1. Muhammad Ali 2. Manny Pacquiao 3. Roberto Duran 4. Ruben Olivares 5. Terrence Crawford 6. Bobby Chacon 7. Mike Tyson 8. Michael Carbajal 9. Danny Lopez 10.Johnny Tapia 11 Michael Nunn 12. Marvin Hagler 13. Gennady Golovkin 14. Carlos Palomino 15. Julio Cesar Chavez 16. Carlos Zarate 17. Oscar Albarado 18. Nonito Donaire 19. Gabriel Ruelas 20. Edwin Rosario 21. Oscar De La Hoya 22. Alexis Arguello 23. Julian Jackson 24. Khaosai Galaxy 25. Terrence Alli 26. Buddy McGirt 27. Jose Napoles 28. Carlos Monzon 29. Marco Antonio Barrera 30. Chartchai Chionoi 31. Armando Muniz 32. Donald Curry 33. Alberto Davila 34. Marlon Starling 35. Pone Kingpetch Although my top 10 or 11 favorites were pretty easy, the rest were tough. It was difficult to separate the idea of favorite fighters from boxers I admire (Salvador Sanchez, Wladimir Klitschko) and fighters who produced enjoyable, entertaining fights (Greg Haugen, Arturo Gatti). I also couldn't pick an old time boxer I had not seen fight on something other than a Youtube video. For me, favorite came down to those fighters who, when I think of them now, produce a happy memory and a desire to see them fight again.
Ezzard Charles Jersey Joe Walcott Jose Napoles Joe Gans Ike Williams Julio Cesar Chavez Floyd Patterson Alexis Arguello Nigel Benn Felix Trinidad Roberto Duran James Toney Wilfredo Gomez Stanley Ketchel Wilfred Benitez Joe Frazier Ruben Olivares Ray Robinson Miguel Cotto Barbados Demon Joe Walcott Mike McCallum Marvin Hagler Archie Moore Holman Williams Miguel Canto Willie Pep Salvador Sanchez Joe Louis Henry Armstrong Marco Antonio Barrera Sonny Liston Manny Pacquiao Carmen Basilio Sugar Ray Leonard Oleksandr Usyk
Sugar Ray Robinson Muhammad Ali Sugar Ray Leonard Israel Vazquez Marvin Hagler Thomas Hearns Mickey Ward Roberto Duran Manny Pacquiao Evander Holyfield Dwight Muhammad Qawi Oscar De La Hoya Floyd Mayweather Jr. Saul Alvarez Juan Manuel Marquez Emanuel Augustus Johnny Tapia Joe Frazier Carmen Basilio Tony DeMarco Julio Cesar Chavez (Sr) Rafael Marquez Jose Luis Castillo Mike Tyson Roy Jones Jr Jake LaMotta Willie Pep Sandy Sadler Diego Corrales Terry Norris Antonio Margarito Floyd Patterson Marcos Maidana Tony Zale Miguel Cotto Is the forum list formatting OK? It occurred to me that if I had to just list 10, I probably would have made a different top 10 (since I would want to include different eras and rivalries, etc).
1. salsanchezfan #7 2. McGrain #8 3. lookatcurryman #9 4. TipNom #10 5. Quick Cash #13 6. CharlieFirpo85 #14 7. Ioakeim Tzortzakis #15 8. George Crowcroft #16 9. The Fighting Yoda #17 10. TheMikeLake #20 (WIP) 11. lufcrazy #22 12. Seamus #25 13. Saintpat #27 14. HDmexiqtioner #34 15. William Walker #37 16. sweetsci #44 17. ChrisJS #50 18. Gudetama #53 19. Young Terror #54 20. Noel857 #56 21. Jel #57 (WIP) 22. Sweetfiend #58 23. rapscalion #59 24. BitPlayerVesti #61 25. theanatolian #74 26. Philly161 #75 27. cuchulain #76 29. Colonel Sanders #83 (WIP) 30. Kamikaze #85 31. robert ungurean #87 32. Tomatron #88 33. Hearns.right.hand #90 34. Rubber Glove Sandwich #91 (WIP) 35. Fogger #92 36. Minotauro #94 37. sasto #95
Honestly I'm gonna keep my list the way it is. Thanks for doing the survey Rummy. I think it would be fun if you showed your own list at the end of the video or maybe a separate video if you're worried about the survey video being too long.
