Excitement in Boxing, a 4 Part Question.

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  1. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Basically I was bored today and I got to thinking.

    A) Top 3 fights of all time?
    B) Best fight you've seen live (In person or live on TV)?
    C) Most exciting fighter of your lifetime?*
    D) Top 12 most exciting fighters of all time in your opinion? (Same rules as McGrain's, no more than 12)

    *For this C it's up to you, as in that you've watched or who has simply fought whilst you have been alive.

    So basically, I thought it was thread worthy, especially if Marciano vs Foster and Frazier vs Bruno is.
     
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  2. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Dempsey-Firpo
    Zale-Graziano
    Limon-Chacon4

    2. Davey Moore vs. Roberto Duran

    3. Roberto Duran by far

    4. Roberto Duran
    Jack Dempsey
    Rocky Graziano
    Stanley Ketchel
    Frank Fletcher
    Saad
    Pipino Cuevas
    Danny Lopez
    Joe Frazier
    Jake La Motta
     
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  3. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Greatt thread George! Kudos. Let's hope it doesn't sink llike the Titanic.
     
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  4. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    It looked like it would.

    It's harder than I thought, I'm still working on my list
     
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  5. Fergy

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    I've got work early in the morning George so I can't figure this one yet, but excellent question s and I'll have a stab tomorrow.
     
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  6. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    A
    1 Arguello vs Escalera I
    2 Benny Paret vs Gaspar Ortega I
    3 Quiroga vs Anifowoshe

    B
    1 Hatton vs Tszyu (I know and I don’t care)

    C
    ???? I never get tired of watching Azumah Nelson so perhaps?

    D
    No order and might change day by day
    Ricky Hatton
    Azumah Nelson
    Jeff Fenech
    Tony the Tiger Lopez
    Fighting Harada
    Jung Koo Chang
    Rocky Lockridge
    Carmen Basilio
    Tony Canzoneri
    Eder Jofre
    Mike McCallum
    Lomachenko (just to **** off the classic forum)
     
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  7. blackfella96

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    A:
    1:Bowe vs Holyfield 1
    2: GGG vs Canelo 1
    3: Leonard vs Hearns 1

    B: GGG vs Canelo 1 or Wilder vs Ortiz

    C: Roy Jones Jnr

    D (No Order, and who I've watched)
    Roy Jones Jnr
    Muhammad Ali
    Mike Tyson
    Evander Holyfield
    Manny Pacquiao
    Thomas Hearns
    Marvin Hagler
    Sugar Ray Leonard
    Pernell Whitaker
    Deontay Wilder
    Dillian Whyte
    Roberto Duran
     
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  8. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    A) Sullivan-Kilrain
    Nelson-Gans II
    Goddard-Jackson

    B) Schultz-Botha

    C) Henry Maske

    D) William Sheriff
    Jack O'Brien
    Mexican Pete Everett
    Josh Cobb
    The Clones Colossus
    Mike "The Giant" White
    Philip Holiday
    Buck Smith
    Maurice Hope
    Darryl Tyson
    Joe Goddard
    Percy Lewis
    Manuel Masso
    Eric Esch
    Chuck Davey
     
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  9. reznick

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    A)
    Johnson vs Jeffries
    Louis vs Schmeling II
    Ali vs Foreman

    B)
    Joshua vs Klitschko

    C)
    Mike Tyson

    D)
    Robinson
    Ali
    Louis
    Tyson
    Dempsey
    Marciano
    Foreman
    Liston
    Hearns
    Wilder
    Jones Jr
    Golovkin
     
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  10. Golden_Feather99

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    A
    Frazier-Ali 1
    Morales-Barrera 1
    Corrales-Castillo 1

    B
    Golovkin-Canelo 2 (Maybe Lara-Hurd)

    C
    Deontay Wilder (HM: Shawn Porter, Gennady Golovkin, Naoya Inoue)

    D
    Mike Tyson
    Arturo Gatti
    Evander Holyfield
    Manny Pacquiao
    Roy Jones
    Erik Morales
    Ray Leonard
    Francisco Vargas
    Amir Khan
    Deontay Wilder
    Juan Francisco Estrada
    Terry Norris
     
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  11. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    A) Top 3 fights of all time?
    Arguello-Pryor 1
    Ali-Frazier 3
    Chacon-Boza 2

    B) Best fight you've seen live (In person or live on TV)?
    Hamed-Kelley

    C) Most exciting fighter of your lifetime?*
    (Since 1977) Arturo Gatti or Bobby Chacon

    D) Top 12 most exciting fighters of all time in your opinion?
    Bobby Chacon
    Arturo Gatti
    Matthew Saad Muhammad
    Danny Lopez
    Erik Morales
    Carmen Basilio
    Mickey Ward
    Julian Jackson
    Thomas Hearns
    Felix Trinidad
    Evander Holyfield
    Mike Tyson
     
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  12. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Chacon vs Limon 4
    Gatti vs Ward 1
    Moore vs Durrele 1
    Either GGG vs Jacobs (coz it was my first) or Joshua vs Klitschko.
    Err, Holyfield for guys who have had fights since Nov 2003, Probably Froch or Pacquiao for guys who were prime since then.
    Tricky, but would probably look like this (in a loose order)

    Bobby Chacon
    Saad Muhammad
    Evander Holyfield
    Danny Lopez
    Arturo Gatti
    Marvin Johnson
    Manny Pacquiao
    Eric Morales
    Roberto Duran
    Ruben Olivares
    Joichiro Tatsuyoshi
    Jung Koo Chang
     
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  13. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Any favourites?
     
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  14. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Everything but
    Boza edwards
    Lopez 1-2
    Pedroza 1-2
    Chavez
    Gomez
     
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  15. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Should we add Mitchel and Ruelas?
     
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