List your top ten of the last forty years.

Hey my apologies, I must be going blind atsch

anyway, good on ya for getting Holyfield on that list..he deserves it.

 

or it's becuz you cant give a reason and prefer not to give yourself away. Since that's the case I can see why you came up with the list you have

 

You're the one who put Roy Jones at 10. very sad

 

Indeed he does. Screw all these other guys for not having him on their list, especially redrooster.

 

1. Roberto Duran
2. Ray Leonard
3. Pernell Whitaker
4. Muhammad Ali (would've been higher but his prime was in the 60's)
5. Carlos Monzon
6. Marvin Hagler
7. Roy Jones Jr.
8. Alexis Arguello
9. Jose Napoles (see Ali)
10. Thomas Hearns

HM: Julio Cesar Chavez, Michael Spinks, Wilfredo Gomez, etc.

No chance of a mention: Evander Holyfield, etc.

 

Sorry, that was my brother's account. I forgot to sign out of it. This is El Bujia.

 

Let's not forget BOB FOSTER and EDER JOFRE

Before he won the featherweight title, I rated Eder Jofre
as the best Bantamweight. After he defeated the likes
of Jose Legre and Vincente Saldivar, I put him in the
top ten p4p of all time. Thus, to leave Jofre out of the
top ten of those that fought after 1969 would be a
serious miscarriage of justice.

Bob Foster's light-heavyweight reign as a champion
speaks for itself.

I enjoyed watching Ali in the Sixties and Seventies, he may have been
great for many reasons, but I would not rank him in the top ten p4p
for many reasons. GREAT does not = BEST in my boxing math equation.

By any logical analysis Ali was at his best in the Sixties but come 1967
after defeating over-the-hill Zora Folley, Ali was stripped of the title,
The Ali that fought Chuvalo in 1972 was only a shadow of the Ali that
fought George in 1966, but he was still exciting to watch. The big problem with that 1972 fight was to catch on to the tactic of laying against the ropes and blocking shots with his gloves, arms, body and head. It may have earned him the title with Foreman, but in the long run his version called the ROPE-A-DOPE slowly destroyed him and we got him winning a gift decision against Jimmy YOUNG and being thumped by LEON SPINKS who had limited pro experience. Throw in the broken jaw thanks to KEN NORTON and you do not have one of the top ten fighters from 1970 to 2011.

 

Jofres best work was in the 60s, which makes him ineligible for this thread.

I rate Lennox over Evander. And I can't have Lennox in my top 40 I'm afraid (used to have Evander in the 31-35 bracket, but see no worth in Cruiserweight achievements)

 

atsch

Leonard's 4 best wins: Hearns, Hagler, Duran, Benitez

Camacho's 4 best wins: Limon, Ramirez, Rosario, Mancini

Tyson's 4 best wins: Spinks, Holmes, Berbick, Tucker

Next. :dead

 

No he don't.

 

All 9 of the people I've placed above Roy have a better resume than him as I see it.

 

Surprised not to have seen Ricardo Lopez mentioned

 

so what? My man Hector knocked Leonard out!

The Hagler fight was inconclusive whether you want to admit it or not so we have to throw that out. I'm not just going to give it to him becuz his fans insist upon it.

I never thought much of Benitez anyways and Hearns at the time only had 3 defenses to his credit. not the stuff of legends. Duran came up two weight classes and still had to drop 40+ pounds. Big deal

on the surface they sound great but in reality there's really not much there. No Micheal Nunn, Pryor or Curry. Good fighter tho

Camacho on the other hand was the peersonifcation of speed. Camacho would come to be what Roy Jones would later become to the sport of boxing and much more dominant than Leonard

better chin, better defense, better footwork, quicker hands, not to mention he bested Leonard himself in battle where it counts.

I know you dont like to acknowledge it so you dont count it, but the fact is, Camacho was every bit the washed up fighter Ray was, and was competing with a much bigger man and he still knocked him out. Hector didnt beat Ray leonard, he knocked him out and he did it becuz he had more inside where it counts

none of this "split decision" nonsense or running from opponents like ray Leonard. hector actually ran AT him!

And Tyson, Mike carried the sport from the mid 80s on. Mike was already prime time from the Jesse Fergueson fight on

fact is, Tyson WAS boxing and on the tongue of every sports fan as well as boxing fan. was there anyone on the planet that didnt know the name of Tyson?

 

One question first before I even begin to look at any number of the horrendous statements made in your post:

Are you serious? Really? :think