Who are the Greatest Fighters Of Your Lifetime?

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  1. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Subjective of course, but anyway, as it says.
    The greatest fighters, any weight, of your life time?
     
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  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Greatest I've ever watched in real time are Mayweather, Pacquiao, Chocolatito, Usyk and Canelo. So recent guys. Well, actually I suppose Holyfield, Jones and Tyson too if you're including those exhibitions.
     
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  3. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Roberto Duran

    Muhammad Ali

    Alexis Arguello

    Manny Pacquiao
     
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  4. Liston73

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    Boxers fighting in my life time, though some were past their sell by date and leaving out the Jnr Weights where many overlapped.
    Louis
    Charles
    Marciano
    Walcott
    Liston
    Ali
    Holmes
    Frazier
    Foreman
    Tyson
    Holyfield
    Lewis
    W Klitschko

    Moore
    Johnson
    Foster
    Saad Muhammad
    M Spinks
    Jones Jnr
    B Hopkins

    Zale
    Burley
    Lamotta
    Lytell
    Williams
    Robinson
    Giardello
    Tiger
    Griffith
    Monzon
    Hagler
    Alvarez

    Gavilan
    Basilio
    Napoles
    Leonard
    Curry
    Whitaker
    Trinidad
    De La Hoya
    Mayweather

    Williams
    Brown
    Ortiz
    Buchanan
    Duran
    Arguello
    Chavez
    Marquez



    Pep
    Saddler
    Saldivar
    Sanchez
    Pedroza
    Nelson
    Barrera
    Morales
    Pacquiano

    Ortiz
    Jofre
    Harada
    Olivares
    Zarate
    Chandler


    Perez
    Canto
     
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  5. billyb71

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    Muhammad Ali
    Sonny Liston
    Rocky Marciano
     
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  6. Fergy

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    Some bloody good names there. Thanks for that pal.
     
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  7. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Yes think we can include those, George.
     
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  8. Noel857

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    Muhammad Ali
    Roberto Duran
    Roy Jones Jr
     
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    Roberto Duran
    Larry Holmes
    Mike Tyson
    Lennon Lewis

    Marvin Hagler
    Tommy Hearns
    Ray Leonard

    Manny Pac
    Roy Jones Jr
    Bernard Hopkins
    Quite a few I've missed out, just can't of names at this time.
    But the above are the main names, of my lifetime.
     
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  10. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tyson was special

    The Benn/Eubank/Watson fights were special

    Didn’t catch Hagler in his peak

    All these guys since the 90s are on drugs

    But an early 90s James Toney in hindsight is the greatest figher I’ve ever seen in real time or nearly in any time really post-war
     
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  11. Vic The Gambler

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    Ali
    Foreman
    Frazier
    Holmes
    Duran
    Benitez
    Buchanan
    SRL
    Hearns
    Hagler
    Tyson
    Herol Graham
    Gerald McClennan
    Mike McCallum
    Barry McGuigan
    Azumah Nelson
    Michael Spinks
    Holyfield
    RJJ
    Toney
    Hopkins
    Calzaghe
    Andre Ward
    Naseem Hamed
    Lennox Lewis
    Edwin Valero
    Pacquaio
    Vitali Klitschko
    Wlad Klitschko
    Ike Ibeabuchi
    Mayweather Jr

    These are the ones that have really, really impressed me that I remembered straight off the bat. One or two didn’t win World titles, but I liked the way they fought, whether it was defensively or offensively…I admire both when they’re executed very well.
     
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  12. Dynamicpuncher

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    Pretty much this me and George are the same age group.
     
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  13. Boxing2019

    Boxing2019 If you want peace, prepare war. banned Full Member

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    Ali_ Foreman_ Duran_ Leonard_ Tyson_ Dempsey_ Hagler_Hearns_ Monzon_ Willie Pep_ LaMotta_ Louis_ Lewis_ Holyfield_ McClellan_ Toney_ Roy Jones_ Mayweather_ W.Klitschko_ Usyk_

    And others
     
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  14. Austinboxing

    Austinboxing British Boxing fan Full Member

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    Usky undisputed cruiser weight champion unified heavyweight champion undefeated one of the most skilful of this generation.
     
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  15. Stevie G

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    A few of them -

    Ali
    Duran
    Leonard
    Holmes
    Hagler
     
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