Favorite 5 Boxers in the Last 20 Years

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  1. Gethitfitness

    Gethitfitness New Member Full Member

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    I am NEVER going to blast a boxer or anyone posting their opinion (because I've seen quite a few lists that I don't agree with but hey everyone is entitled to their opinion/ opinions) I'm just curious to see you guys top 5 fighters in the last 20 years (NOT BEST 5, YOUR FAVORITE TO WATCH):

    1. Bernard Hopkins
    2. James Toney
    3. Andre Ward
    4. Caleb Plant
    5. Saul Alvarez (Canelo)
     
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  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    #1. Julio Cesar Gonzalez
    #2. Callum Johnson
    #3. Veeraphol Sahaprom
    #4. Román González
    #5. Érik Morales
    #6. Orlando Salido
    #7. Oleksandr Usyk
    #8. Glen Johnson
    #9. Dillian Whyte
    #10. Ricky Hatton

    Edit: went further, mixed the order.
     
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  3. African Cobra

    African Cobra The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council banned Full Member

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    Okay here goes as it’s from the 1990 to 2020 some of my personal favourites like Azumah Nelson , Hearns, Don Curry, Marvelous Marvin Hagler , Duran, Iron Mike Tyson, Lloyd Honeyghan and others I see as fighters of the 80s so they will miss out even though some fought into the 1990s. My 5 are:

    1. Floyd Mayweather
    2. James Toney
    3. Kid Akeem Anifowoshe (May his soul rest in perfect peace. I miss him so much. He should have been a 4 division champion)
    4. Felix Tito Trinidad
    5. Riddick Big Daddy Bowe (Could have been so much more really) and Big Lennox Lewis are joint equal for me.

    Honorable mention to the Real Deal Evander Holyfield everything a world champion should be like Hagler and Andre Ward great fighter and an even better man.
     
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  4. Pakkuman

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    1. Manny Pacquiao
    2. Vasyl Lomachenko
    3. Naoya Inoue
    4. Roman Gonzalez
    5. Gennadiy Golovkin

    6. Erik Morales
    7. Marco Antonio Barrera
    8. Juan Francisco Estrada
    9. Shinsuke Yamanaka
    10. Juan Manuel Marquez
     
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  5. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Great pick. :thumbsup:
     
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    Mikey Garcia
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  7. Gethitfitness

    Gethitfitness New Member Full Member

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    I really like that list, "Big Daddy" ... MAN!!! If he would have had discipline, who knows what he could have been. Lennox was tough too, he's on my all-time HW list
     
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    It was a tragic loss. Can you believe both he and Robert Quiroga died young as did Johnny Tapia.
     
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    Yes it was an excellent generation. You know at age 25 he was better than Big Larry Holmes at 25.
     
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    I must say I really like the look of Caleb Sweet Hands Plant. Beautiful wife. Interesting back story to.
     
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  12. The Real Lance

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    Past 20 years: (No particular order)
    Tito Trinidad
    Erik Morales
    James Toney
    Manny Pac
    Gatti
     
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  13. Clinton

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    I know he only fought a couple of times in the past 20 years because he's ancient (like me), but my favorite fighter of all time, Roberto Duran, tops my list. My next 5 are in any order:
    Larry Holmes
    Steve Collins
    Evander Holyfield
    George Foreman
    Johnny Tapia
    The more I think about it, the more enter my head.
     
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    Calzaghe
    Marquez
    Froch
     
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    2. Roy Jones Junior
    3. Riddick Bowe
    4. Ike Ikeabuchi
    5. Arturo Gatti
     
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