Favourite fighter per division

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  1. JohnThomas1

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    Yes you did say that. I'm a bit OCD tho and was keen to have a go. Most of mine are from my era too. We are in the same boat via the appreciation comment. There's so many i liked, Sanchez, Boza, Chacon, Spinks, Pintor, Duran............
     
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  2. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    A couple more to add in:

    Lightweight: Juan Manuel Marquez
    He may have only had four fights at the weight and he may have been better at Featherweight and Super Featherweight (it’s debatable) but I started being a fan of his when he became a lightweight and he beat Casamayor and Juan Diaz, plus his fight against Katsidis was outstanding as well. This was also before he got ridiculously pumped up and started competing at a completely unnatural weight class for him at 147.

    Middleweight: Mike McCallum
    I nearly put ATG Marvin Hagler down but I really enjoy watching McCallum’s performances at 160. His ledger is pretty good too: wins over Kalambay, Herol Graham and Steve Collins and the draw against James Toney. I thought he deserved a draw in the rematch too despite the wider scoring for Toney. He might have been better at 154 but he was never edging out Tommy Hearns at that weight for me and I enjoy watching his middleweight fights a bit more, so I found a slot for him here.
     
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  3. Sailor Joe

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    Weight classes get tricky with the way fighters jump around weight, so I'll just put the main 8 classes, and my favorites around those weights.

    flyweight: Roman Gonzalez
    bantamweight: Naoya Inoue
    featherweight: Danny Lopez
    lightweight: Julio Cesar Chavez Sr.
    welterweight: Vergil Ortiz Jr.
    middleweight: Mickey Walker
    light-heavyweight: Archie Moore
    heavyweight: Jack Dempsey
     
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  4. Greg Price99

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    Historically:

    HW - Louis
    LHW - Charles
    MW - Greb
    WW - SRR
    LW - B. Leonard
    FW - Pep
    BW - Jofre
    Fly - Wilde

    As I've watched live:

    HW - Lewis
    CW - Haye
    LHW - Kovalev
    SMW - Calzaghe
    MW - GGG
    LMW - Brian Rose (I know him, so got to cite him)
    WW - Pacquiao
    LWW - Hatton
    LW - Katsidis
    SFW - Lomachenko
    FW - Hamed
    SBW - Barrera
    BW - Inoue
    SFly - Donnaire
    Fly - Gonzalez
     
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  5. JohnThomas1

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    That could easily read as a greatest fighter ever in those divisions Greg. Very easily.
     
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  6. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It's exactly that John. Having not watched them live, I can't say I have favourites as such. So I decided to base my historical list on who I thought did the greatest work in each division, they're my favourites in that respect, I suppose.

    The favourites I watched live list, is based on who I supported/wanted to win or enjoyed watching the most, though.
     
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  7. JohnThomas1

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    Ah ok, there ya go. Nice list btw!!!
     
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  8. Ken Ashcroft

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    Heavyweight - Joe Frazier
    Cruiserweight - Evander Holyfield
    Light Heavyweight - Bob Foster
    Super Middleweight - Roy Jones Jr.
    Middleweight - Marvin Hagler
    Junior Middleweight - Thomas Hearns
    Welterweight - Sugar Ray Leonard
    Junior Welterweight: - Meldrick Taylor
    Lightweight - Julio Cesar Chavez
    Super Featherweight - Alexis Arguello
    Featherweight - Naseem Hamed
    Super Bantamweight - Marco Antonio Barrera
    Bantamweight - Carlos Zarate
    Super Flyweight - Naoya Inoue
    Flyweight - Dave McAuley
    Light Flyweight - Humberto Gonzales

    I don’t know if they can be all be considered my single favourite fighters in each division as I have so many but I would say they are the most notable ones that come to mind at the moment when I think of fighters that I really enjoyed watching over the years whether live or on film in their respective divisions.
     
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  9. JohnThomas1

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    I'm still waiting for the expansion (beyond heavyweight) of that list from months ago!!!!
     
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  10. ChrisJS

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    Heavyweight: Joe Frazier
    Light heavyweight: Michael Spinks
    Middleweight: Marvelous Marvin Hagler
    Welterweight: Felix Tito Trinidad
    Lightweight: Ken Buchanan
    Featherweight: Juan Manuel Marquez
    Bantamweight: Eder Jofre
    Flyweight: Fighting Harada
     
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  11. Clinton

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    Heavy: Muhammad Ali
    Cruiser: Evander Holyfield
    175: Michael Spinks
    168: Steve Collins
    160: Marvin Hagler
    154: Roberto Duran
    147: Roberto Duran
    140: Alexis Arguello
    135: Roberto Duran
    130: Alexis Arguello
    126: Sal Sanchez
    122: Erik Morales
    118: Ruben Olivares
    115: Johnny Tapia
    112: Miguel Canto
    108: Ricardo Lopez
     
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  12. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I love that you have Jimmy Wilde there, Greg!
     
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  13. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    108: Hilario Zapata
    112: Hilario Zapata
    115: Kaosai Galaxy
    118: Carlos Zarate
    122: Jeff Fenech
    126: Juan Laporte
    130: Cornelius Boza-Edwards
    135: Hector Camacho
    140: Frankie Randall
    147: Marlon Starling
    154: Wilfredo Benitez
    160: Marvin Hagler
    168: Fulgencio Obelmejias
    175: Matthew Saad Muhammad
    Cruiserweight: Carlos DeLeon
    Heavyweight: Tony Tubbs
     
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