Make a list on your top 10 favorite fighters.

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  1. FThabxinfan

    FThabxinfan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I saw posts asking "who's your favorite fighter?" But most of them only refer to one,now...I challenge all of the posters here to name a top 10.
     
    FThabxinfan, Mar 29, 2025
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  2. Ioakeim Tzortzakis

    Ioakeim Tzortzakis Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I only know who my number 1 is (and I'm not confident about it anymore), the rest are in no order:

    1. Roberto Duran
    2. Harry Greb
    3. Jose Napoles
    4. Erik Morales
    5. Archie Moore
    6. Marvelous Marvin Hagler
    7. Sugar Ray Robinson
    8. Joe Louis
    9. Roman Gonzalez
    10. Miguel Canto
     
    Ioakeim Tzortzakis, Mar 29, 2025
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  3. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    All time? For me it probably would be: Holmes, Ali, Lennox, Mike Tyson, Floyd, GGG, Wlad, Joe Louis, Michael Spinks, Fury.
     
    MaccaveliMacc, Mar 29, 2025
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  4. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    I can do a top 8 with decent confidence, and then there's a large amount of guys who could take the last two slots.

    #10. Chucho Castillo
    #09. Kevin Kelley
    #08. Veeraphol Sahaprom
    #07. Gerry Penalosa
    #06. Carl Thompson
    #05. Michael Watson
    #04. Erik Morales
    #03. Marvin Hagler
    #02. Marvin Johnson
    #01. Ezzard Charles
     
    George Crowcroft, Mar 29, 2025
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  5. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Sanchez
    Arguello
    Chacon
    Saad Muhammad
    Michael Spinks
    Hagler
    Myung Woo Yuh
    Izzy Vasquez
    Danny Lopez
    Barney Ross
     
    salsanchezfan, Mar 29, 2025
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  6. Mastrangelo

    Mastrangelo Active Member Full Member

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    No way!
     
    Mastrangelo, Mar 29, 2025
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    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Way!
     
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    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    01 - Charley Burley
    02 - Juan Manuel Marquez
    03 - Ivan Calderon
    04 - Roman Gonzalez
    05 - Oleksander Usyk
    06 - Joe Gans
    07 - Michael Watson
    08 - Chucho Castillo
    09 - Bernard Hopkins
    10 - Ruslan Chagaev
     
    McGrain, Mar 29, 2025
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    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    1) Armando Muniz
    2) Muhammad Ali
    3) Rodolfo 'El Gato' Gonzalez (the lightweight champ)
    4) Ruben Olivares
    5) Victor Galindez
    6) Bobby Chacon
    7) Ray 'Windmill' White
    8) Gaby Canizales
    9) Lorenzo 'Halimi' Gutierrez
    10) Antonio Cervantes
     
    scartissue, Mar 29, 2025
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  10. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I'm dead sure of my number one and the other nine in no particular order are -

    1/ Muhammad Ali
    2/ Sugar Ray Leonard
    3/ Roberto Duran
    4/ Marvin Hagler
    5/ John Conteh
    6/ Archie Moore
    7/ Barry McGuigan
    8/ Ken Norton
    9/ Lennox Lewis
    10/ Mike McCallum
     
    Stevie G, Mar 29, 2025
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  11. Noel857

    Noel857 I Am Duran Full Member

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    1 : Roberto Duran
    2 : Muhammad Ali
    3 : Mark Kaylor
    4 : Jerry Quarry
    5 : Chris Finnegan
    6 : Lloyd Honeyghan
    7 : Alexis Arguello
    8 : Herol Graham
    9 : Kevin Finnegan
    10 : Wally Swift Jnr
     
    Noel857, Mar 29, 2025
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  12. ChrisJS

    ChrisJS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Damn, that’s hard:

    1/2 - Tito/Jofre
    3/4 - Sanchez/Marquez
    5/6/7/8- Gomez/Olivares/Zarate/Benitez
    9/10 - Arguello/R. Marquez
    Honorable mention: Little Red/Hagler/Buchanan/Chandler
     
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    1)Evander Holyfield
    2)Sugar Ray Leonard
    3)Roberto Duran
    4)Julio Cesar Chavez
    5)Manny Pacquiao
    6)Nigel Benn
    7)Shane Mosley
    8)Naseem Hamed
    9)Mike Tyson
    10)George Foreman
     
    Paul McB, Mar 29, 2025
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    META5 Active Member Full Member

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    1. Muhammad Ali
    2. SRR
    3. Roberto Duran
    4. SRL
    5. Marvelous Marvin
    6. RJJ
    7. PBF
    8. Joe Louis
    9. Willie Pep
    10. Ezzard Charles
     
    META5, Mar 29, 2025
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  15. Mastrangelo

    Mastrangelo Active Member Full Member

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    Interesting for me to come by the name of a fighter I never heard of before, here. What's the story behind it?
     
    Mastrangelo, Mar 29, 2025
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