Who are your favorite fighters?

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  1. ricardinho

    ricardinho Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    List your favorite fighter at each weight.

    However, the one rule is they have to have fought in that weight during your lifetime.

    Heavyweight:
    Mike Tyson

    Cruiserweight
    Evander Holyfield

    Light Heavyweight
    Virgil Hill

    Super Middleweight
    Roy Jones (1994-96)

    Middleweight
    Marvin Hagler

    Junior Middle
    Terry Norris

    Welterweight
    De La Hoya

    Jr Welter
    Chavez

    Lightweight
    Duran

    Super Feather
    Azumah Nelson

    Feather
    Salvador Sanchez

    Super Bantam
    Barrera

    bantam
    Ruben Olivares

    Super Fly
    Danny Romero

    Fly
    Miguel Canto

    Jr. Fly
    Humberto Gonzalez

    Straw
    Ricardo Lopez
     
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  2. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    HW: Frazier

    LHW: Bernard Hopkins

    SMW: Toney

    MW: Watson

    LMW: Roberto Duran

    WW: Curry

    LWW: Manny Pacquiao

    FW: Antonio Esparragoza

    SBW: Rafael Marquez

    BW: Orlando Canizales

    SFW: Jiro Watanabe

    Fly: Denkaosan Kaovichit

    J-Fly: Ivan Calderon

    SW: Roman Gonzalez
     
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  3. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Guess some people will be a bit surprised by some names :lol:

    Heavyweight:
    Mike Tyson

    Cruiserweight
    Firat Arslan

    Light Heavyweight
    Graziano Rocchigiani

    Super Middleweight
    Roy Jones Jr.

    Middleweight
    Bernard Hopkins

    Junior Middle
    Tommy Hearns

    Welterweight
    Roberto Duran

    Jr Welter
    JC Chavez

    Lightweight
    Pernell Whitaker

    Super Feather
    Azumah Nelson

    Feather
    Marco Antonio Barrera

    Don´t really follow the guys under feather, only when guys like Vazquez or Marquez are creating some buzz.
     
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  4. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :good
     
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  5. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    I am at the biggest disadvantage - (also my ALL TIME favrouites in brackets)

    Heavyweight:
    Wladimir Klitschko (Ezzard Charles)

    Cruiserweight
    David Haye (Dwight Muhammed Qawi)

    Light Heavyweight
    Zsolt Erdei (Archie Moore)

    Super Middleweight
    Joe Calzaghe (James Toney)

    Middleweight
    Bernard Hopkins (Marvin Hagler)

    Junior Middle
    Vernon Forrest (Emile Griffith)

    Welterweight
    Floyd Mayweather Jr(Holman Williams)

    Jr Welter
    Ricky Hatton (Julio Cesear Chavez)

    Lightweight
    Ill do the rest later
     
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  6. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    You can **** off. You managed to post non-title fights that weren't filmed in my "post non-title fights that were great and filmed" thread.
     
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  7. ricardinho

    ricardinho Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I guess centenarians post on ESB:good
     
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  8. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Sonny Liston
    Rocky Marciano
    Joe Louis
    Jersey Joe Walcott
    Mike Tyson


    Those are my favorite heavyweights that I have seen
     
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  9. ricardinho

    ricardinho Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Cool I think Nelson does not get much love on ESB.
     
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  10. itrymariti

    itrymariti Cañas! Full Member

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    I'm hoping more people are going to break the rules of the thread so I can, too.
     
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  11. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I love you too. :smooch
     
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  12. Decy

    Decy Barely Coherent Full Member

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    British/World

    HW: Bruno/Tyson

    CW:Haye/Haye

    LHW: Woods/Jones

    SMW: Froch

    MW: Benn/Hagler

    LMW: Hope/McCallum

    WW: Jones/Leonard

    LWW:Hatton/Chavez

    LW:Watt/Arguello

    FW: Hamed/Nelson

    SBW: Munroe/Morales

    BW: Owen/Canizales

    Not who I rate the best just who I have enjoyed watching.
     
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  13. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Heavyweight:
    Joe Frazier

    Cruiserweight
    Evander Holyfield/Dwight Qawi

    Light Heavyweight
    Matthew Saad Muhammad

    Super Middleweight
    Chris Eubank

    Middleweight
    Willie "The Worm" Monroe

    Junior Middle
    Mike McCallum

    Welterweight
    Thomas Hearns

    Jr Welter
    Meldrick Taylor

    Lightweight
    Alexis Arguello

    Super Feather
    Azumah Nelson/Tony "The Tiger" Lopez

    Feather
    Salvador Sanchez

    Super Bantam
    Jeff Fenech

    bantam
    "Joltin" Jeff Chandler

    Super Fly
    Galaxy

    Fly
    Miguel Canto

    Jr. Fly
    Hilario Zapata

    Straw
    Ricardo Lopez
     
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  14. ricardinho

    ricardinho Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    the point of this thread is favorite fighter at a given weight.... not the best

    its less restrictive.
     
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  15. teeto

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    HW- Rocky Marciano (just decided he edges Tyson for me)

    CW- Haye

    LHW- Galindez

    SMW- Calzaghe

    MW- Hopkins

    LMW- McCallum

    WW- Robinson

    LWW- Locche

    LW- Duran

    SFW- Arguello

    FW- Driscoll

    SBW- Morales

    BW- Jofre

    SFLW- Tapia

    FLW- Lynch

    LFLW- Gushiken

    SW- Calderon
     
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