Top 5 most talented active fighters?

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  1. o_money

    o_money Boxing Junkie banned

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    These 4 are way above the rest. I'm not going to bother with a 5th. I might put Velaro or JMM there but I'd have to think about it.

    Mayweather
    Gamboa
    Pac
    Dawson
     
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  2. Addie

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    Manny Pacquiao
    Andre Ward
    Floyd Mayweather Jr
    Bernard Hopkins
    Nonito Donaire
     
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  3. PH|LLA

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    are those who you would consider the 5 best fighters in the sport right now?
     
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  4. Addie

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    No. The most talented.

    If they were all fighting top level competition I think they could conceivably be the top 5 P4P though. Hopkins ain't fought a meaningful fight for awhile and neither has Donaire.

    Ward is something special.
     
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  5. realsoulja

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    Guzman shud be up there

    and Valuev, froch, mayorga, bundrage, and alfonso gomez
     
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    Rigondeaux
    Ward
    Pacquiao
    Mayweather
    Valero
     
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    Mayweather
    Gamboa
    Dawson
    Hopkins
    Pacquiao

    Honorable Mention to Sergio Martinez.
     
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    Mayweather
    Pacquiao
    Hopkins
    Andre Ward
    Donaire
     
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    Great minds think alike?
     
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    Yeah I don't get that either. Plenty of mention for Gamboa, though Rigondeaux is clearly top dog of the recent Cuban defectors.
     
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    Fernando Montiel still deserves mention. A very overlooked elite fighter.
     
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  12. PH|LLA

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    just to be clear I'm not disagreeing but trying to understand where you're coming from.

    How can you consider A more talented than B, but B a better fighter than A
     
    PH|LLA, Apr 2, 2010
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  13. san rafael

    san rafael 0.00% lemming Full Member

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    Pure boxing talent?

    Mayweather
    Hopkins
    Donaire
    Guzman
    Linares
     
    san rafael, Apr 2, 2010
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  14. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Being the best and the most talented are two completely different things. Styles make fights, and some fighters aren't applying their talent to the level of competition some lesser talented fighter is. Froch would be higher P4P than Dirrell...but he's not as talented.
     
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  15. san rafael

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    Agreed.
     
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