Boxing's finest 101 fighters of the 80s
IMO boxing was at its post WWII pinnacle in the 80s, and the 101 fighters listed below, were 90% of the reason the decade was so strong.
The list was compiled purely on results from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989:
101 Herol Graham
100 Miguel Lora
99 Michael Moorer
98 Hilmer Kenty
97 Rolando Navarrete
96 Yong Kang Kim
95 Gabby Canizales
94 Fulgencio Obelmejias
93 Bobby Czyz
92 Frank Tate
91 Matthew Hilton
90 Sean O’Grady
89 Terry Marsh
88 Greg Haugen
87 Duke McKenzie
86 Jorge Paez
85 Wilfred Gomez
84 Maurice Hope
83 Elly Pical
82 Saoul Mamby
81 John Mugabi
80 Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
79 Milton McCrory
78 Cornelius Boza-Edwards
77 Rafael Limon
76 Sam Serrano
75 Dave McAuley
74 Livingstone Bramble
73 Dennis Andries
72 Juan Martin Coggi
71 Sung Il Moon
70 Tony Tucker
69 Marvin Johnson
68 Gianfranco Rosi
67 Jim Watt
66 Bobby Chacon
65 Jiro Watanabe
64 Fidel Bassa
63 Seung Hoon Lee
62 Alan Minter
61 Ray Mancini
60 Dodie Penalosa
59 Juan LaPorte
58 Simon Brown
57 Ayub Kalule
56 Iran Barkley
55 Chong Pal Park
54 Carlos Deleon
53 Rocky Lockbridge
52 Barry McGuigan
51 Mark Breland
50 Charles Williams
49 Sambu Kalambay
48 Humberto Gonzales
47 Julian Jackson
46 Lloyd Honeyghan
45 Raul Perez
44 Jose Luis Ramirez
43 James McGirt
42 Tim Whitherspoon
41 Marlon Starling
40 Hilario Zapata
39 Orlando Canizales
38 Virgil Hill
37 Roger Mayweather
36 Edwin Rosario
35 Daniel Zaragoza
34 Wilfred Benitez
33 Antonio Esparragoza
32 Mathew Saad Muhammad
31 Santos Laciar
30 Meldrick Taylor
29 Dwight Muhammad Qawi
28 Gilberto Roman
27 Don Curry
26 Brian Mitchell
25 Alexis Arguello
24 Hector Camacho
23 Lupe Pintor
22 Sot Chitalada
21 Michael Nunn
20 Jeff Fenech
19 Myung Woo Yuh
18 Jung Koo Chang
17 Mike McCallum
16 Evander Holyfield
15 Pernell Whitaker
14 Jeff Chandler
13 Khoasio Galaxy
12 Salvador Sanchez
11 Azumah Nelson
10 Roberto Duran
9 Aaron Pryor
8 Eusebio Pedroza
7 Julio Cesar Chavez
6 Larry Holmes
5 Michael Spinks
4 Tommy Hearns
3 Mike Tyson
2 Marvin Hagler
1 Ray Leonard
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Gilberto Roman, Brit remind me Hes the only one I cant remember and so high ?
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Gilberto Roman was a two time holder of the WBC Super Flyweight crown. He won a four fight series with the excellent Santos Laciar. Beat Jiro Watanabe by decision in Tokyo!!! And had two good wins over Sugar Baby Rojas.
Sadly, he was killed in a car crash aged 28 in 1990, with a 54-6-1 (35) record.
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Great work Britkid, I was gonna say move Barry Mcguigan up but I cant see anyone you would move down. Cant really see anything I disagree with.
:coolclick: astounding work my friend
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Cheers Brit, Ive never watched below Bantam to much to be honest.
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Originally Posted by Scrap
Cheers Brit, Ive never watched below Bantam to much to be honest.
I should, as there seems to be some superb fighters down there, but post mid 90s, with the odd exception, I have lost touch with the fighters below Featherweight.
Which is my loss as I really got quite good knowledge of the 80s/early 90s fighters at 118 and under after watching McAuley/BassaI (a must watch, for anyone).
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Brilliant work Britkid im pleased to see SRL at #1 after that thread about him being overated by some idiot! ::**
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Great list mate, but unless your'e are a boxing historian for a living I think you need to get out more :P
Oh and Duran should be top 3 definitely above Hagler in my opinion as he won titles at 5 weights (or was it 4? still it was a lot) and I think Alexis Arguello should be a little higher.
