Your 30 Most Exciting Fighters Of The Last 20 Years?

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  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Not necessarily the best ,but the 30 fighters that, have by and large entertained and excited you the most since 2000 ?
    I'll go with;
    Gatti
    Ward
    Corrales
    Trinidad
    Morales
    Barrera
    Pacquiano
    Marquez
    Garcia M
    Tapia
    Golovkin
    Castillo
    Tyson
    Provodnikov
    Campas
    De La Hoya
    Hatton
    Katsidis
    Mosley
    Donaire
    Valero
    Lomachenko
    Crawford
    Cotto
    Frampton
    Inoue
    Tszyu
    Pavlik
    Beterbiev
    Alvarez
     
  2. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Can't think of any who really excited me this century.
     
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  3. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Superb list
     
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  4. Vince Voltage

    Vince Voltage Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Cut it to 10 and you'll get some responses.
     
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  5. elmaldito

    elmaldito Skillz Full Member

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    top 10
    chris byrd
    pernell whitaker
    mark too sharp
    chicanito
    bhop
    mike mccallum
    james toney
    michael spinks
    holyfield
     
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  6. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Although you're right, I am one of the people who would fill out the list, except that I don't give a dang about almost any fighters in the last 20 yrs.. Tyson and Gatti were the only two that actually interest me much.
     
  7. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Spinks hasn't fought for 32 years.
     
  8. elmaldito

    elmaldito Skillz Full Member

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    ok pac
     
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  9. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It's just not good math.
     
  10. elmaldito

    elmaldito Skillz Full Member

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    i was rounding it down
     
  11. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Floyd Jr, Loma, Tszyu, GGG, Haye. I struggle after that.
     
  12. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Arturo Gatti
    Manny Pacquiao
    Erik Morales
    Micky Ward
    Orlando Salido
    Fernando Vargas
    Diego Corrales
    Felix Trinidad
    Marco Antonio Barrera
    Juan Manuel Marquez
    Carl Froch
    Glen Johnson
    Chocolatito
    Lamon Brewster
    Michael Katsidis
    Gennady Golovkin
    Juan Diaz
    Ji Hoon Kim
    Francisco Vargas
    Takshi Miura

    Not really in any order, just the guy who came to mind first. I know it's not 30 yet, but I'll keep adding.
     
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  13. Big Ukrainian

    Big Ukrainian Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You should definitely add Corrie Sanders to this list
     
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  14. The Funny Man 7

    The Funny Man 7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    My Top 10
    1.) Erik Morales
    2.) Israel Vasquez
    3.) Jhonny Gonzalez
    4.) Manny Pacquiao
    5.) Arturo Gatti
    6.) Micky Ward
    7.) Juan Manuel Marquez
    8.) Jesse Feliciano
    9.) Carl Froch
    10.) Marco Antonio Barrera

    Chico Corrales
    Edison Miranda
    Jose Luis Castillo
    Emmanuel Augustus
    Guillermo Jones
    Rafa Marquez
    Lamon Brewster
    Kelly Pavlik
    Usyk
    Anthony Joshua
    Dereck Chisora
    Juan Diaz
    Accelino Freitas
    Inoyoue
    Kostya Tszyu
    Ruslan Provodnikov
    Lucas Matthyse
    Danny Garcia
    Shawn Porter (some fights, not others)
    Brandon Rios
    Mike Alvarado
    Michael Katsidis
    Tsar Amonsat
    Mikkel Kessler
    GGG
     
  15. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Wow, I can't come up with three.

    Wilder. Lewis...