Your personal top 10 favourite fighters

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  1. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    not saying these are the greatest boxers, just ones i admired a lot.
    some i have read about more than actually seen on film.

    in no order.

    battling nelson
    joe louis
    khiosia galaxy
    azumah nelson
    julio cesar chavez
    dave boy mcauley
    michael watson
    barry mcguigan (although i have a lot of negative thoughts about him too)
    ray leonard
    ali

    probably change by the hour.

    edit : i should have fitted in ray robinson and floyd patterson i think
     
  2. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker Full Member

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    No order and subject to change ...

    Johnson
    Langford
    Dempsey
    Frazier
    Duran
    Holmes
    Holyfield
    Hagler
    Saad Muhammad
    Ray Leonard
     
  3. red cobra

    red cobra VIP Member Full Member

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    Monzon dosen't figure in the mix at all for you?
     
  4. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He was for a long time and I still like him. Could easily have put him into the HMs at the oment. Didn´t watch a fight of his for a long time. If I´d watch a bit more of him again I guess he´d sneak up there. :thumbsup
     
  5. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Arguello
    Ross
    Charles
    Hopkins
    Pep
    H. Johnson
    Chacon
    Giardello
    W. Gomez
    Conteh
     
  6. RockyJim

    RockyJim Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Marciano...
    Louis...
    Dempsey...
    Hagler...
    Hearns...
    SSR...
    Basilio...
    Pep...
    Demarco...
    Frazier...just to name a few...
     
  7. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    1. James Toney
    2. David Tua
    3. Oliver McCall
    4. Montell Griffin
    5. Reggie Johnson
    6. Jorge Castro
    7. Mike McCallum
    8. Julian Jackson
    9. Evander Holyfield
    10. George Foreman

    I actually watched the vast majority of Roid Jones' important fights and the same can be said about Tyson , Lewis , Byrd and many more .

    Finding Orlin Norris fights is almost impossible.
    McCall-Douglas , McCall-Tucker , Norris-Tucker #2 , Norris-McCall , Mike Hunter - Oliver McCall , Antonio Tarver-Reggie Johnson are extremely hard to find.
     
  8. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    What happened to Langford, frank?
     
  9. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Barely watched him fight . None of what I watched was a fight against any opposition that matters
     
  10. kmcc505

    kmcc505 Sweet Scientist Full Member

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    1. Holyfield
    2. Jones, Jr
    3. Mayweather, Jr
    4. Hopkins
    5. Vitali
    6. Wladimir
    7. Mosley
    8. Hatton
    9. Barrera
    10. Gatti

    No real order except the top 3.
     
  11. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 Officer Full Member

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    Marciano not on there..Gee what a surprise :lol:
     
  12. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 Officer Full Member

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    Let's see...

    Here is mine

    1. Sonny Liston
    2. Rocky Marciano
    3. Jersey Joe Walcott
    4. Joe Louis
    5. Mike Tyson
    6. Willie Pep
    7. Jake Lamotta
    8. Ike Williams
    9. Archie Moore
    10. Sugar Ray Leonard
     
  13. Raggamuffin

    Raggamuffin You dipstick Full Member

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    In no particular order:

    Hearns
    Azumah Nelson
    Hagler
    Ali
    SRL
    Saad Muhammed
    Holyfield
    Ricardo Lopez
    Whitaker
    Khaosai Galaxy
     
  14. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No order:

    Ricardo Lopez
    Mike McCallum
    Alexis Arguello
    Roberto Duran
    Pernell Whitaker
    Salvador Sanchez
    James Toney
    Gerald McClellan
    Evander Holyfield
    Manny Pacquiao
     
  15. ron u.k.

    ron u.k. Boxing Addict banned

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    1. Mumammad Ali
    2. Floyd Patterson
    3. Sugar Ray Robinson
    4. John Conteh
    5. Joe Louis
    6. Nigel Benn
    7. Mike Tyson
    8. Sugar Ray Leanord
    9. Tony Sibson
    10.Lennox Lewis