whats everyones top 10 boxers of all time ???
and why your number one ?
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whats everyones top 10 boxers of all time ???
and why your number one ?
Ok Ill treat this as if we havent had this thread all ready
See,do you mean greatest,most of those lists have allready been done
But if you went favourite boxers,alot of that would be left to the subjective,some guys you like,just because you like watching them box,and even though you may have tape on a guy,its not the same as being around when they were at their prime.
My faves,in no particular order
Bernard Hopkins
Larry Holmes
Ray Boom Boom Mancini
Ali
Angel Manfreddy(I have no idea why on this one,I just liked watching him)
The young version of Bowe
Roberto Duran
Sugar Ray L
Tim Witherspoon(again it doesnt have to be logical,I just liked the guy)
Tommy Hearns(this last one was a toss up between him and Hagler)
good list ... yer personal favorite i meant xxQuote:
Originally Posted by Trainer Monkey
Man my favourites....
Every time I post this It changes!!!
Alexis Arguello.
Julio Caesar Chavez
Kid Gavilan
Sugar Ray Robinson
Gerald McClellan
Tommy Hearns
Muhammad Ali
Ricky Hatton
Roberto Duran
Hagler
Monzon
Sugar Ray Leonard
Rocky Graziano
Zale
La Motta
Benny Leonard
Nigel Benn
To Many....
Oddly enough,if I went all time faves to watch,Id toss Sonny Liston on there,Quote:
Originally Posted by hitmandonny
His fights absolutely leave me in stitches,the dirty stuff he gets away with in there is beyond the pale.
What can I say,Im from Philly,we're raised to appreciate an artfully done eye gouge.
Allways away from the refs line of sight,done quickly,efficient,etc
The casual fan may not like it,but stuff like thats part of the sport as well,sort of like Hopkins 5 quick shots to the thigh in a clinch
Hey I'm not just a boxing fan, I'm a fight fan:p
Thats why I love reading about Harry Greb:-X
give him to the angels good book i read that on holiday !Quote:
Originally Posted by hitmandonny
i watched highlights of his fights he was abit dirty ! in life xx
Yeah that was a cracking book:
"Boxing ain't the noblest of arts...
and I ain't the noblest of artists."
You know footage of his fights is dead rare! If you know somebody that has some you should tell um to copy it, it'd be worth a mint!
And yeah, he was a man well before his time alright!
I have always loved
Marciano: To small, to slow... Not a great boxer. But he would knock you the fuk out.
Liston: Just loved his style
Joe louis: Just a master finisher
Bhop: Sneaky, dirty old bastard
Joe C: His ability to outlast, out wit, out play
Gatti: The same reason my love for Katsidis is growing.. Cuz so is his legend.
Cotto: Beat him... Just try.
Corrales: Castillo(nuf said)
RJJ: His dominant speed and skill
Jack Johnson: Being a great fighter and not giving a fuk.
Vinny Paz: "When the legs go like spagetti, I'm all over em like the sauce!"
Kelly Pavlik: for taking what was rightfully his.
Andre Berto: He's getting there
Ricky Hatton: for having a huge set...
Sugar Ray Robinson: One of the best P4P ever
Sugar Ray Leonard: for bringing the showman back
Lamotta: "I fought sugar so many times, I'm surprised I'm not diabetic"
There are just so many....
I'd need all day;D
Mr. Cooper, have you looked in the mirror lately and seen the state of your nose?"
Cooper: "Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What's yours?"
Mayweather gotta be my fav i guess
bhop
katsidis (mainly down to the earl fight)
audrey harrison (before i get attacked, only because i love him making an absolute tit of himself every time he gets in the ring)
skelton (because you could probably hear him breathing through them channel tunnel nostrils from space)
anyway back to serious buisness
Pacman
i really like the look of juan diaz
liked the guy injin chi before money took him elsewhere
max baer just shear punching power with shall we say one or two slightly illegal blows thrown in
deffo joe louis
Both sugar rays but moreso robinson
roy jones jr
and lastly i gotta give a shout out to mr zabdiel judah
in my sig
Fav fighter ever?...Willie Pep..and Smokin Joe.Have a new found love for Oscar dela Hoya recently aswell.
^
Was it the new look he sported in his recent photoshoot?
Just kiddin Tins.
Once again I don't name lists anymore.Only one the greatest fighter ever Sugar Ray Robinson.That's all I'll post.
lol Nah man dunno what it is just love watching the Golden Boy,I got his career on DVD and now consider myself the DLH expert LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by hitmandonny
Personally there are too many to think of and I would spend the rest of the night arguing with myself trying to come up wid a list. But there is only one name at the top:
The Original Sugar!!!! sweet.........
I'm with you on this one fightfan best boxer ever THE ONE THE ONLY SUGAR RAY ROBINSON he had it all grace, skill, power,durability,& charisma by the bucket full.
