Which 20 Fighters Would You Like To Have Seen ?

My list might be leftfield in parts just because I am interested in some lesser known fighters or forgotten

01 Matty Matthews
02 Rube Ferns
03 Lou Brouillard
04 Corporal Izzy Schwartz
05 Harry Jeffra
06 Wildcat Ferns
07 Harold Dade
08 Ad Wolgast
09 Iran Barkley
10 Evander Holyfield
11 Harry Greb
12 Sam Langford
13 Ezzard Charles
14 Livingstone Bramble
15 Carmen Basilio
16 Art Frias
17 Benny Leonard
18 John L Sullivan
19 Henry Armstrong
20 Sugar Ray Robinson

Others include: Hearns, Dennis Andries, Ali, Tyson, Marciano, Barbados Joe Walcott

 

Gypsy Joe Harris
Stanley Kitten Hayward
Bobcat Montgomery
Midget Wolgast
Tommy Loughran

Dave Sands
Flash Elorde
Alan Rudkin
Les Darcy
Samart Payakaroon

Ricky Hatton
Tony the Tiger Lopez
Azumah Nelson
Ray Mancini
Jeff Fenech

George Godfrey II
Jimmy Wilde
Charlie Burley
Henry Armstrong
Benny Leonard

 

Jerry Quarry
Floyd Patterson
Jack Dempsey
Jersey Joe Walcott
Sonny Liston
Jack Johnson
Larry Holmes
Bob Fitz
Ali
Hagler
Duran
Jimmy Wilde
Hearns
Joe Frazier
Prime Foreman
Prime Tyson
Monzon
Barry McGuigan
Stanley Ketchel
JCC

 

In no particular order

Joe Frazier
Cassius Clay
Alexis Arguello
Gerry Cooney
Tony Sibson
Julian Jackson
Roberto Duran
Jack Dempsey
Aaron Pryor
Bob Foster
Carlos Zarate
Pipino Cuevas
Earnie Shavers
Don Curry
Julio Cesar Chavez
Larry Holmes
Mike Tyson
Henry Armstrong
Michael Nunn
Joe Louis

 

Ali, just iconic as hell, being at ringside when he beat Foreman or fought Frazier for the first time just look like the biggest events ever, I have only been at ringside for two fights during my lifetime, in 1989, I was watching a family friend W.O.Wilson both times, Nigel Benn was also ringside at one of these fights, I got his autograph but he left half way threw the main event because Wilson didn`t throw any punches and just covered his head, I thought he was trying the rope a dope, I guess that`s as near as I`ll ever get to watching the rumble in the jungle live at ringside, lol!
As for the other 19, I`d choose any of Ali`s opponents while tghey fought him, just history, the greatest shoew on earth.

 

Bob Fitzsimmons
Jimmy Wilde
Jim Jeffries
Harry Greb
Jack Dempsey
Benny Leonard
Mickey Walker
Jock McAvoy
Henry Armstrong
Benny Lynch
Joe Louis
Sugar Ray Robinson
Rocky Marciano
Dave Charnley
Sonny Liston
Floyd Patterson
Ali
Roberto Duran
George Foreman
Mike Tyson

 

Foreman, Marciano, Dempsey, PAC, Floyd, Willie Pep, Ali, Archie, Max Baer, Joe Luis, Frazier, RJJ, Delahoya, SRR, Jeffries, Liston, Hopkins, Tyson, Byrd, Tunney

 

Ive been lucky to have seen most of my modern favorites live (Marquez brothers, Trinidad, Calzaghe, Tszyu, Lomachenko, Crawford) so going with fighters prior to when I started attending fights (2003) I’d go something like :-

Eder Jofre
Salvador Sanchez
Matthew Saad Muhammad
Ruben Olivares
Jose Napoles
Marvelous Marvin Hagler
Luis Rodriguez
Carlos Ortiz
Benny Leonard
Harry Greb (Id film it too)
Sam Langford
Sugar Ray Robinson
Joe Gans
James Toney
Evander Holyfield
Roberto Duran
Alexis Arguello
Wilfredo Gomez
D1ck Tiger
Jimmy Wilde

 

Marciano
Frazier
Tyson
Bob Foster
Michael Spinks
Saad Muhammad
Marvin Johnson
Hagler
Hearns
Cuevas
Pryor
Duran
Boza-Edwards
Little Red Lopez
Pedroza
Zarate
Jofre
Khaosai Galaxy
Jung Koo Chang

 

Rosenbloom
Lew Jenkins
Greb
Britton
H. Armstrong
Freddie Steele
John Henry Lewis
Billy Petrolle
Jock Malone
Lee Savold
Langford
John L. Sullivan
Mike Gibbons
Benny Leonard
Joe Gans
Jack Blackburn
Joe Louis
Tod Morgan
Tiger Flowers
Jack Dillon

 

. Excellent

 

Thanks. I forgot to include Tiger Jack Fox in there somewhere.

 

Marvin Hagler
Tommy Hearns
Mike Tyson
David Tua
Sonny Liston
Bruce Lee
Jack Johnson
Jack Dempsey
Rocky Marciano
Matthew Saad Muhammad
Nassem Hamid
Clubber Lang
John Mugabi
Evander Holyfield
Sugar Ray Leonard
Meldrick Taylor
Gerry Cooney
Jeff Fenech
Roy Jones
Hector Camacho