Favourite fighter per division

HW - Muhammad Ali
LH - Chris Finnegan
MW - Mark Kaylor
WW - Lloyd Honeyghan
LW - Roberto Duran
FW - Naseem Hamed
BW - Walter McGowan
Fly - Charlie Magri

 

With the theme being favorite, not the best.
Heavyweight-Ezzard Charles
Cruiserweight- Dwight Muhammad Qawi
Light-Heavyweight-- Michael Spinks
Super Middleweight--James Toney
Middleweight--Dick Tiger
Jr. Middleweight-Mike McCallum
Welterweight- Ile Quartey
Jr. Welterweight-Aron Pryor
Lightweight- Duran
Jr lightweight-- Alexis Arguello
Featherweight--Barrera
Jr Featherweight-Isreal Vasquez
Flyweight--?

 

Just say Betulio Gonzalez, will you ?

 

I was thinking Benny Lynch but to be honest, I don't really have a favorite. Once we get below Featherweight, I get bored.

 

Heavyweight: Muhammad Ali
Cruiserweight: Evander Holyfield
Light Heavyweight: Archie Moore
Super Middleweight: James Toney
Middleweight: Marvin Hagler
Junior Middleweight: Kokichi Wajima
Welterweight: Johnny Bratton
Junior welterweight: Emanuel Augustus
Lightweight: Takanori Hatakeyama
Junior lightweight: Bobby Chacon
Featherweight: Erik Morales
Super Bantamweight: Israel Vazquez
Bantamweight: If you somehow don't know by now then you never will.
Super flyweight: Roman Gonzales
Flyweight: Fighting Harada
Light flyweight: Jung Koo Chang
Minimumweight: Akira Yaegashi.

I kinda cheated with some of these because not all of their career happened at those weights but I wanted to put them on the list. I ended up having to not put my fifth favorite boxer of all time here because he shares a division with my fourth favorite. That was tough.

 

I really love the range of eras you have and it's always great to see a Chucho Castillo reference.

 

Heavyweight: Sonny Liston.

 

The nice thing about this is that you can sort of pick and choose where you want some of the guys to go. That way you can get a few more of your favorite fighters in.

Heavyweight: Muhammad Ali
Cruiserweight: Carlos De Leon
Light Heavyweight: Bob Foster
Super Middleweight: Michael Nunn
Middleweight: Marvin Hagler
Junior Middleweight: Oscar Albarado
Welterweight: Manny Pacquiao
Junior Welterweight: Julio Cesar Chavez
Lightweight: Roberto Duran
Junior Lightweight: Bobby Chacon
Featherweight: Danny Lopez
Junior Featherweight: Nonito Donaire
Bantamweight: Ruben Olivares
Junior Bantamweight: Johnny Tapia
Flyweight: Chartchai Chionoi
Junior Flyweight: Michael Carbajal
Strawweight: Ricardo Lopez

 

I am so not disappointed!!!!!!!!!

 

Here’s mine, which would probably change in some cases upon further reflection:

Junior flyweight: Michael Carbajal
Flyweight: Mark Johnson
Junior bantam: Johnny Tapia
Bantam: Jeff Chandler
Junior feather: Wilfredo Gomez
Feather: Sandy Saddler
Junior light: Bobby Chacon
Lightweight: Roberto Duran
Junior welter: Saul Mamby
Welter: Pipino Cuevas
Junior middle: Julian Jackson
Middle: Frank Fletcher
Super middle: Roy Jones Jr
Light heavyweight: James Scott
Cruiserweight: Evander Holyfield
Heavyweight: Larry Holmes

 

Heavyweight: Muhammad Ali
Cruiserweight: Evander Holyfield
Light Heavyweight: Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
Super Middleweight: Roy Jones Jr
Middleweight: Bernard Hopkins
Junior Middleweight: Thomas Hearns
Welterweight: SRL
Junior welterweight: Kostya Tszyu
Lightweight: Edwin Rosario
Junior lightweight: Azumah Nelson
Featherweight: Jeff Fenech
Super Bantamweight: Wilfredo Gomez
Bantamweight: Jeff Chandler

This is actually a torrid question for me. I'm just not that invested in that many boxers. I like and appreciate almost all of them while loving not that many. Like most i could name almost a handful at heavyweight but for me pickings become thin throughout the entirety of the divisions down to Bantamweight.

Ali is Ali tho i do have about three right behind him. Holyfield i am not overly attached to but respect his abilities so there he is basically via total lack of opposition. Eddie Mustafa was an easy choice as i was enamoured by him right from the start via those silky skills allied to one punch power even if he did grossly underachieve thru laziness both in and out of the ring. Roy Jones is another pick via lack of opposition. He's there because he was just so great to watch and so talented. Hopkins is my only more modern fighter, i was late to the party on him but caught all of his success after moving up from middleweight. Hearns was a standout choice, he was my favorite fighter at one point. I hated SRL but grew to respect his talents and record only after seeing how much crap he got in here year after year. He's no standout as i could just have easily put SRR and maybe even should have. KT is another choice without a choice as he fought out of Australia, i caught a lot of him and he was very powerful and quite exciting. Rosario is a standout choice, huge fan of him and Howard Davis Jr and couldn't split them until they fought and i mildly sided with Edwin. Nelson is another stop gap, i find him largely underappreciated and one helluva fighter. I could have fit Fenech in at any of three weights and had to see where he was most needed to help with my list LOL. Gomez i actually disliked for his dirty fighting but i also appreciate his immense talent and great watchability so he's there. I liked Pintor more than Chandler for years but that swapped over for some reason.

I'd say i have six standout favorites above and the rest are there for lack of a better choice which is a bit sad

 

It’s thanksgiving in the states and I’m having dinner and spending time with the family. I unfortunately don’t have time to expand my list at the moment but will do so as soon as I find the time.

 

Totally understand. I could have left multiple divisions open but pushed myself to get a name in there. I could be forgetting one or two names too so will see if anyone else pops up in coming days.