Just kidding man.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tins06
I've got his fight wiith Vargas and Mosely constantly on my lap top...
DLH always made for an exciting fight really.
Here is my list
The original Hitman, Hearns
Monzon
Hagler
Felix Tito Trinidad (All time fav right here)
Miguel Cotto
Wilfredo Gomez
Juan "Baby Bull" Diaz
Johny Tapia (Gotta love "Me vida Loca")
Angel Manfredy (Same reason as the second poster)
Young Mike Tyson
All these guys have one thing in common. They did'nt puzzyfoot around with you. They go into the ring to do one thing and one thing only, kick your ass. No ifs, no buts, these guys were going in to beat the living crap out of you and if you were'nt 100% ready (most times despite of the fact) you were going to end up in your back.
Sugar Ray fought too many toilet cleaners in his career so i'm going to have to go with Lennox Lewis.
He would defeat any and every boxer in the last century period
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Originally Posted by Karas
You can't be talking about Robinson here mate he beat the best at welter the best at middle & allmost beat the best at lightheavy
Karas you have yet to answer my thread in the Off Topic board.
Ricky Hatton
Joe Calzaghe
Floyd Mayweather
Roy Jones
Naseem Hamed
Ali
ODLH
David Haye
Carl Froch
Arturo Gatti
Kostya Tszyu
Diego Corrales
MAB
Carl Johaneson
Shane Mosely
The obvious ones, Ali, Robinson etc,Ali was my personal fav although i loved Salvador Sanchez, a man who beat{ i think} 6 future world champs before he was tragically killed.
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Originally Posted by Karas
1... u should not phase boxers as toilet cleaners!
2 so ur saying hearns , duran, hagler , norris , camacho, howard , benitez,were not good fighters ... u dont no much about boxing if u rate lennox lewis that highly ,he was lucky to win against ray mercer,dont get me wrong lennox lewis was a all round fighter , he took some fighters too lightly , ie mcCall 1 and rahman 1.. thats why he lost.also he always does just enough to win, which doesnt make for a good fight .
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Originally Posted by sexyboxer
sorry i fort u were talking about sugar ray LEONARD . SOZ
People do that on that board for some reason;i have one on another thread..they are hoping you'll all just forget and it will just slip away onto page two of their lives.;)Quote:
Originally Posted by hitmandonny
God here goes, mainly on style, but some I've only read about too and studied their history through the weights and can only imagine.
Sugar #1, there is only one.
Wille Pep; one of the only fighters I suspect could think and work out of both sides of his brain which relayed into both feet and both hands.
MUHAMMAD ALI for the man and the moments in and out of the ring.
Sullivan ,for fighting for 2 hours and 16 miniutes then gettting a Ko without gloves on.
Harry Creb for Balls going up in weight and clubbing Gene Tunney for the heavyweight title.
Gene Tunney 77-0-1 for working out how to beat Creb in a rematch and doing it on skill .one fight questionable his second against Dempsey.
LEN HArvey although Im not sure about his skills,he has a great record that spans all weight divisions in a tough time of fighters; so he must have been great.as they say he came out of a twenty year carera beaten a couple of times but unmarked.
Took the British heavyweight title giving away 28lb or 13 kilos near the end of his time! has to have been a great.
The ROCK ; Im not sure on the skill levels and if he would get away with chopping down with the blade of his hand in these days of tighter rules I think he would be dq'd ; but for a little tacker in with the tougher heavies of old, he was made of steel.
JAck Johnson from the days around 1900 ,when the search for the great white champion of the world were on in earnest ..deserves a mention for being the one great Black man to place a well aimed fist into those white spokes ;D
Joe Louis ,fought many ex world champs and finished them.fought many bums too but held the heavyweight championship for over 11 years in hard times with harder fighters around.
Gettting to more modern fighters
Chavez
Azuma Nelson
more recently probably Lopez.
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Originally Posted by ono
Doesntthis post ask for the BEST BOXERS OF ALL TIME ???
If so this list is way out.
Or is it asking for your favorites of all time ????
Also in thinking your are not very old if this is your list ONO ????
I should also toss on the comeback version of Big GeorgeQuote:
Originally Posted by sexyboxer
He was just fun to watch box
"Heres the center of the ring,now Im going to be here,and when you join me here,Im going to hit you.HARD"
Sugar Ray Leonard
Muhammad Ali
Mike Tyson
Julio Cesar Chavez
Sugar Ray Robinson
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Aaron Pryor
Larry Holmes
Roberto Duran
Marvin Hagler
One of the best boxers of all time has got to be the one and only "ROCKY MARCINANO!"His record was and still is unbelievable!49 undefeated bouts,7 heavyweight title fights in a 9 year boxing career reigning from March 1947 until he announced his retirement on April 27 1956.And his unbeaten record still stands in this present day!Will anyone match or beat that record?Well i'll let his reigning record career do the talking...and it says,"LEGEND ALWAYS!"