Your twelve favourite fighters of all time - but read the OP

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  1. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Philly, welcome back.
     
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  2. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    In no order. 12 favorites at present...

    Eusebio Pedroza
    Genero Hernandez
    Floyd Mayweather Jr.
    Miguel Cotto
    Muhammad Ali
    Saoul Mamby
    Ricardo Lopez
    Terence Crawford
    Tommy Burns
    Henry Armstrong
    Alexis Arguello
    Lupe Pintor
     
    Drew101, Sep 23, 2019
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  3. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tyrell Biggs was supposed to be the next big thing, next Ali
     
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  4. lloydturnip

    lloydturnip Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Morrison ?
     
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  5. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Generic or not it's hard for me to blame them for being on favorite lists. They are total ATGs, have had massive coverage...I never get tired of seeing ATGs in lists, because they are ATGs.

    Just me, all respect to your tastes.
     
    RulesMakeItInteresting, Sep 24, 2019
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  6. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    1, He was the first Canadian heavyweight champion.
    2, He remained active and defended his title regularly,often against larger men.
    3. He was willing to break the color line and defend against the number one heavyweight of the day.
     
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  7. cleming

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    Juan Manuel Marquez
    Thomas Hearns
    Evander Holyfield
    Larry Holmes
    Alexis Arguello
    Julio Cesar Chavez
    Pernell Whitaker
    Mike McCallum
    Roman Gonzalez
    Azumah Nelson
    Mark Johnson
    Marvin Johnson
     
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  8. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Love seeing Azumah mentioned! If I did a list of guys outside of Philly he might actually top my list
     
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  9. GordonGarner65

    GordonGarner65 Active Member Full Member

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    Ha ha , Burt looked the part initially. Lovely guy , lacked a fighting mentality, addictive personality, cut easily , he got a long way then ran into a hell of an era.
    Badly matched after Tyson.
     
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  10. GordonGarner65

    GordonGarner65 Active Member Full Member

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    Yes I agree with that.
    Sportsnight ring any bells ? Harry Carpenter etc.. alot of the stuff with Frank was a bit cheesy. He lost each time he fought a top guy..until McCall. He was certainly a Trier.
     
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  11. The Malibu Mauler

    The Malibu Mauler Lakers in 5 Full Member

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    Jack Dempsey is my favorite
    Then, sort of in order
    Muhammad Ali
    Rocky Marciano
    Joe Louis
    Marvin Hagler
    Sugar Ray Leonard
    Raul Macias
    Tommy Hearns
    George Foreman
    Manny Pacquiao
    Joe Frazier
    Tyson Fury
     
    The Malibu Mauler, Sep 24, 2019
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  12. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    These guys are all very exciting to me and can be part of some fantastic fantasy fights. Aside from the top 3 these guys aren't really on a rough order. I had to miss alot of guys out here. I would give some HMs but that's quite the opposite of what the OP wanted. So without further ado...

    1. Ezzard Charles
    2. Oleksander Usyk
    3. Tommy Hearns
    4. Billy Joe Saunders
    5. Marvin Johnson
    6. Saad Muhammad
    7. Bobby Chacon
    8. Muhammad Ali
    9. James Toney
    10. Jersey Joe Walcott
    11. Pernell Whitaker
    12. Guillermo Rigondeaux
     
    George Crowcroft, Sep 28, 2019
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  13. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I call bull ;) everyone knows Lennox is your favorite
     
    PhillyPhan69, Sep 28, 2019
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  14. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Shhhhhh!

    Nah he was an honourable mention. So did stayed honourable to McGrain and didn't mention him.
    I do think he's the number 1 HW H2H tho.
     
    George Crowcroft, Sep 28, 2019
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  15. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Never thought I'd see the day Saunders is on a favourites list lol.

    I like the list.
     
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