Best Fighters of The 80's

I think it's a given that he should, certainly over a couple of those listed.

 

Duran, as great as he was, probably belongs in the 70s as the best. His win against Leonard was legendary!

One thing going for him in an all time pound sense is his fight with Hagler. Of course Hagler would have tore his head off if he decided to take it to him the way he did with Hearns, but the same can likely be said regarding Leonard vs Hagler.

Back to Duran, he's one of the greatest, perhaps the greatest, boxers of the 70s. I can't see anybody taking that away from him. What you said affords some opportunity for him to be considered in the 80s as well.... at least the little menace stuck his chin (weight) out and did rather well!

Duran plays an important role in boxing history - the best at what he was, and giving a good showing at what he wasn't.

 

Cool, would you slip him in the 80's 10?

 

Not to take away from the original topic. But I think Mantequilla's point was, what a great decade the 80s was. Pick 10 Okay we can do that, but why when you have all this.

Great list

Now add all the fighters that were 2nd tier , there were allot of them. expecially at lightweight, welter and middle. The 80's was a golden age. The Haugens, dewiits, Hard rock Greens, Gannigans, laporte, Roldan, Benitez etc. a ton of tough folks

Was a Great era and most of it on Broadcast TV in the states at the time, Closed circuit for the really big ones.

 

100 Miguel Lora
99 Michael Moorer
98 Hilmer Kenty
97 Rolando Navarrete
96 Yong Kang Kim
95 Gabby Canizales
94 Fulgencio Obelmejias
93 Bobby Czyz
92 Frank Tate
91 Matthew Hilton
90 Sean O'Grady
89 Terry Marsh
88 Greg Haugen
87 Duke McKenzie
86 Jorge Paez
85 Wilfred Gomez
84 Maurice Hope
83 Elly Pical
82 Saoul Mamby
81 John Mugabi
80 Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
79 Milton McCrory
78 Cornelius Boza-Edwards
77 Rafael Limon
76 Sam Serrano
75 Dave McAuley
74 Livingstone Bramble
73 Dennis Andries
72 Juan Martin Coggi
71 Sung Il Moon
70 Tony Tucker
69 Marvin Johnson
68 Gianfranco Rosi
67 Jim Watt
66 Bobby Chacon
65 Jiro Watanabe
64 Fidel Bassa
63 Seung Hoon Lee
62 Alan Minter
61 Ray Mancini
60 Dodie Penalosa
59 Juan LaPorte
58 Simon Brown
57 Ayub Kalule
56 Iran Barkley
55 Chong Pal Park
54 Carlos Deleon
53 Rocky Lockbridge
52 Barry McGuigan
51 Mark Breland
50 Charles Williams
49 Sambu Kalambay
48 Humberto Gonzales
47 Julian Jackson
46 Lloyd Honeyghan
45 Raul Perez
44 Jose Luis Ramirez
43 James McGirt
42 Tim Whitherspoon
41 Marlon Starling
40 Hilario Zapata
39 Orlando Canizales
38 Virgil Hill
37 Roger Mayweather
36 Edwin Rosario
35 Daniel Zaragoza
34 Wilfred Benitez
33 Antonio Esparragoza
32 Mathew Saad Muhammad
31 Santos Laciar
30 Meldrick Taylor
29 Dwight Muhammad Qawi
28 Gilberto Roman
27 Don Curry
26 Brian Mitchell
25 Alexis Arguello
24 Hector Camacho
23 Lupe Pintor
22 Sot Chitalada
21 Michael Nunn
20 Jeff Fenech
19 Myung Woo Yuh
18 Jung Koo Chang
17 Mike McCallum
16 Evander Holyfield
15 Pernell Whitaker
14 Jeff Chandler
13 Khoasio Galaxy
12 Salvador Sanchez
11 Azumah Nelson
10 Roberto Duran
9 Aaron Pryor
8 Eusebio Pedroza
7 Julio Cesar Chavez
6 Larry Holmes
5 Michael Spinks
4 Tommy Hearns
3 Mike Tyson
2 Marvin Hagler
1 Ray Leonard

 

Too many heavies in the top ten

 

Tyson and Holmes? Both deserved it...

Spinks gets his top 10 place mainly for achievements at 175; although beating a 48-0 Holmes (twice; on paper:yep ) certainly adds to his career.

 

I don't feel the likes of McCallum deserve to be so low because of that, but that's just my opinion.

 

Why zaragoza above Lora.

Miguel was far better and massacred him when they fought.

 

Happy Lora looked the real deal for awhile, but he exposed (Perez) before the 80s were out. Zaragoza always gave it good value and overall his career had more quality to it than Lora's.

 

McCallum was slightly damaged goods after the first Kalambay fight, it was felt he failed to live up to being the future of the 160lbers, and Nunn seemed the much better bet.

 

Rooster. Lets have you're list.

 

Most of his better work was done during the nineties though.

 

I would say 88/89; I have Zaragoza at #51 for the 90's.

 

I was a big fan of him actually.

His fights with banke and Tatsuyoshi were awesome.

Erik Morales did not have an easy time with him either and that was an old washed up version.