Your 15 favourite fighters!

Did u ever see the Worm back in the day?

 

Suga God Valuev
Saint Preem
Young Ortiz
Prime Tyson
18th century Sonny Liston
True form James J Jeffries

No one else matters-

 

I was friends with Shaun at one time on fb. He was a tragic figure.

 

Chuvalo
Norton
Hagler
Duran
Hearns
Leonard
Haugen
Camacho
Carbajal
Benn
Watson
Tyson
Jeremy Williams
Froch
Josh Warrington

that is my run through my life, the fighters that caught my attention whom I favoured and enjoyed watching.

from the past

Gans
Joe Bowker
Dobbs
Canzoneri
Louis
JJW
Harvey
McAvoy
Gilroy
Roderick
Charles
Lloyd Marshall
Cerdan
Villemain
Jim Brady, Scotland

these past fighters impressed me and their stories are all of historical merit.

 

Care to share more. Al. I have only ever heard bad things about him, including from himself in interviews.

It would be interesting to know if there's another side to the story.

 

I don't know the other side of the story to be honest. I've probably heard the same things as you. All I can say is that when he sent me a friend request he was building a boxing site and was after photos and that. I spoke to him a few times by messenger and he was always nice and respectful.

 

I know what you mean and agree, Colonel. We spoke about 'best in ring gear' earlier and part of the appeal of the FoTC and Hagler was how they looked.

Fury, with his shrunken head, moobs, gut, skinny legs and trainers looks like some fat slob off a building site. Which is fine as that's how I'd look. But I want my heroes to look a bit more heroic.

Combined with his boxing style which is effective but not thrilling and there is nothing about his appearing on my TV that is aesthetically pleasing. Perhaps that's superficial on my part but I find it all a turn off. Then again, I have so little interest in current boxing where most contenders for the heavyweight title are either in their 40s or grossly overweight - or both - I don't need much reason to switch off.

 

Muhammad Ali
Sugar Ray Robinson
Joe Louis
Joe Frazier
Floyd Patterson
Mike Tyson
Bob Fitzsimmons
John Conteh
Dave Charnley
Thomas Hearns
Roberto Duran
Marvin Hagler
Alexis Arguello
Tony Sibson
Nigel Benn

 

He did say in an interview that he had been an arsehole in the past. Perhaps that recognition was the first step towards being a better person.

I saw a nice comment about your dad as I was looking him up yesterday - 'The most gracious man you could ever meet'. That must be nice to read.

 

It is Eddie.

 

My top 5 are written in stone. The next 10, I go back and forth on.
1. Duran
2. Hagler
3. Ali
4. Frazier
5. Chava Sanchez
Mike Spinks
Holyfield
Larry Holmes
Dwight Muhammad Qawi
Steve Collins
Wayne McCullough
Saad
Conteh
Little Red
In fact, the whole lightheavyweight division from the late 70s early 80s.

 

Now that is a good shout, the whole lightheavy division late 70s/early 80s

 

Ya back then you could see all of those guys on Saturday afternoon on terrestrial tv. Brilliant.

 

Jack Johnson, the Greatest
Peter Jackson
Ezzard Charles
Floyd Patterson
Archie Moore
Ted Kid Lewis
Marcel Cerdan
Tony Zale
Billy Conn
Billy Petrolle
Davey Day
Henry Armstorng
Willie Pep
Jack Sharkey
Max Schmeling
Benny Leonard
Jofre

 

Wilfredo Gomez
Salvador Sanchez
Carlos Monzon
Tiger Flowers
Marvin Hagler
Carmine Basilio
Rocky Marciano
Sandy Saddler
Tom Cribb
Jack Dempsey
Larry Holmes
Beau Jack
Ike Williams
Fernando Vargas
Jimmy Wilde