Top 5 Most Exciting Heavyweight Fighters?

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  1. surfinghb

    surfinghb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'm saying that Tyson was such an exciting fighter that one of the best Lht heavies in the history of the sport ,, was looking for the ****ing fire exits before the bell even went off .. .make sense to you now ?
     
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  2. OP_TheJawBreaker

    OP_TheJawBreaker NOBODY hit like that guy! Full Member

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    I don't consider a man finding an exit before the match happens exciting at all. If that's so exciting, than Ajagba vs Harper would be the FOTY
     
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  3. Mike_b

    Mike_b Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1) Mike Tyson
    2) Deontay wilder
    3) Evander Holyfield
    4)Lennox Lewis
    5)James toney
     
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  4. Boxing GOAT

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    Dempsey
    Rocky
    Frazier
    Chuvalo
    Tyson
     
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  5. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    In no particular order:
    Mike Tyson
    Jerry Quarry
    Joe Frazier
    Tommy Morrison
    Joe Louis
     
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  6. DS Phil Hunter

    DS Phil Hunter Active Member Full Member

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    Mike Tyson
    Joe Frazier
    Evander Holyfield
    George Foreman
    Cassius Clay/Ali
     
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  7. michael mullen

    michael mullen Active Member Full Member

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    Amen surfinghb!
     
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  8. Philly161

    Philly161 "Fundamentals are the crutch of the talentless" banned Full Member

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    Holyfield is definitely my number one not sure on the rest of the list tbh
     
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  9. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Umm...yes...he's above all those you listed.
     
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  10. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Mike Tyson
    Jack Dempsey
    Sonny Liston
    Evander Holyfield
    Riddick Bowe
     
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  11. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    For me it's often guys who either knock or get knocked out, like Wilder and Tyson.
     
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  12. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I don't agree with that statement at all you can have highly skilled exciting fights Barrera/Morales, Pacquiao/Marquez Gonzalez/Estrada, Marquez/Diaz. Watching two decent boxers beat the crap out of eachother is entertaining. But i think the occasion of a fight and the level of fighters involved make me more invested in a fight. Rather than watching Renaldo Snipes have a brawl vs the unknown Lionel Washington.
     
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  13. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    In no order
    Frazier
    Holy
    Tyson
    Dempsey
    Foreman
     
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  14. OP_TheJawBreaker

    OP_TheJawBreaker NOBODY hit like that guy! Full Member

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    Is it always like that? No. But most of the time? Yes. Somehow, Erik Morales and Evander Holyfield are an example of exciting fighters who were able to maintain an effective, skillful style.
     
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  15. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Mike Tyson is definitely number one ….he transcended the sport
     
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