Top 25 Most Complete Fighters In Boxing History

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Do you agree with the fighters shown on this vid? Who were the most complete fighters in history? Also for those who think I get all my info from youtube vids, the first fight I ever watched was Hagler vs Minter in 1980 when I was 4, a lot of forum users have complained about my vids.
     
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    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    For anyone who can't or doesn't want to watch it. (I numbered it, but I don't think they're meant to be in order)
    25. Marvin Hagler
    24. Sugar Ray Leonard
    23. Muhammad Ali
    22. Sugar Ray Robinson
    21. Rocardo Lopez
    20. Roberto Duran
    19. Salvador Sanchez
    18. Michael Spinks
    17. Carlos Monzon
    16. Archie Moore
    15. Joe Louis
    14. Julio Cesar Chavez
    13. Wilfredo Gomez
    12. Bernard Hopkins
    11. Aaron Pryor
    10. Evander Holyfield
    9. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
    8. Benny Leonard
    7. Mike McCallum
    6. Pernell Whitaker
    5. Orlando Canizales
    4. Azumhah Nelson
    3. Larry Holmes
    2. Marco Antonio Barrera
    1. Sonny Liston
     
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  3. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No ezzard or benitez but aaron and sonny, something wrong.
     
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  4. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Thanks.
     
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  5. emallini

    emallini Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Liston at 1 is madness
     
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  6. Sting like a bean

    Sting like a bean Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    If "complete fighters" means those who do almost everything well with no conspicuous weaknesses, the fighters that first spring to my mind are:

    Holyfield
    Robinson
    Louis
    Leonard
    Hagler
    Walcott

    I would't put Ali or Chavez on the list, great as they are. Ali had average power and never learned to parry a jab, Chavez wasn't that fast and couldn't really fight going backwards. I think of a complete fighter as a kind of jack-of all-trades who can meet any specialist on his own ground, at least in spurts.
     
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  7. ChrisJS

    ChrisJS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Eder Jofre is probably top 5 nevermind top 25.

    Also Salvador Sanchez isn’t as complete as Juan Manuel Marquez for example.
     
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  8. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Holyfield got hit too much to be complete.
     
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  9. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Yes, Ezzard was far more complete than Sonny and Pryor.
     
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  10. emallini

    emallini Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Ricardo López deserves a shout
     
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  11. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Benetiz is not exactly a complete fighter to some...he couldn't do some of the things Sugar Ray Leonard could do
     
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  12. Sting like a bean

    Sting like a bean Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    That's mainly because he liked to brawl.
     
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  13. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He was well rounded
     
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  14. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    How so?
     
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  15. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No Pep? Or Tunney?
     
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