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    Default 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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    Default Re: Boxing's finest 101 fighters of the 80s

    Gilberto Roman, Brit remind me Hes the only one I cant remember and so high ?
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    Default Re: Boxing's finest 101 fighters of the 80s

    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.

    astounding work my friend

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    Cheers Brit, Ive never watched below Bantam to much to be honest.
    Pain lasts a only a minute, but the memory will last forever....

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    Default Re: Boxing's finest 101 fighters of the 80s

    Quote 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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    Default Re: Boxing's finest 101 fighters of the 80s

    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!


    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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    Default Re: Boxing's finest 101 fighters of the 80s

    Quote 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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    Default Re: Boxing's finest 101 fighters of the 80s

    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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    Default Re: Boxing's finest 101 fighters of the 80s

    Quote 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
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    Default Re: Boxing's finest 101 fighters of the 80s

    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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    Default Re: Boxing's finest 101 fighters of the 80s

    Brilliant list Britkid.

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