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    Default 25 best fighters of the last 25 years. Fact.

    This list is from Tris Dixon the former editor of BoxingNews. He gives a brief summation/reason for each fighter on the link - The 25 best fighters of the last 25 years - | Boxing News - boxing news, results, rankings, schedules since 1909

    I started out shaking my head but when it got to the top ten I started to realise why I was shaking my head at first - some seriously great fighters.

    25 Dariusz Michalczewski
    24 Michael Moorer
    23 Kostya Tszyu
    22 Andre Ward
    21 Joe Calzaghe
    20 James Toney
    19 Vitali Klitshcko
    18 Michael Carbajal
    17 Wladimir Klitshcko
    16 Oscar De La Hoya
    15 Shane Mosley
    14 Miguel Cotto
    13 Felix Trinidad
    12 Erik Morales
    11 Marco Antonio Barrera
    10 Evander Holyfield
    9 Juan Manuel Marquez
    8 Julio Cesar Chavez
    7 Pernell Whitaker
    6 Ricardo Lopez
    5 Lennox Lewis
    4 Bernard Hopkins
    3 Manny Pacquiao
    2 Floyd Mayweather Jnr
    1 Roy Jones Jnr


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    Lol I think I hear Ross screaming!

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    Default Re: 25 best fighters of the last 25 years. Fact.

    Floyd beats anyone in history from 130-147lbs, Roy Jones beats anyone in history from 160-175lbs. FACT.

    And that's not what some of you want to hear, but it's true.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
    Floyd beats anyone in history from 130-147lbs, Roy Jones beats anyone in history from 160-175lbs. FACT.

    And that's not what some of you want to hear, but it's true.
    Lol
    Why do you constantly let your enthusiasm pull you 'out of bounds'?

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    Default Re: 25 best fighters of the last 25 years. Fact.

    Quote Originally Posted by beenKOed View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
    Floyd beats anyone in history from 130-147lbs, Roy Jones beats anyone in history from 160-175lbs. FACT.

    And that's not what some of you want to hear, but it's true.
    Lol
    Why do you constantly let your enthusiasm pull you 'out of bounds'?
    Out of bounds? These are things I believe!

    There's not a guy from 160-175 that I would pick to beat a prime Roy Jones, and there's not a guy from 130-147 I would pick to beat Mayweather.

    Sure, there are guys that could have beat them. Hearns could have landed a right hand and knocked Floyd cold. Bob Foster could have landed a left hook and knocked Roy out cold. Anything can happen in a fight.

    I'm just saying if I'm the bookie and Mayweather/Hearns is signed at WW, I'm putting Mayweather as the favorite. Roy Jones/Archie Moore at 175, I'm putting Jones as the favorite.

    If people don't see it that way, that's cool. It's just my opinion.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by beenKOed View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
    Floyd beats anyone in history from 130-147lbs, Roy Jones beats anyone in history from 160-175lbs. FACT.

    And that's not what some of you want to hear, but it's true.
    Lol
    Why do you constantly let your enthusiasm pull you 'out of bounds'?
    Out of bounds? These are things I believe!

    There's not a guy from 160-175 that I would pick to beat a prime Roy Jones, and there's not a guy from 130-147 I would pick to beat Mayweather.

    Sure, there are guys that could have beat them. Hearns could have landed a right hand and knocked Floyd cold. Bob Foster could have landed a left hook and knocked Roy out cold. Anything can happen in a fight.

    I'm just saying if I'm the bookie and Mayweather/Hearns is signed at WW, I'm putting Mayweather as the favorite. Roy Jones/Archie Moore at 175, I'm putting Jones as the favorite.

    If people don't see it that way, that's cool. It's just my opinion.
    Your original post stated your opinion as fact. That was why you got the responses you did. If you had said that in your opinion Roy and Floyd could have beaten anyone ever, then you probably would have only received counter viewpoints of other people's opinions. That being g said, you seem to become hostile of someone posts a differing opinion and immediately go on the offensive.

    As for Roy beating anyone in history, due to his athleticism and unorthodox style I feel that any 160-168 pounder has big problems with Roy. One mistake and he can end it or hurt u so that u go on the defensive. That being said, when u look at the guys he fought, he stayed away from long, slick, good boxers. Roy was still as fast as ever in his first two fights w Tarver. He was prime. Tarver n Johnson ruined him. Watch the Eric Harding fight. Roy struggled until Harding dislocated his shoulder. Nunn and Liles were those type of fighters and Roy stayed well away. He also failed to fight G-Man, Benn, Collins, Eubank, Darius, Gracciano, Jirov to name a few. While I don't think Floyd was a duck, Roy definitely was. He had the potential to beat anyone head to head but fought pathetic opposition I his prime. He is ranked behind Hop, Pac, Floyd, Evander, Pea, JCC on my list of ATG fighters of his generation.

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    Default Re: 25 best fighters of the last 25 years. Fact.

    Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
    Floyd beats anyone in history from 130-147lbs, Roy Jones beats anyone in history from 160-175lbs. FACT.

    And that's not what some of you want to hear, but it's true.
    Roy didn't beat Tarver or Johnson, so it doesn't appear to be a fact.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikeeod View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
    Floyd beats anyone in history from 130-147lbs, Roy Jones beats anyone in history from 160-175lbs. FACT.

    And that's not what some of you want to hear, but it's true.
    Roy didn't beat Tarver or Johnson, so it doesn't appear to be a fact.
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    Default Re: 25 best fighters of the last 25 years. Fact.

    I would not have Moorer on the list ever. He was wasted talent, with a china chin and had very little enthusiasm for the game.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
    I would not have Moorer on the list ever. He was wasted talent, with a china chin and had very little enthusiasm for the game.


    Agreed, @Master .
    That would be my lone objection to the list.

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    This list is overloaded with fighters from the New World.
    I wonder what this list will look like in another 10, 15 or 25 years?

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    Quote Originally Posted by beenKOed View Post
    This list is overloaded with fighters from the New World.
    I wonder what this list will look like in another 10, 15 or 25 years?
    It's the best since 1990. In 25 years time half of them probably wont make the best of the last 50 years list. There'll forever be a new kid on the block
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fenster View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by beenKOed View Post
    This list is overloaded with fighters from the New World.
    I wonder what this list will look like in another 10, 15 or 25 years?
    It's the best since 1990. In 25 years time half of them probably wont make the best of the last 50 years list. There'll forever be a new kid on the block
    No doubt about that but I was thinking that in 10, 15, or 25 years there might be a lot more Russians, Brits, and some Chinese on the list.

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    Default Re: 25 best fighters of the last 25 years. Fact.

    Quote Originally Posted by beenKOed View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Fenster View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by beenKOed View Post
    This list is overloaded with fighters from the New World.
    I wonder what this list will look like in another 10, 15 or 25 years?
    It's the best since 1990. In 25 years time half of them probably wont make the best of the last 50 years list. There'll forever be a new kid on the block
    No doubt about that but I was thinking that in 10, 15, or 25 years there might be a lot more Russians, Brits, and some Chinese on the list.
    I missed your point.

    Basically you have to be based in America to make these lists, so now that the Eastern Europeans are basing themselves in the States, you'd have to expect they'll be looked at much more fondly in time.
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    I think only American (and Puerto Rican ---- and possibly part Mexican part American) people believe that shit
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