What ERA of boxing was the most skilled?

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  1. JM22

    JM22 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Barrera and Morales where late 90's I believe but they deserve a shout out in the 90's.:good Zaragoza should be added as well.
     
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  2. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This era is pretty damn skilled:

    Floyd
    Manny
    Kovalev
    Golovkin
    R. Gonzalez
    Rigondeaux
    Lomachenko
    Wlad
    Marquez
    Khan
    Bradley
     
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  3. JM22

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    No Ward?? But GGG??
     
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  4. madballster

    madballster Loyal Member Full Member

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    Obviously the last 20 years of boxing were the most skilled.
     
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  5. Thread Stealer

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    :lol:
     
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  6. DKD

    DKD Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'm a firm believer that the best of any era could hang with the best of any other era.
     
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  7. Cafe

    Cafe Sitzpinkler Full Member

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    It sure is, I'd add Inoue to the list as well.
     
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  8. elchivito

    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    :deal
     
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  9. Asterion

    Asterion Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    40s-80s
     
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  10. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    1930s-1960s

    1930s

    1. Henry Armstrong 2. Joe Louis 3. Barney Ross 4. Tony Canzoneri 5. Jimmy McLarnin 6. Freddie Steele 7. Panama Al Brown 8. Benny Lynch 9. Jack Berg 10. Kid Chocolate

    1940s

    1. Sugar Ray Robinson 2. Ezzard Charles 3. Willie Pep 4. Joe Louis 5. Ike Williams 6. Manuel Ortiz 7. Sandy Saddler 8. Billy Conn 9. Jake LaMotta 10. Marcel Cerdan

    1950s

    1. Sugar Ray Robinson 2. Archie Moore 3. Kid Gavilan 4. Rocky Marciano 5. Pascual Perez 6. Sandy Saddler 7. Gene Fullmer 8. Carmen Basilio 9. Joe Brown 10. Harold Johnson

    1960s

    1. Eder Jofre 2. Muhammad Ali 3. Carlos Ortiz 4. Emile Griffith 5. Fighting Harada 6. Nino Benvenuti 7. Vicente Saldivar 8. Ruben Olivares 9. **** Tiger 10. Flash Elorde
     
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  11. Tancred

    Tancred Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Not sure
     
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