Your Top 5 p4p Fighters

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  1. GRIFFIN

    GRIFFIN "Beware the old man in a time when men die young" Full Member

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    Very curios because I don't really think in terms of p4p very often so I was just wondering what your Top 5 are and why.
     
  2. SheenLantern

    SheenLantern Active Member Full Member

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    1. Sugar Ray Leonard, best resume in history. Wins over Duran, Hearns and Hagler. Probably the best combination of talent, athleticism, fight IQ and mentality ever.

    2. Muhammad Ali, best heavyweight resume by a long shot. Lison, Patterson, Foreman, Frazier, Norton, as well as a truly elite prime 1965-1967, with speed never seen before or since at heavyweight, he could easily have been #1 if he never lost those three years of his prime.

    3. Roy Jones, best H2H boxer of all time. Not just wins over Hopkins and Toney but complete shutouts. Never even looked mortal in his prime. Only thing keeping him from #1 is that his resume is a bit light outside of those two.

    4. Floyd Mayweather. Absolutely elite prime at 130 and 135. In addition his resume is absolutely stacked with champions, yes, a lot of them weren't at their absolute best but that doesn't make them free wins. The sheer variety of styles he faced while barely ever looking beatable is crazy.

    5. Is where I think there's a lot of guys who have great arguments. Carlos Monzon's resume is stacked, Manny Pacquiao of course with titles in eight weight classes, Pernell Whitaker made multiple other ATGs look absolutely foolish. I wouldn't be angry at anyone in this spot, but I feel like the four above guys are a comfortable tier ahead of any of them.

    Just FYI I don't know jack about boxing pre circa 1965 so if you want to tell me some guy with only grainy black and white footage would destroy Ray Leonard, I guess I can't argue with that.
     
  3. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Sam Langford, Harry Greb, Henry Armstrong, Bob Fitzsimmons, Sugar Ray Robinson. Any order you like but Bob should be fifth.
     
  4. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    #01: Harry Greb
    #02: Sugar Ray Robinson
    #03: Henry Armstrong
    #04: Sam Langford
    #05: Ezzard Charles

    I can see a different order but not different names.
     
  5. Mandela2039

    Mandela2039 OFFICIAL THREAD DIDDLER Full Member

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    bro DOES NOT know ball
     
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  6. Mandela2039

    Mandela2039 OFFICIAL THREAD DIDDLER Full Member

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    This is my list but with Charles at 3 instead of Hank
     
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  7. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    SRR
    Greb
    Langford
    Armstrong
    Charles
     
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  8. Lonsdale81

    Lonsdale81 Member Full Member

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    My top 10:

    Greb
    SRR
    Langford
    Armstrong
    Charles
    Fitz
    Walker
    Pep
    Ross
    Moore/Tunney
     
  9. Noel857

    Noel857 I Am Duran Full Member

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    1 : Ray Robinson
    2 : Harry Greb
    3 : Henry Armstrong
    4 : Roberto Duran
    5 : Ezzard Charles
     
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  10. TipNom

    TipNom Active Member Full Member

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    Langford, Greb, Charles, Robinson, Armstrong
     
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  11. KO_King

    KO_King Horizontal Heavyweight Full Member

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    My top 3 is the same as yours
     
  12. SwarmingSlugger

    SwarmingSlugger Active Member Full Member

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    1. Harry Greb
    2. Sam Langford
    3. Willie Pep
    4. Roberto Duran
    5. Ray Robinson
     
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  13. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    SRR , Duran , Mayweather , Ali , Crawford.
     
  14. Mike Cannon

    Mike Cannon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hi Buddy.
    My list would look very similar, with Greb at 1, maybe I would swop Ross for Duran, that apart a good list, especially like Walker being included, not many do, well done.
    stay safe buddy, chat soon.
    Mike.
     
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  15. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    those five not sure on order
     
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