Fighters who had the most control of their careers

[Bill Paxtom]

I'm sure there are others, but these guys stand out

Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Leonard
Roy Jones Jr
Floyd Mayweather Jr

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Joe Frazier
George Foreman
Larry Holmes
Bob Foster

Odd, they're all black Americans. What about the rest of the world?

What Do Mean By 'Odd'.

George Chuvalo controlled every aspect of his career.

First Frazier and now Chuvalo.

You need to take this on the road and do standup.

Nobody puts 'Baby' in a corner.

[Kirkland Laing]

Beat Audley Harrison. Started his pro career as fighter/promoter with £1m in his sky from the BBC.

Beat me to it. On the march to his historic march to the WBF world title.

[SlimTrae]

I'm sure there are others, but these guys stand out

Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Leonard
Roy Jones Jr
Floyd Mayweather Jr

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Joe Frazier
George Foreman
Larry Holmes
Bob Foster

Odd, they're all black Americans. What about the rest of the world?

Jack Dempsey had enough control of his career to avoid fighting a whole race.

[Beanflicker]

^true, and he made ends meet for a long time by pimping out his wife.

[SlimTrae]

^true, and he made ends meet for a long time by pimping out his wife.

You got to be a bad dude, when Hollywood creates a character in your image. Clark Gable

[Spicoli]

Hopkins

[beenKOed]

I'm sure there are others, but these guys stand out

Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Leonard
Roy Jones Jr
Floyd Mayweather Jr

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Joe Frazier
George Foreman
Larry Holmes
Bob Foster

Odd, they're all black Americans. What about the rest of the world?

What Do Mean By 'Odd'.

George Chuvalo controlled every aspect of his career.

This kind of odd. One Canadian, one Brit, no Mexicans, no French, no Japanese, no Spaniards, no Central or South Americans, no Cubans, no Puerto Ricans, no Aussies, no Italians, no Africans, no Filipinos, and no Russians. It's just not what I expected.

[Bill Paxtom]

I'm sure there are others, but these guys stand out

Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Leonard
Roy Jones Jr
Floyd Mayweather Jr

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Joe Frazier
George Foreman
Larry Holmes
Bob Foster

Odd, they're all black Americans. What about the rest of the world?

What Do Mean By 'Odd'.

George Chuvalo controlled every aspect of his career.

This kind of odd. One Canadian, one Brit, no Mexicans, no French, no Japanese, no Spaniards, no Central or South Americans, no Cubans, no Puerto Ricans, no Aussies, no Italians, no Africans, no Filipinos, and no Russians. It's just not what I expected.

You're a Funny Guy.

I haven't seen your list of African Boxer who controlled their careers............ Idi Amin.

[SlimTrae]

Hopkins

Reminds me of an argument he got into with Larry Merchant. (many have lol!)

I agree with Larry at the time when he told Hop- he was wasting time fighting guys like Morrade Hakkar after he made the spotlight against Tito. Stop blaming the system Hop-

Hop asked him to revisit his decision in a few years. That's when we can look back and say- should I have fought the guys U wanted me to, or should I have gone for legacy (breaking the record for MW title defenses).


Looking back on it now- He waited out DLH got paid boku $$ for that. I think He made more form Tito & DLH, than RJJ did his whole career.

Beats Tarver as soon as he played Mason Dixon. Not only did he have control over his career: he made some damn good decisions.

[jon09]

The Klitschko brothers seem to be in control of their careers.

[SlimTrae]

The Klitschko brothers seem to be in control of their careers.

When it came to not fighting each other..and not being stripped I agree.
Otherwise wlad has cleaned up the division. For a decade. Hard to say he haggled for dollars, waited out certain fighters.

[Silkeyjoe]

Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Leonard
Roy Jones Jr all made comebacks lets see if Floyd joins the list.

He kind of already did. Took nearly 2 years off before JMM fight.

Id say Hatton and Froch have had a lot of control over there careers as has Tyson Fury so far.

[No Contest]

Mike Tyson j/k

Def SRL, Mayweather, Calzaghe, Hopkins, Hagler... you got alot of regional guys that tend to stay home and build their names....Chris John. Then you have the guys who wanted to fight the best and prove themselves and get those fights...guys like JMM, Pac, Morales. Is this hidden meaning who got to pick their fights?