Best fighters of the 1970s, 1-10

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  1. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    A great era for boxing with a great number of legends in their primes and dominant champions.

    Who would make your top 10 and in what order?
     
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    A flavour of the quality of world title holders in just the original 8 in the 70s:

    -Flyweight: Masao Ohba, Betulio Gonzalez, Miguel Canto
    -Bantamweight (insane): Ruben Olivares, Chuco Castillo, Rafael Herrera, Rodolfo Martinez, Alfonso Zamora, Carlos Zarate, Lupe Pintor
    -Featherweight: Ernesto Marcel, Olivares (again), Alexis Arguello, Danny Lopez, Eusebio Pedroza
    -Lightweight: Ken Buchanan, Roberto Duran, Esteban DeJesus
    -Welterweight: Jose Napoles, Pipino Cuevas, Carlos Palomino, Wilfred Benitez, Sugar Ray Leonard
    -Middleweight: Carlos Monzon, Rodrigo Valdez
    -Light-heavyweight: Bob Foster, Victor Galindez
    -Heavyweight: Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Muhammad Ali, Larry Holmes
     
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  3. Mark Adam

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    Robert Duran stated Ken Buchanan was the best overall fighter that he ever faced, he also said Ken had the best jab he ever faced.
     
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  4. Jel

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    Glad you mentioned Buchanan - I'd missed him off my list at lightweight. Added.

    What's your top 10 for the 70s?
     
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  5. mcvey

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    H.Ali
    LH.Foster
    M.Monzon
    W.Napoles
    L.Duran
    F.Arguello
    B.Olivares
    F.Canto

    1.Ali
    2.Olivares
    3.Monzon
    4.Duran
    5.Foster
    6.Canto
    7.Napoles
    8.Arguello
     
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  6. Mark Adam

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    I was four years old when I saw my first boxing match which was Alan Minter vs Hagler, I didn`t get to see many fights from the 70`s, only clips on youtube so I don`t feel I qualify as an expert on the 70`s, I have seen clips of Buchanan`s fights though and his head movement and slipping ability was pretty good, Naseem Hamed slipped punches the same way leaning back, kind of a poor man`s Buchanan.
     
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  7. Combatesdeboxeo_

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    In the 70s
    1-Ali
    2-Monzón
    3- Foster
    4-Arguello
    5-Durán
    6-mantequilla nápoles
     
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    1. Duran
    2. Monzon
    3. Ali
    4. Napoles
    5. Foster
    6. Olivares
    7. Cervantes
    8. Foreman
    9. Arguello
    10. Valdez
     
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    1. Ali
    2. Duran
    3. Monzon
    4. Napoles
    5. Olivares
    6. Arguello
    7. Foster
    8. Foreman
    9. Canto
    10. Frazier
     
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  10. robert ungurean

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    Duran
    Monzon
    Ali
    Olivares
    Napoles
    Foster
    Arguello
    Cervantes
    Canto
    Valdez
     
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  11. Reinhardt

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    Anybody who thinks boxing today is in good shape needs to look at these lists from the 70's!
     
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  12. Jel

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    Exactly!
     
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  13. Jel

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    Interesting list as ever. Not that I disagree strongly with any of the individual names that appear here (Locche is a little surprising, though) but I have two questions:
    1. Is Muhammad Ali not worthy of a place anywhere in the top 10 (particularly when you've managed to find space for Foreman and at no. 4 no less!)?
    2. What did Carlos Zarate do that puts him at the very top of the pile over the likes of Duran, Monzon, Napoles and Arguello? I just don't see it.
     
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  14. PernellSweetPea

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    Those surveys are always interesting.
     
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  15. mcvey

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    Id like to know how you arrived at the underlined.
    1970
    1.Ali
    2.Foreman
    1971
    1.Ali
    2.Foreman
    1973
    Champ Foreman
    1.Ali
    1974
    Champ Ali
    2. Foreman
    1975
    Champ Ali
    4.Foreman
    1976
    Champ Ali
    1.Foreman
    1977
    Champ Ali

    Ali was champion in5 years of that decade and number 1 challenger in2 years of it ,he was number 2 ranked in 2 years too.
    Foreman was champion in one complete year,number 1 ranked only at the end of one year,and number 2 ranked at the end of 2 years.He was number 4 at the end of another year.


    Ali is clearly the more dominant fighter in the 70's, being champion for half of the decade!
     
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