Top 50 All Time Boxing Fan Favorites - SURVEY RESULTS FINISHED!

I appreciate that. I know if I think about it, after the top few my order could change.

 

Yaqui is personal. In the late seventies and early eighties he’d bring teams of amateur kids from Stockton to box our kids on the coast. Maybe he’s still active in youth boxing. I don’t know. But that’s when I was training and involved with local boxing and got to meet him.

 

Christopher Smith

1. Eder Jofre
2. Juan Manuel Marquez
3. Felix Trinidad
4. Salvador Sanchez
5. Carlos Zarate
6. Marvelous Marvin Hagler
7. Ken Buchanan
8. Ruben Olivares
9. Rafael Marquez
10. Luis Rodriguez
11. Alexis Arguello
12. Fighting Harada
13. Wilfredo Gomez
14. Danny Lopez
15. Joe Frazier
16. Kostya Tszyu
17. Jose Napoles
18. Matthew Saad Muhammad
19. Carlos Ortiz
20. Jose Medel
21. Jeff Fenech
22. Joe Calzaghe
23. Bobby Chacon
24. James Toney
25. Lew Tendler
26. Charles Burley
27.Jeff Chandler
28. Mike McCallum
29. Evander Holyfield
30. Joey Giardello
31. Bennie Briscoe
32. Micky Ward
33. Ricardo Lopez
34. Alan Rudkin
35. Daniel Zaragoza


Retired fighters only.

 

I was only thinking of the amount of guts he carried into the ring every night, but that is cool as well.

 

Oh believe me, his guts and will to win was a factor, too.

 

Long time no see!
But I just love myself a list, so here's mine:
1. Sonny Liston
2. Stanley Ketchel
3. Jimmy Wilde
4. Sam Langford
5. Joe Gans
6. Bob Fitzsimmons
7. Roberto Duran
8. Salvador Sanchez
9. Joe Frazier
10. George Foreman
11. Thomas Hearns
12. Joe Choynski
13. Floyd Patterson
14. Charley Burley
15. John Conteh
16. Michael Watson
17. Nigel Benn
18. Chris Eubank
19. Earnie Shavers
20. Frank Bruno
21. Mike Tyson
22. Ken Norton
23. Manny Pacquiao
24. Marvin Hagler
25. Alexis Arguello
26. George Dixon
27. Herol Graham
28. Naseem Hamed
29. Sam McVea
30. Harry Wills
31. Joe Jeanette
32. Tyson Fury
33. Randolph Turpin
34. Mickey Walker
35. Harry Greb

 

1. Roberto Duran
2. Marco Antonio Barrera
3. Manny Pacquiao
4. Pernell Whitaker
5. Bobby Chacon
6. Arturo Gatti
7. Henry Hank
8. Naoya Inoue
9. Sung Kil Moon
10. Roman Gonzalez
11. Yoko Gushiken
12. Nicolino Locche
13. Myung Yuh Woo
14. Nigel Benn
15. Jose Stable
16. James Toney
17. Carmen Basilio
18. Naseem Hamed
19. Gaspar Ortega
20. Luis Concepcion
21. Johnny Bratton
22. Stevie Johnston
23. Micky Ward
24. Matthew Saad Muhamad
25. Cornelius Edwards
26. Miguel Lora
27. Jeff Fenech
28. Oleksandr Usyk
29. Rafael Limon
30. Kid Gavilan
31. Mayar Monshipour
32. Julio Cesar Martinez
33. Willie Pep
34. Bennie Briscoe
35. Danny Lopez

 

@Rumsfeld — my list is final. Thanks for doing this. Look forward to the final product!

 

1 Roberto Duran
2 Muhammed Ali
3 Lloyd Honeyghan
4 Alexis Arguello
5 Jerry Quarry
6 Chris Finnegan
7 Ray Mancini
8 Tommy Morrison
9 Wally Swift jnr
10 Herol Graham
11 Marvin Hagler
12 Bob Foster
13 Pernell Whittaker
14 Roy Jones Jnr
15 Sonny Liston
16 Floyd Patterson
17 Andre Ward
18 Joe Frazier
19 Jose Napoles
20 John H Stracey
21 Aaron Pryor
22 Jake La Motta
23 Max Schmeling
24 Nigel Benn
25 Henry Armstrong
26 Joe Johnson
27 Vinny Pazienza
28 John Conteh
29 Karl Mildenburger
30 Ron Lyle
31 Johnny Tapia
32 Michael Nunn
33 Thomas Hearns
34 Kevin Finnegan
35 Livingston Bramble

 

@Rumsfeld still working on the order of mine:
1. Cornelius Boza-Edwards
2. Matthew Saad Muhammad
3. Roberto Duran
4. Felix Trinidad
5. Aaron Pryor
6. Bobby Chacon
7. Arturo Gatti
8. Thomas Hearns
9. Carmen Basilio
10. Evander Holyfield
11. Israel Vasquez
12. Benny Leonard
13. Barney Ross
14. Tony Canzoneri
15. James Toney
16. Mike McCallum
17. Erik Morales
18. Alexis Arguello
19. Julio Cesar Chavez
20. Azumah Nelson
21. Salvador Sanchez
22. Jose Napoles
23. Vicente Saldivar
24. Willie Pep
25. Yaqui Lopez
26. Wilfredo Gomez
27. Manny Pacquiao
28. Sugar Ray Leonard
29. Carl Froch
30. Juan Manuel Marquez
31. Marvin Hagler
32. Larry Holmes
33. Shane Mosley
34. Iran Barkley
35. Mike Tyson

 

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Ezzard Charles
3. Muhammad Ali
4. Sugar Ray Leonard
5. Pernell Whitaker
6. Kid Chocolate
7. Joe Louis
8. Sam Langford
9. Kid Gavilan
10. Jersey Joe Walcott
11. Bernard Hopkins
12. Roy Jones Jr
13. Willie Pep
14. Sandy Saddler
15. Joe Gans
16. Archie Moore
17. Evander Holyfield
18. Salvador Sanchez
19. Thomas Hearns
20. Roberto Duran
21. Marvin Hagler
22. Jose Napoles
23. James Toney
24. Henry Armstrong
25. Manny Pacquiao
26. Jimmy Wilde
27. Naseem Hamed
28. Angel Espinosa
29. Dwight Muhammad Qawi
30. Juan Manuel Marquez
31. Lionel Rose
32. Ricardo Lopez
33. Alexis Arguello
34. Leon Spinks
35. Mike McCallum

 

I’ve never really cared for making lists and ranking anything but this was fun. I’m sure I could switch some names around next time I think about it, but I think this is good enough for my final one

1. Thomas Hearns
2. Pernell Whitaker
3. Henry Armstrong
4. Ray Robinson
5. Joe Louis
6. Muhammad Ali
7. Marvin Hagler
8. Julio Cesar Chavez
9. Roberto Duran
10. Manny Pacquiao
11. Larry Holmes
12. George Foreman
13. Alexis Arguello
14. Salvador Sanchez
15. Willie Pep
16. Tyson Fury
17. Evander Holyfield
18. Shane Mosley
19. Miguel Cotto
20. Tito Trinidad
21. Mike Tyson
22. Jack Dempsey
23. Ray Leonard
24. Aaron Pryor
25. Julian Jackson
26. Ricardo Lopez
27. Sonny Liston
28. Jack Johnson
29. Nicolini Locche
30. Erik Morales
31. Arturro Gatti
32. Marco Antonio Barrera
33. Juan Manuel Marquez
34. Roman Gonzalez
35. Lennox Lewis

 

Bareknuckle, or gloved only?