about the Tyson of the 80s.
6. Boby Chacon: There was not a better warrior
7. Eusebio Pedroza: 20 title defenses. I still believe that the elite featherweights DUCKED HIM BIG TIME!!!
8. James Toney: Somehow he slipped. But in the early 90s, he was a favorite of mine
9. Michael Carbajal: The only one that got my attention in the flyweight ranks
10. Ken Buchanan: I could have many of his videos and I do not get tired of watching him fight. Great fighter that lately is getting his due.

Of the old time fighters of the 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s:
1. Kid Gavilan...My favorite old time fighter
2. Henry Armstrong...To me, the greatest figter pound per pound of all-time
3. Ike Williams
4. Carlos Ortiz
5. Eder Jofre
6. Vicente Saldivar
7. Carmen Basilio
8. Muhammad Ali (of course)
9. Emile Griffith
10. Ismael Laguna

bjermaine wrote:if i went down the line, it'd be roy jones 1-9. and after what i saw, roy jones #10 southpaw.

Don't you need time to, "thank?"

Goodnight, Irene wrote:

bjermaine wrote:if i went down the line, it'd be roy jones 1-9. and after what i saw, roy jones #10 southpaw.

Don't you need time to, "thank?"

deleded

rjj is't even in the best 100 fighters ever

wot has he acheived

He was dominant for so long, and looked in so control for most of his fights.

Robinson wrote:He was dominant for so long, and looked in so control for most of his fights.

so would i fighting most of his opponents, most weren't even ranked in top 50

Oh ok then. Your right, my mistake. He is shit. Did nothing in his career.