Best 5 fight run in any division

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  1. KuRuPT

    KuRuPT Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Who do you think had the best 5 fight run, where they won all 5 fights in a row? Who are some of the top choices?
     
  2. Young Terror

    Young Terror ★ Griselda ★ Full Member

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    Not the best but one that comes to mind is Tito's beating De La Hoya,David Reid,Thiam,Vargas and Joppy from 147 to 160.
     
  3. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    DLH, Hatton, Cotto, Clottey and Margarito is a very impressive run considering Pac's size disadvantage and the dominant manner of the wins.
     
  4. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Ward had a very five or six-fight run from Kessler through Dawson.
     
  5. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    Great choice!

    Excellent choice!!

    Terrific!!! Kessler, Green, Bika, Abraham, Froch and Dawson. Phenomenal run for Andre Ward.


    Holmes, Tubbs, Spinks, Bruno, Williams. In each case nobody lasted more than 5 rounds. 13 rounds total to be exact. There may be better ranked names in a set of 5 but nobody dominated their 5 like Mike Tyson dominated. I don't think...

    Carnera, Levinsky, Baer, Uzcudun, Retzlaff - isn't bad at all either.
     
  6. Pugilist_Spec

    Pugilist_Spec Hands Of Stone Full Member

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    Michael Nunn deserves a mention.

    Tate-Roldan-Kalambay-Barkley-Starling-Curry.
     
  7. KuRuPT

    KuRuPT Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nice, some good ones so far. Nunn was a good call, I had forgot about that run.
     
  8. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    Pacquiao: JMM, Diaz, De La Hoya, Hatton, Cotto.

    Mayweather: Mosley, Ortiz, Cotto, Guerrero, Alvarez.

    Gonzalez: Yaegashi, Fuentes, Leon, Sosa, Viloria.

    Ward: Kessler, Green, Bika, Abraham, Froch.

    De La Hoya: Chavez, Gonzalez, Whitaker, Kamau, Camacho.

    Probably the top 5 I can think of in recent times. Although some of these have a filler opponent in and if that opponent was tougher and they lost they would not be eligible for this list so we're sort of rewarding easy options during a gauntlet.
     
  9. Young Terror

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    McCallum:H Graham,S.Collins,M.Watson,F.Minton,S.Kalambay

    Emille Grifith: Flo Fernandez,W.Toweel,LM Rodriguez,B.Paret,G.Ortega
     
  10. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Whitaker had a very good run with Chavez, McGirt x2, and Vasquez, if you give him his rightful credit for beating Chavez.
     
  11. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Chavez, Whitaker and Camacho were big name opponents but all were past it. And Whitaker almost won. Gonzales was a very solid win. Kamau wasn't that great to begin with.
     
  12. N_ N___

    N_ N___ Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Calzaghe had Lacy, Bika, Manfredo [emoji107], Kessler, and Hopkins. Better than most.


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  13. N_ N___

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    Barrera had Hamed, Enrique Sanchez, Morales, Tapia, and Kelley. Tapia and Kelley were far past prime though.


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  14. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Carlos Ortiz had a run of Johnny Bizarro, Sugar Ramos, Flash Elorde, Sugar Ramos again and Ismael Laguna.
     
  15. N_ N___

    N_ N___ Boxing Addict Full Member

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    On a tangent, Montell Griffin has one of the best two fight runs with Toney and Jones.


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