Which fighters will be remembered the most in 25 years? Whose legend will grow?

Similair to how he is being viewed now I think, dude already retired 10 years ago.

 

Tom Bogs and Ingemar Johansson werent bad either :deal

 

ASSUMING THIS POST IS ABOUT FIGHTERS WHO ARE STILL FIGHTING or RECENTLY RETIRED.

The Obvious ones : Pacquiao, Mayweather, Hopkins, Vitali&Wlad, RJJ&Holyfield(cautionnary tales of going on too long),

The Trilogy Kings: Gatti&Ward, The Marquez Brothers&Israel Vazquez, Barrera&Morales(Erik's victory over Pacquiao will be a gigantic plus later on, mark my word)

The undefeated question marks: Joe Calzaghe and Chris John. Joe will set a good standard for the 168 class, making himself the GOAT for now in 168(that doesn't mean much, don't worry). However is overall legacy will be one similar to Marciano - what if... what if... he didn't fight nobody that great.

Assuming Chris John stays undefeated but sadly remains in Indonesia, he will always be a ??? in history due to his 1 success in the united states. Obviously the featherweight division has such a deep history, he will probably looked upon as a ''interesting but average fighter''. Of course, if he decides to start fighting in the US(which he has done successfully), then we could see a change in his stock (Gamboa-Chris John would be epic and is not entirely impossible)

Stock going down: Everybody related to Oscar de la Hoya prime, that is Trinidad, Mosley, Vargas, Mayorga and of course Oscar himself. Im not saying they are bad - it just that people will see this later as just a huge hype machine.

The middleweight bunch: While it's still early to see Bute, Ward, Froch, it's obvious that Pavlik, Taylor, Abraham, Kessler, Toney will drop down. Winky Wright could be hailed as one of the greats of 154lbs(like Calzaghe at 168, nothing special considering the short history of 154)

 

^:deal

 

Toney, Jones, Bhop, Gatti, Mayweather, Pacman, the K2, Lennox and Evander, Mike, and Oscar.
These guys cross over into mainstream sports and will be remembered by the general sports fans........however, I get Leonard, Hearns and Haggler, but even Duran was a bit of a pickem for the casual fan, and only Chavez will be remembered of the late 80s/early90s nonheavies IMO.

 

I wonder if this gets bumped in 2036:think

 

Roy Jones I think will be viewed more positively than many think IMO. In 20 years time few will remember him getting knocked out by mediocre guys for $250k paychecks towards the end. That will be mostly forgotten and people will hold Roy in relatively high esteem IMO.

 

Calslappy will be remembered by fightfans forever, love him or hate him, but the casual fans couldn't even pronounce his name when he was active.:deal

 

Euros will remember Hatton, Calzaghe and the Klits
African Americans will remember Mayweather
Filipinos will remember Pacquiao

And real boxing fans will remember them all.

 

at people saying oscar will be forgotten. hes one of the most succesful athletes both in his field and out of it in sports history.

not to mention he'll probably be the premier promoter in boxing in 2036 so it will be hard not to remember him

 

No ****, he put Cotto over Tito, what the **** is that???

 

Pac must be on this list, i think the most remembered will be winner of Mayweather vs Pacquiao(if they ever fight)

 

:deal

 

Damn good post. ODLH will be remembered with more love than you speculate, though, IMO.

Wlad and Vitali could be overlooked if an exciting heavyweight comes and rules the division. If there is chaos and the belts change hands every other month, they will be remembered more fondly than they will get more love than they do now.

 

No disrespect to Hatton but he doesnt belong on this list.