#35. Johnny Risko #34. Buster Douglas #33. Sammy Angott #32. John Henry Lewis #31. Charlie Magri #30. Carmen Basilio #29. Ismael Laguna #28. Nigel Benn #27. Evander Holyfield #26. Miguel Canto #25. Jamie Moore #24. Jorge Paez #23. Myung-Woo Yuh #22. Juan Francisco Estrada #21. Kid Gavilan #20. Roberto Duran #19. Michael Brodie #18. Oleksandr Usyk #17. James Toney #16. Joe Frazier #15. Joe Louis #14. Ruben Olivares #13. Chucho Castillo #12. Saad Muhammad #11. Archie Moore #10. Fighting Harada #09. Kevin Kelley #08. Carl Thompson #07. Veeraphol Sahaprom #06. Gerry Penalosa #05. Marvin Hagler #04. Michael Watson #03. Erik Morales #02. Marvin Johnson #01. Ezzard Charles
1. Max Schmeling 2. Muhammad Ali 3. Archie Moore 4. Joe Louis 5. Ray Robinson 6. Jack Johnson 7. Rocky Marciano 8. Marvin Hagler 9. Lennox Lewis 10. Vitali Klitschko 11. Benny Leonard 12. Thomas Hearns 13. Pernell Whitaker 14. Willie Pep 15. Bob Foster 16. Sonny Liston 17. Mike Tyson 18. Roy Jones Jr. 19. Henry Armstrong 20. Joe Frazier 21. Manny Pacquiao 22. Mikkel Kessler 23. Aaron Pryor 24. Nicolino Locche 25. George Foreman 26. Joe Calzaghe 27. Gene Tunney 28. Jersey Joe Walcott 29. Carlos Monzon 30. Ken Norton 31. Bobby Chacon 32. Rocky Graziano 33. Floyd Patterson 34. Carmen Basilio 35. Karl Mildenberger
1. Arturo Gatti 2. Muhammad Ali 3. Fernando Vargas 4. James Toney 5. Julian Letterlough 6. Emanuel Augustus 7. Freddie Steele 8. Diego Corrales 9. Acelino Freitas 10. Jorge Rodrigo Barrios 11. Glen Johnson 12. Jorge Castro 13. Mickey Ward 14. Shannon Briggs 15. Virgil Hill 16. Julian Jackson 17. Sam Langford 18. Mike Tyson 19. Ricardo Mayorga 20. Tomasz Adamek 21. Jhonny Gonzalez 22. Randall Bailey 23. Larry Holmes 24. Riddick Bowe 25. Archie Moore 26. Ron Lyle 27. Evander Holyfield 28. Juan "The Baby Bull" Diaz 29. Librado Andrade 30. Zab Judah 31. Humberto Soto 32. Felix Trinidad 33. Ricky Hatton 34. Diego Corrales 35. David Tua
1. Frank Bruno 2. Joe Jeannette 3. Naseem Hamed 4. Chris Eubank 5. Carl Froch 6. Jean Pascal 7. David Haye 8. Anthony Crolla 9. Ricky Hatton 10. Mike Tyson 11. Oscar De La Hoya 12. Manny Pacquiao 13. Floyd Mayweather 14. Alexis Arguello 15. Roberto Duran 16. Muhammed Ali 17. George Foreman 18. Joe Frazier 19. Thomas Hearns 20. Ray Leonard 21. Bernard Hopkins 22. James Toney 23. Roy Jones Jr 24. Stanley Ketchel 25. Bob Fitzsimmons 26. Henry Amstrong 27. Sam Langford 28. Jack Johnson 29. Rocky Marciano 30. Jack Dempsey 31. Tony Canzoneri 32. Barney Ross 33. Jimmy McClarnin 34. Marco Antonio Barrera 35. Erik Morales
Thank you @Quick Cash @CharlieFirpo85 @Ioakeim Tzortzakis @George Crowcroft @The Fighting Yoda @lufcrazy And @TheMikeLake - I assume you're going to edit that down to a final list?
1. Roberto Duran 2. Julio Cesar Chavez 3. Danny Lopez 4. Mike Tyson 5. Carlos Monzon 6. Harry Greb 7. Joe Frazier 8. Sam Langford 9. William Harrison Dempsey 10. Marvin Hagler 11. Bob Fitzsimmons 12. Joe Louis 13. Lennox Lewis 14. Eric Morales 15. Packy McFarland 16. Kostya Tszyu 17. Azumah Nelson 18. Larry Holmes 19.Julian Jackson 20. Joe Calzaghe 21. Alexis Arguello 22. Rocky Marciano 23 Freddie Steele 24. Jorge Castro 25. Miguel Angel Gonzalez 26. James Toney 27. Benny Leonard 28. Johnny Tapia 29. Joe Goddard 30. Manny Pacquiao 31. Bobby Chacon 32. Ray Robinson 33. Tom Sharkey 34. Julio Cesar Vazquez 35. Jose Luis Castillo
1. Larry Holmes 2. Wilfredo Gomez 3. Roberto Duran 4. Ray Leonard 5. Sandy Saddler 6. Roy Jones Jr 7. Bobby Chacon 8. Matthew Saad Muhammad 9. James Scott 10. Marvin Johnson 11. Thomas Hearns 12. Muhammad Ali 13. Wilfred Benitez 14. Michael Spinks 15. Julio Cesar Chavez 16. Pipino Cuevas 17. Salvador Sanchez 18. Frank Fletcher 19. Saul Alvarez 20. Brian Mitchell 21. Rafael Limon 22. Hector Camacho 23. James Toney 24. Chris Eubank 25. Danny Lopez 26. Yaqui Lopez 27. Mike Weaver 28. Troy Dorsey 29. Jose Luis Ramirez 30. Evander Holyfield 31. George Foreman 32. James Hughes 33. Ray Mancini 34. Willie Pastrano 35. Ray Robinson @Rumsfeld don’t tally mine yet, give me a week or so to play around with it but I wanted to get a list out so I’d have a starting point. I’ll alert you when it’s final. EDIT: My thought on doing this at first was the 35 I most enjoy watching (and actually take time to watch) but there’s a bit of a mix of just guys I like but don’t really watch much — I honestly haven’t watched a lot of SRR in years (although I did previously) so that’s why he’d be low. I figure the most honest assessment of who I really like best is the fighters I watch most. I think there’s some West Coast guys who will make it when I reassess, and I thought of Mike Weaver after I finished. There will definitely be some rearranging.
You’ve got an interesting perspective. I’d like to see your list. I hope you can find time, and that everything is OK my friend.
Attempted this on my phone but got about as far as number 12 before I was trying to change the order. I think I’ll wait til I can get an excel spreadsheet on the go for this.