Greatest fighter P4P of all time from each continent

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  1. Devon

    Devon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Europe: Oleksandr Usyk

    North America: Sugar Ray Robinson

    Asia: Manny Pacquiao

    Africa: Dick Tiger

    South America: Carlos Monzon

    Oceania: Jeff French

    I did this list quick, so I may be missing someone obvious.

    Who are your picks?
     
  2. Eddie Ezzard

    Eddie Ezzard Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'd personally go for Jofre in South America. His reign at bantamweight equalled Monzon at middle but to retire and come back and win the title at featherweight - and beat Vicente Saldivar - moves him on.
    Can we add Central America and have Mexico, Panama, Nicaragua duke it out?
     
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  3. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I only consider retired fighters in my all time rankings.

    Fitz for Europe, clearly, unless you don't consider him European, in which case I'd go with Wilde.

    I'd have Nelson above Tiger and Jofre above Monzon, personally, but both are very close and can reasonably be argued either way.
     
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  4. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Europe: Jimmy Wilde
    Asia: Manny Pacquiao
    Africa: Dick Tiger
    N. America: Harry Greb
    S. America: Roberto Duran
    Oceania: Lionel Rose
     
  5. Gudetama

    Gudetama Active Member Full Member

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    Europe: B Fitzsimmons
    N America: SR Robinson
    S America: E Jofre
    Africa: D Tiger
    Asia: M Pacquiao
    Oceania: L Rose
     
  6. DirtyDan

    DirtyDan Worst Poster of 2015 Full Member

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    Europe: Lennox Lewis, Bob Fitzsimmons if you don't consider Lewis European, Wladimir Klitschko if you don't consider Fitz European.
    North America: Ray Robinson(the reason why p4p rankings were invented)
    South America: Carlos Monzon(Panama and Mexico are considered North America otherwise i'd change my vote).
    Africa: Azuma Nelson
    Asia: Pacquaio
    Oceania: Jeff Fenech
     
  7. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    I hate to be pedantic, but most geologists consider everything from Panama and Trinidad and up to be North America these days.
     
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  8. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    My list:
    Africa: Nelson or Tiger..flip a coin lol
    Asia: Pacquiao
    Europe: Benvenuti
    North America: Ali
    Oceania: Fenech
    South America: Monzon
     
  9. ManassaMahler

    ManassaMahler Member Full Member

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    Where does Duran fit in?;)

    And why leave out Antartica? There might be someone at Vostok station right now who can really throw hands.
     
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  10. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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  11. thistle

    thistle Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    neither Europe or Britain should claim Fitz or McClarnin,

    surely the countries where they lived and shaped them into the Boxer's they were deserve the credit, that is where they were Honed & Bred as fighters.
     
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  12. Mandela2039

    Mandela2039 OFFICIAL THREAD DIDDLER Full Member

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    Panamá is not part of South A

    Motherland is part of the region known as Central America, which is the southern portion of the North American continent.

    So, with much pain in these words, Roberto Durán will not be the one nominated as the GOAT of North A, that one will be Harry Greb.
     
  13. ChrisJS

    ChrisJS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Europe: Jimmy Wilde
    Africa: Azumah Nelson
    Asia: Manny Pacquiao
    Australia: Jeff Fenech
    South America: Eder Jofre
    North America: Sugar Ray Robinson.
     
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  14. Yorbals

    Yorbals Active Member Full Member

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    America - Ray Robinson
    Mexico - Chavez
    Central America - Duran
    South America - Jofre
    Europe - Wilde
    Asia - Golovkin
    Oceania - Fenech

    Mexico has its own list just because it should
     
  15. Lonsdale81

    Lonsdale81 Member Full Member

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    Klitschko is a long way off the greatest European fighter.. Usyk has already surpassed him.

    Jimmy Mclarnin , Bob Fitzsimmons & Jimmy Wilde are the GOATs of Europe. Freddie Welsh deserves a shout too..
     
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