1. Sam Langford 2. Roberto Duran 3. Sugar Ray Robinson 4. Muhammad Ali 5. Pernell Whitaker 6. Floyd Mayweather 7. Roman Gonzalez 8. Alexis Arguello 9. Marvin Hagler 10. Thomas Hearns 11. Henry Armstrong 12. Joe Louis 13. Salvador Sanchez 14. Tony Canzoneri 15. George Foreman 16. Benny Leonard 17. Stanley Ketchel 18. Lou Ambers 19. Archie Moore 20. Ezzard Charles 21. Dick Tiger 22. Carlos Monzon 23. Sonny Liston 24. Mike Tyson 25. Gene Fullmer 26. Carmen Basilio 27. Rocky Marciano 28. Manny Pacquiao 29. Willie Pep 30. Jack Johnson 31. Gene Tunney 32. Mickey Walker 33. Tommy Loughran 34. Sugar Ray Leonard 35. Joe Gans
@salsanchezfan @McGrain You are both officially accounted for in the spreadsheet. Should you make any changes, please just post a message stating such. But generally speaking, those who've already submitted lists - I'm hoping you all finish those up ASAP, please. And if you can think of any other Classic posters you think may be interested to participate in this exercise, tagging them here would be fantastic. Thanks everyone!
1. Rocky Marciano 2. Muhammad Ali 3. Archie Moore 4. George Foreman 5. Evander Holyfield 6. Max Baer 7. Joe Louis 8. Joe Frazier 9. Roy Jones 10. Floyd Mayweather 11. Mike Tyson 12. Sonny Liston 13. Bob Satterfield 14. Jersey Joe Walcott 15. Harry Matthews 16. Rex Layne 17. Chris Byrd 18. Bernard Hopkins 19. Jerry Quarry 20. Harold Johnson 21. Jimmy Bivins 22. Canelo Alvarez 23. Alexander Povetkin 24. Arturo Gatti 25. Jack Dempsey 26. Shane Mosley 27. Wladimir Klitschko 28. Vitali Klitschko 29. Ezzard Charles 30. Oscar Delahoya 31. Bob Baker 32. Jake Lamotta 33. Willie Pep 34. Ron Lyle 35. David Tua
@Quick Cash @TipNom @lookatcurryman You 3 are accounted for in the spreadsheet. 5 names have been logged thus far. 117 unique boxers, and just 1 name appearing on all 5 (Kid Gavilan).
OK, gonna give this a go. Remember, to the letter of the law, this is not whom I feel may be the greatest, but the fighters - for whatever reason - who really blew my hair back. The fighters that made me anxious when a fight of theirs was coming up or I was enamored reading about. Here we go. 1) Armando Muniz 2) Muhammad Ali 3) Rodolfo 'El Gato' Gonzalez (the lightweight champ) 4) Ruben Olivares 5) Victor Galindez 6) Bobby Chacon 7) Ray 'Windmill' White 8) Gaby Canizales 9) Lorenzo 'Halimi' Gutierrez 10) Antonio Cervantes 11) Venice Borkorsor 12) Jesus Pimental 13) Vito Antuofermo 14) Oscar Bonavena 15) Bennie Briscoe 16) Jerry Quarry 17) Gerry Cooney 18) Ken Buchanan 19) Alexis Arguello 20) Rafael Herrera 21) Chucho Castillo 22) Jack Sharkey 23) Barry McGuigan 24) Art Hafey 25) Jose Medel 26) Carmen Basilio 27) Hector Thompson 28) Dave 'Boy' Green 29) Gil Turner 30) Cornelius Boza Edwards 31) Mando Ramos 32) Carlos Zarate 33) Roberto Duran 34) Ayub Kalule 35) Chango Carmona At first I thought this was going to be daunting until I realized I had gone to 50 and had to leave the last 15 on the cutting room floor. Thanks, @Rumsfeld I really like a subject matter that makes you think.
1. Willie The Worm Monroe 2. Joltin Jeff Chandler 3. Azumah Nelson 4. Ricky Hatton 5. Samart Payakaroon 6. Frank Fletcher 7. Eugene Hart 8. Bennie Briscoe 9. Tony Lopez 10. Chris Eubank Sr 11. Bernard Hopkins 12. Matthew Saad Muhammad 13. Vicente Saldivar 14. Jeff Fenech 15. Meldrick Taylor 16. Joey Giardello 17. Jorge Paez 18. Jose Napoles 19. Joe Frazier 20. Mike McCallum 21. Gypsy Joe Harris 22. Stanley Hayward 23. Bob Montgomery 24. Tommy Loughran 25. Harold Johnson 26. George Benton 27. Joichiro Tatsuyoshi 28. Tyrone Everett 29. Terry Norris 30. Evander Holyfield 31. Joe Louis 32. Jersey Joe Walcott 33. Alexis Arguello 34. Gene Fullmer 35. Carmen Basilio
Philly, great seeing you back in action. Philadelphia is well represented in your list. Absolutely love it.
