Post your favourite fighters

I'm afraid my list is too generic to be very interesting: Ali, Louis, Foreman, Dempsey, Robinson, Archie Moore, Jim Jeffries and Jack Johnson.

I'll admit I like Jeffries in large part for what I'll call "cinematic" reasons. He just fits the role of a grizzled warrior so well that if you were to cast him in a movie it would seem a bit too cliche; cave man brow, cauliflower ear, hairy chest and chiseled physique. He just looks so much like a stereotypical boxer that he paradoxically doesn't look like a boxer so much as an actor playing one. [url]https://orig00.deviantart.net/0faa/f/2015/284/9/d/colorized_jack_johnson_vs__james_j__jeffries_by_william19763-d9csjih.png[/url]

But the fighter I'd like to meet the most is probably Jack Johnson. It would be kind of cool to travel to 1909 and shake his hand and tell him I'm rooting for him. I wonder if he'd raise a suspicious eyebrow and say thanks, or think I was mocking him and kick my ass.

 

Salvador Sanchez - As a youth, I got into boxing a year after he died. I'd read the great tomes dedicated to him in back issues of boxing mags I'd order via snail mail, and wish I could have seen him fight. The the internet happened, and reaffirmed what I'd always assumed. He was great. More than that, though, he just had a sense of cool style and professionalism I respected.

Bobby Chacon - In terms of professionalism, the polar opposite of Sanchez, but there's a tragic quality to Chacon that appeals to fans of the underdog. You wanted him to do well, and hoped for better the way you would the prodigal son.

Alexis Arguello - The ring intellect, the stoic professionalism, and the juxtaposition of "nice guy in a rough business" makes me root for him. His shortcomings and bad habits outside the ring later were a disappointment.

 

Well, you can't start out any better than Combatesdeboxeo did here....I've been a fan of Carlos Monzon since November 1970...and I'm convinced that he was the greatest middleweight champion of all time...and that opinion won't change btw...
Sugar Ray Robinson...likewise, i agree that he was indeed Mr. Perfect...the real Greatest of all time...not Ali or whatshisname.
Rodrigo Valdez....his only flaw was being around at the same time as Monzon
Floyd Patterson....a fighter who I esteem beyond words...and for more reasons than just his fighting abilities and accomplishments.
Jimmy Young...a gifted defensive genius, my favorite heavyweight along with the previously mentioned FP.
Willie Pastrano....one of the most likeable, honest, brilliant and skilled underachievers in boxing history..
Jose Mantequilla Napoles...class, skill, badass, magnificent, and brilliant, all rolled into one.
Emile Griffith...one of the reasons that I'm a boxing fan today...a brilliant, unsung and underrated great.
Salvador Sanchez...A supremely gifted great fightewr, so tragically taken away from us at such a young age.
Gene Fullmer....he's the great tough guy champion of the 50's.
Harold Johnson...the dignified, technician supreme.
Kid Gavilan...the great Keed!!
Oscar Bonavena....a guilt pleasure and favorite of mine.
Now, I'll remember someone I've left out,..sure as the world...

 

I agree with all that you said about Floyd Patterson.

 

James Toney
Shane Mosley
Gennady Golovkin
Riddick Bowe

Like a Mantequilla missionary it was on your advice I familiarised myself with the greatness of Napoles. Sometimes when I watch greats of the past I struggle to see what is so special, needless to say that wasn't an issue with this guy. Not just the talent and the sexy rhythmic fighting style but so, so, so much heart.

 

George Foreman
Muhammad Ali
Evander Holyfield
Riddick Bowe
Mike Tyson
James Toney
Chris Byrd
Bernard Hopkins

And all Ukrainian boxers that are/were world class (like Klitschko brothers, Usyk, Loma)

 

Dempsey
Ali
Robinson
Duran
Hearns
Louis
Holmes
Greb
Foreman
Leonard
Hagler
Langford
Burley
Napoles
Marquez
Tiger
Foster

 

Dempsey
Walcott
Frazier
Holmes
DURAN
Saad
Qwai
Monzon
Hagler
Valdez
Hearns
Benn
Arguello
JMM
MAB
Erik Morales
GGG
Mancini
Pedroza
Napoles
McGuigan
Benton
Toney
Norris
Inoue
Ukrainian fighters because I'm interested in fighters from my ethnic group
Probably 4got a few

 

Qawi - Love everything about this guy. Rare blend of slickness, creativity, and aggression. Intense but always seemed like he was having a good time too. C*cky but with a sense of humor. Pressure fighter with superb defensive acumen. Regularly outjabbed bigger men. Great story too: Got a second chance through boxing and made the most of it.

Sweet Pea - Supreme skills, superb reflexes, and incredible creativity in the ring. A joy to watch. Great sense of humor too--some of his antics and flourishes make me laugh out loud.

Lomachenko - Not quite as dazzling (or elusive) a performer as Whitaker but reminds me of a lot of the things that I love about him.

Luis Collazo - Not as great a fighter and not as showy as the others on my list but still slick, skilled, and well schooled. And a very humble, likable guy (saw a cool show on him on YouTube years ago and I used to work out with a friend of his who fought out of the same gym in Brooklyn as an amateur).

Honorable mention:
Orlando Canizales - Poetry in motion.
Pep - Same
Edwin Rosario
James Toney

Dropped from my list: Rigondeaux

 

Except that----

 

Well yall all already know joe Frazier is my number one boxing idol, but I'm also a huge fan of
George foreman
Sonny Liston
Jerry quarry
Jack dempsey
Mike Tyson
Evander holyfield
George chuvalo
Sugar ray Robinson
Joe Louis
Max Baer
James j jeffries
Rocky Marciano
Floyd Patterson
Floyd mayweather
GGG
Roy Jones
Larry Holmes
Earnie shavers
Tommy Morrison
Jimmy Braddock
And last but not least jake lomatta

If i really had to pick my top 3 not including Frazier tho I'd have to say
Mike Tyson (for his ferocious intensity)
Jack dempsey (see above)
George foreman (he was practically unstoppable, couldn't be moved with the power to one shot kill a man)

 

Noooo, Ukrain is WEAK!

(Just kidding. That's a joking reference to...well, let's see if anyone gets it.)