Best Boxer ever?

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  1. NoChin

    NoChin Sir Tim Tszyu - Knighted! Full Member

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    In my time Mayweather and it's not even close.
     
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    I will just say that Kazuto Ioka's career is very underrated.

    Best boxers since the 2000's : Floyd Mayweather, Naoya Inoue, Wladimir Klitschko, Chocolatito, Crawford, Usyk.
     
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    Dave Allen.
     
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    ipitythefool Prediction ? Pain Full Member

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    Noel857 I Am Duran

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    Yorbals Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Since I’ve been alive, Roy Jones.
    Best boxer ever on his best night, Roberto Duran
     
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    In terms of raw athletic ability combined with genius ring IQ and technical know-how leading to a real mastery of the sweet science, and then proven by a career that includes a great variety of top contenders and legacy fights, in which a boxer shows not only ability on the night but also the longevity, discipline, and focus to be able to dominate over a long period of time in a stacked era, I’d have to go with Charlie Zelenoff.
     
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    Sugar Ray Robinson.
     
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    KO_King Horizontal Heavyweight Full Member

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    In my time, mid 90s to today, Roy Jones.
     
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    Good post
     
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    He landed body shots on Wilder despite being massively outweighed, who’s Deontay to tell him what’s what ?
    Dejon Daniel’s or whatever his name was, Charlie schooled him.
     
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    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing

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    1988 Tyson ...close thread :sisi1
     
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    Manny Pacquiao
     
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