The best of that decade— 1. Sugar Ray Leonard 2. Marvin Hagler 3. Pernell Whitaker 4. Julio Cesar Chavez. 5. Larry Holmes 6. Salvador Sanchez 7. Mike Spinks 8. Thomas Hearns 9. Evander Holyfield 10. Aaron Pryor 11. Mike Tyson 12.Alexis Arguello 13. Wilfredo Gomez 14. Dwight Qawi 15. Mike McCallum
Also we need to mention the great Don Curry. Yes his prime was painfully short. Also we need to reference Mike McCallum and the remains of Roberto Duran though he was very much the fighter of the 70s maybe the greatest ever.
1. Sugar Ray Leonard 2. Michael Spinks 3. Marvelous Marvin Hagler 4. Thomas Hearns 5. Salvador Sanchez
Olu, Curry was certainly a terrific fighter. I’ll never forget his beautiful ko of Milton McCrory for the undisputed welterweight championship.
Hello Chris. Spinks over Hagler? Hearns over Sanchez? Very surprising. Of course no. 1 is the obvious choice.
Overall, I say Hagler over Spinks, but that’s factoring in his 1970’s. Although his reign was 1980’s, I think Spinks might even edge him out due to his lineal heavyweight win and of course his undisputed run at 175.
It’s really remarkable how he declined so quickly. I don’t know if he had issues making 147 or what. He seemed to be on his way to all time great status.
Yeah he probably stayed to long at 147 and they totally underestimated the Raggamuffin man in Lloyd Honeyghan thinking he was another British stiff not realising he was a proper operator.
1. Tyson 2. Hagler 3. Chavez 4. Pryor 5. Sanchez 6 to 15: Holmes, Spinks, Hearns, Holyfield, Leonard, Duran, Whitaker, Arguello, Nelson, Gomez, Qawi
