Your top 5 favourite boxers of all time?

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  1. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Not true at all. Read up on Daniel Mendoza who lived like 300 years earlier and on his boxing manual. Good stuff. Or Corbett.
     
    bodhi, Jan 14, 2011
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  2. hussleman

    hussleman Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ali
    RJJ
    Mayweather Jr.
    Larry Holmes
    Joe Louis
     
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  3. cesare-borgia

    cesare-borgia Übermensch in fieri Full Member

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    By just skimming through the thread great lists people, im suprised that chavez,monzon,jones jr,liston,holyfield,hamed arent listed more, I thought they were popular.
     
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  4. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    1. Toney
    2. Tua
    3. McCall
    4. Foreman
    5. Byrd

    6. Qawi
    7. Montell Griffin
    8. Reggie Johnson
    9. Jorge Castro
    10. Julian Jackson
     
    frankenfrank, Jan 14, 2011
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  5. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Those are fighters most people like but not necessarily are fans of.
     
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  6. cesare-borgia

    cesare-borgia Übermensch in fieri Full Member

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    fair enough, I just thought jones,hamed,chavez had a big fanbase, same with calzaghe.
    Ow well, to each his own.
     
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  7. Jeff M

    Jeff M Future ESB HOF Full Member

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    Also honorable mention for Mayweather (will be top 5 if he fights Pacquiao), Lennox Lewis, Calzaghe, Mosley, Donaire.
     
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  8. koko of phil

    koko of phil Ring of Fire Resident Full Member

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    Ali
    Tyson
    Duran
    JCC
    RJJ
     
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  9. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Duran
    Delahoya
    Chacon
    Sanchez
    Tapia-Barrera-Finito

    This list is too short, theres like 30 other guys i feel like squezzing in here.
     
    anarci, Jan 14, 2011
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  10. fieras90

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    Holyfield
    Hagler
    Morales
    Ali
    RJJ
     
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  11. Zopilote

    Zopilote Dinamita Full Member

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    Chavez
    JM Marquez
    Morales/Barrera
    Sal Sanchez
    Saldivar
    Hagler
    Duran
     
    Zopilote, Jan 14, 2011
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    I know some people here love watching the Pacman fight but are afraid to include him in their lists.
     
    ericfabre, Jan 14, 2011
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  13. stefanoitch

    stefanoitch Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Sugar Ray Robinson
    Roberto Duran
    Muhammad Ali
    Marvin Hagler
    Manny Pacquiao

    It was a very hard list to make. Theres no specific order exept from Robinson. He's nr 1
     
    stefanoitch, Jan 14, 2011
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  14. BlackBrenny

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    yeah actually, replace frazier with liston on my list
     
    BlackBrenny, Jan 14, 2011
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  15. Kush

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    JCC
    Duran
    MORALLAH
    Sanchez
    Tyson
     
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