Quote Originally Posted by Britkid View Post
1: Chavez: Greatest Mexican we have seen in this sport.

2: Whitaker: Brilliant but uninspiring in his time, but now get his kudos.

3: Mayweather Jr: An exceptional talent.

4: Hopkins: Now arguably the best 'old' fighter ever.

5: De La Hoya: Had a lot to live up too, and succeed.

6: Pacquiao: I did not think any Filipino would top Villa, I was wrong!

7: Mosley: An awesome phenomenon, who also had substance.

8: Trinidad: A fighter who has gone out of fashion, which was a shame as he was fun and talented.

9: Tszyu: Along with Arbachakov, was the first to show that the old 'Soviet' amateur system could in the new era produce brilliance at pro level.
I will go with most of what you said here :-)

Chavez - I have to go with Sanchez over Chavez... but he is among the top Mexican fighters we have ever seen.

Whitaker, I didn't think was uninspiring at the time, but he was a classic boxer in the 'boxer versus puncher' sense of the term.

There was a bit of questioning earlier about why everyone put Tszyu on the bottom of the list... I guess I'm curious your reasoning. For me, it was longevity for the most part - he was seen as darned near unbeatable and that made it even more incredible the manner in which he lost to Hatton.

Anyway, good post.