Where's Frank Bruno? Come on man he should be there! He was the face of British boxing in the 80's!
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The more I think about this, the more of an injustice this seems Britkid.
Put Frank Bruno in your damn list! ;D
BRUNO BRUNO BRUNO
Come on a world title at about the 4th attempt, he dserves his place.
I'm sure you would put old man Walcott in a top 100 fighters of the fifties so you have to put in big Frank!!
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Now this list is better put together than the 90's list. CC for you, Ray Leonard was the man.
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Originally Posted by gbrandon
Now this list is better put together than the 90's list. CC for you, Ray Leonard was the man.
I have better knowledge of the 80s, I switched off post 95, and I personally think it shows in the structure of the lists... ;)
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Duran should not be above Hagler in the 80s.. Duran at number 10 is being generous considering he lost to Kirkland Laing in the early 80s before he lost to Hagler.
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Originally Posted by Britkid
IMO boxing was at its post WWII pinnacle in the 80s, and the 101 fighters listed below, were 90% of the reason the decade was so strong.
The list was compiled purely on results from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989:
101 Herol Graham
100 Miguel Lora
99 Michael Moorer
98 Hilmer Kenty
97 Rolando Navarrete
96 Yong Kang Kim
95 Gabby Canizales
94 Fulgencio Obelmejias
93 Bobby Czyz
92 Frank Tate
91 Matthew Hilton
90 Sean O’Grady
89 Terry Marsh
88 Greg Haugen
87 Duke McKenzie
86 Jorge Paez
85 Wilfred Gomez
84 Maurice Hope
83 Elly Pical
82 Saoul Mamby
81 John Mugabi
80 Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
79 Milton McCrory
78 Cornelius Boza-Edwards
77 Rafael Limon
76 Sam Serrano
75 Dave McAuley
74 Livingstone Bramble
73 Dennis Andries
72 Juan Martin Coggi
71 Sung Il Moon
70 Tony Tucker
69 Marvin Johnson
68 Gianfranco Rosi
67 Jim Watt
66 Bobby Chacon
65 Jiro Watanabe
64 Fidel Bassa
63 Seung Hoon Lee
62 Alan Minter
61 Ray Mancini
60 Dodie Penalosa
59 Juan LaPorte
58 Simon Brown
57 Ayub Kalule
56 Iran Barkley
55 Chong Pal Park
54 Carlos Deleon
53 Rocky Lockbridge
52 Barry McGuigan
51 Mark Breland
50 Charles Williams
49 Sambu Kalambay
48 Humberto Gonzales
47 Julian Jackson
46 Lloyd Honeyghan
45 Raul Perez
44 Jose Luis Ramirez
43 James McGirt
42 Tim Whitherspoon
41 Marlon Starling
40 Hilario Zapata
39 Orlando Canizales
38 Virgil Hill
37 Roger Mayweather
36 Edwin Rosario
35 Daniel Zaragoza
34 Wilfred Benitez
33 Antonio Esparragoza
32 Mathew Saad Muhammad
31 Santos Laciar
30 Meldrick Taylor
29 Dwight Muhammad Qawi
28 Gilberto Roman
27 Don Curry
26 Brian Mitchell
25 Alexis Arguello
24 Hector Camacho
23 Lupe Pintor
22 Sot Chitalada
21 Michael Nunn
20 Jeff Fenech
19 Myung Woo Yuh
18 Jung Koo Chang
17 Mike McCallum
16 Evander Holyfield
15 Pernell Whitaker
14 Jeff Chandler
13 Khoasio Galaxy
12 Salvador Sanchez
11 Azumah Nelson
10 Roberto Duran
9 Aaron Pryor
8 Eusebio Pedroza
7 Julio Cesar Chavez
6 Larry Holmes
5 Michael Spinks
4 Tommy Hearns
3 Mike Tyson
2 Marvin Hagler
1 Ray Leonard
Ladys and gents hes back!!! :)
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I would put Virgil Hill ahead of Hector Camacho and Michael Nunn all time, but this is the 80s and Hill did not do that much in the 80s. Although Tyson in the 80s did not do enough to warrant where he is there. Hearns did much more in the 80s than Tyson. Hearns was practically the 80s since he won his title in 80 and fought 16 title fights in the 80s.
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