Biggest heart/mental toughness today

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  1. phierl

    phierl Active Member Full Member

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    Just wondering who's got the purest fighter mentality today. Of the boxers i've seen that comes to mind it's between guys like margarito hopkins andrade pac calzaghe... my favorite of these guys i calzaghe, because it's seems he always try harder than his opponent, even though you might question the some of the opposition, he always finds a way...
     
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  2. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Israel Vazquez
     
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  3. MrMagic

    MrMagic Loyal Member Full Member

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    Co- sign.
     
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  4. EL-MATADOR

    EL-MATADOR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Mayorga even though he loses all the time lately
     
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  5. PaddyD1983

    PaddyD1983 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Glenn Johnson deserves a mention
     
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  6. Gandul

    Gandul Well-Known Member Full Member

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    To me, PAC... after all his wars with the Barrera and Morales of this world, he seems to be very stable mentally and has a HUGE heart.
     
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  7. EL-MATADOR

    EL-MATADOR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Good call :good
     
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  8. BigBone

    BigBone Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Arthur Abraham
     
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  9. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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    probably PAc
     
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  10. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Calzaghe`s mental strength is great no doubt as is any of the elite top 5 or 6 p4pers or they wouldnt be there.
     
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  11. klion22

    klion22 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    You guys forgot Michael Katsidis.
     
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  12. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    Top 10, in no particular order.......

    Antonio Margarito
    Rafa Marquez
    Israel Vasquez
    Ricky Hatton
    Manny Pacquiao
    Juan Manuel Marquez
    David Haye
    Amir Khan - strange I know!
    Michael Katsidis
    Chris Byrd
     
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  13. Brickhaus

    Brickhaus Packs the house Full Member

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    Arthur Abraham, Vic Darchinyan, Alfonso Gomez, Ricky Hatton, Antonio Margarito
     
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  14. Little Pea

    Little Pea 'A' grade boxing fan Full Member

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    Yeah. That guy is just crazy.
     
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  15. BewareofDawg

    BewareofDawg P4P Champ Full Member

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    Well here's the thing; some fighters just haven't had the opportunity to display their "heart" or "mental toughness". Take Floyd for example. He has been in control of every fight and there for never really was put in a position to display his heart.

    I'll just give examples of Heart, and Mental Toughness that really impressed me.

    Current fighters only

    Heart:

    Wlad in the Corrie Sanders and Lamon Brewster fights
    Roy Jones in the first Tarver fight
    JMM in the Pac fights
    Pac in the first EM fight
    MAB/EM/Vasquez/RM - in all their fights
    Cotto and Margo in their fight

    Mental Toughness:

    Calzaghe in the Hopkins and Jones fight - getting up from that KD
    Floyd after getting low blowed by Judah
    Margarito - You just can't fight like he does without mental toughness
    Vitali - It's just obvious :lol:
     
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