...in terms of the active fighters who have consistently gone for the toughest fight in and out of their weight class as much as possible (Joe Calzaghe fans need not apply). You will never accuse any of these fighters for ducking or being "carefully matched." Here's my list for the Top 10 P4P Ballsiest: 1. Mosley (from 135 all the way to 154 and back down to 147) 2. Morales (from 122 to recently 135) 3. Pacquiao (from 108 to 130, possibly 135 in the future) 4. Wright (from 154 all the way to 175) 5. Taylor (a murderer's row of a resume, even with recent criticism) 6. I. Vazquez (as of late, every big name from 118-122) 7. Judah (yes, he's lost all the big ones, but look at the resume as of late and you'll see he hasn't ducked anyone...Spinks twice for a tiny purse, Baldomir, and PBF. That's the 147 lineage of recent times...not to mention Cotto) 8. G. Johnson (The Road Warrior will fight anyone at 175 anytime, anyplace, anywhere) 9. Spinks (say what you want, but fighting Karmazin and Taylor after splitting a pair with Judah and taking on a prime Mayorga at 147 show that the slickster has cojones) 10. Ouma (some of his opponents that he has been matched up aren't viewer friendly, such as Karmazin...they also send top prospects like Powell at him...then he moves up to take on Taylor where he is badly undersized yet gives a good showing) OTHERS: Castillo, Augustus, Arce (although his opponents at 112 weren't up to par, Mijares is proving he's Top 20 P4P quality...maybe a fight with Darchinyan will give him a boost)
solid list sweet pea pac, i'd probably rate my ballsiest fighters list some what like that. but i'd probably take out johnson and put mayorga in for mine. mayorga - last 6 include de la hoya, picirillo, trinidad, spinks, forrest 2x
I agree with both of you. I would insert either Holyfield or Mayorga and drop Ouma into the OTHERS pile.
Peter Buckley. 286 fights and has fought literally anyone that wanted to put on a pair of gloves and get in the ring with him. Would probably fight any of the heavyweight title holders this weekend if they were up for it.
What about Lovemore Ndou? The guy took on a prime Sharmbe Mitchell, Miguel Cotto, Junior Witter and now Paulie Malignaggi in his FIRST title defence. Not bad opposition. Especially when you consider that most of these guys were at very short notice.