Your top 5?

[imp]

Short and sweet.

No number 6 or 7.

Only 5.

Think about it before committing...

1. Ali
2. Roy jones
3. Floyd mayweather
4. mike tyson
5. nigel benn (he showed something in THAT fight I have never witnessed since..and he's british)

[mikeeod]

1. Henry Armstrong
2. Ray Robinson
3. Ali
4. Ray Leonard
5. Roberto Duran

[Beanflicker]

1. Floyd
2. Roy Jones
3. SRR
4. Pernell Whitaker
5. Ray Leonard

[Fenster]

I take it you mean top five favourites judging by that list.

1. In-Jin Chi
2. Nigel Benn
3. Micky Ward
4. Dennis Andries
5. Wayne McCullough

[mikeeod]

If we are talking favorites my list is:
1. Marvin Hagler
2. BHop
3. Evander Holyfield
4. James Toney
5. Pernell Whitaker

[imp]

I take it you mean top five favourites judging by that list.

1. In-Jin Chi
2. Nigel Benn
3. Micky Ward
4. Dennis Andries
5. Wayne McCullough

Yes. Top 5 boxers.

Your number 1 choice...why is he so special for you?

[g3org3]

I was actually thinking about my top 5 today I'll post my picks soon but just wanted to say i don't agree with most top 5/10 all times list just because a lot of these great boxers ended up fighting too long past there prime and took some bad beatings to shit opposition. I really believe if you decide to fight on past your prime you need to take the good with the bad. For example Roy Jones was one of the best in his prime but ended up shit cause he went on too long, I personally count all fighters wins loses prime or not and for that reason fighters like Roy Jones would never make any of my lists for that reason.

[Fenster]

I take it you mean top five favourites judging by that list.

1. In-Jin Chi
2. Nigel Benn
3. Micky Ward
4. Dennis Andries
5. Wayne McCullough

Yes. Top 5 boxers.

Your number 1 choice...why is he so special for you?

Well I wouldn't really say he's "special" to me, I could also pick a different five, but looking at my list, it would strongly suggest that I like hard-as-nails, mental tear-up merchants. Interesting.

(Leonard is my favourite ever fighter)

[TitoFan]

Favorites? Hell... why didn't you say so.

1. Trinidad
2. Wilfredo Gomez
3. Wilfredo Benitez
4. Alexis Arguello
5. Sugar Ray Leonard


Damn! Five is so limiting.....

[mikeeod]

Favorites? Hell... why didn't you say so.

1. Trinidad
2. Wilfredo Gomez
3. Wilfredo Benitez
4. Alexis Arguello
5. Sugar Ray Leonard


Damn! Five is so limiting.....

No Cotto?!?!? Looking at your top three I figured he would be in there somewhere.

[Master]

Tyson
Chavez
Norris
Herol Graham
McCallum

That was very hard and I left out so many!!!!

[mikeeod]

Tyson
Chavez
Norris
Herol Graham
McCallum

That was very hard and I left out so many!!!!

It was hard for me to leave out JCC, Norris and McCallum off of my list. The 80s/90s were such great decades for boxing. Other than GGG and Crawford, what "newer" pro fighters have that skill and toughness combination? As solid as Danny Garcia is, would he have even picked up a title in those days?

[Master]

Tyson
Chavez
Norris
Herol Graham
McCallum

That was very hard and I left out so many!!!!

It was hard for me to leave out JCC, Norris and McCallum off of my list. The 80s/90s were such great decades for boxing. Other than GGG and Crawford, what "newer" pro fighters have that skill and toughness combination? As solid as Danny Garcia is, would he have even picked up a title in those days?

I was thinking the same am I just an old git or were the fighters better back then?

I was considering putting in Cotto but could not think of an active fighter that I am a fan of.

Walters and Crawford are ones I like so far.

[TitoFan]

Favorites? Hell... why didn't you say so.

1. Trinidad
2. Wilfredo Gomez
3. Wilfredo Benitez
4. Alexis Arguello
5. Sugar Ray Leonard


Damn! Five is so limiting.....

No Cotto?!?!? Looking at your top three I figured he would be in there somewhere.

If he upsets Canelo I may have to sneak him in there.

[Spicoli]

Tyson
Chavez
Norris
Herol Graham
McCallum

That was very hard and I left out so many!!!!

It was hard for me to leave out JCC, Norris and McCallum off of my list. The 80s/90s were such great decades for boxing. Other than GGG and Crawford, what "newer" pro fighters have that skill and toughness combination? As solid as Danny Garcia is, would he have even picked up a title in those days?

I think the plethora of trinkets has been there for the picking for the longest and Garcia and 100 others might get in. Its more an indictment on the availability and bs with belts than level of competition in respected division for a lot of guys today. Then again if the current Garcia jumped to welter say against Ike Quartey I'd fear for his life.

Holyfield
Hopkins
Carbajal
Benn
Saad

Five is not enough