Best conditioned fighter in each weight class

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  1. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Obviously this is more of a career achievement than for a single fight … even guys not known for their stamina could get fit for one particular outing.

    Here’s mine, subject to revision after you fine folk weigh in and enlighten me:

    Heavyweight: Rocky Marciano

    Cruiserweight: Evander Holyfield

    Light heavyweight: Matthew Saad Muhammad

    Super middleweight: Roy Jones Jr

    Middleweight: Marvin Hagler

    Junior middleweight: Mike McCallum

    Welterweight: Ray Robinson

    Junior welterweight: Duilio Loi

    Lightweight: Henry Armstrong

    Junior lightweight: Brian Mitchell

    Featherweight: Troy Dorsey

    Junior featherweight: Wilfredo Gomez

    Bantamweight: Jeff Fenech

    Super flyweight: Johnny Tapia

    Flyweight: Yuri Arbachakov

    (I admit I am less well-schooled on the lighter end of the weight spectrum so someone will likely have far stronger picks than me. I also went with Wilfredo Gomez even thought he had a lot of shorter fights because of his KO percentage and because he often looked tired … but even so he always picked it up late and finished strong despite looking weight-drained or depleted.)
     
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  2. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    I like this list
     
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  3. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    For Super Bantamweight / Junior Featherweight I would say Daniel Zaragoza. Man was a machine who just didn't stop. I'd highly recommend his bouts against Hatanaka, Tatsuyoshi and of course his ATG trilogy against Banke.
     
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  4. haNZAgod

    haNZAgod Member Full Member

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    Just to add an extra weight class onto this list - at Light Flyweight I'd go for Jung Koo Chang. He was a non-stop machine for the full 12 rounds. Highly recommend checking out his fights if you've not got round to it yet.
     
    haNZAgod, Oct 2, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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  5. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    I'm not sure I ever saw Sanchez tired at featherweight.

    Same thing w Monzon at middleweight but I could be wrong there ... Hagler was in insane shape but I feel he kind of doubted his own stamina against Vito, Duran and Leonard .. I think he kinda almost punched himself out in the first Obel fight but have to revisit it ..

    Leonard was insanely conditioned at 147.
     
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  6. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    I have a hard time arguing emphatically against any of these... The one I had chambered was... TROY DORSEY but you already listed him.

    Other than that Khaosai Galaxy at SuperFly deserves a mention. He was a machine.

    I'll throw a wild card in the welterweight and say Crisanto Espana.
     
    Seamus, Oct 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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