Five favorite fighters so we know each other's biases.

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  1. ThatOne

    ThatOne Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ali /Leonard/De La Hoya/Lennox Lewis/Floyd Patterson
     
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  2. djanders

    djanders Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not in order of how much I like them (today, might change slightly tomorrow), alphabetical: Jack Dempsey. George Foreman. Evander Holyfield. Rocky Marciano. Sugar Ray Robinson.

    Very honorable mention: Joe Louis.
     
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  3. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Charley Burley. Juan Manuel Marquez. Michael Watson. Joe Gans. Oleksander Usyk.
     
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  4. The Undefeated Lachbuster

    The Undefeated Lachbuster On the Italian agenda Full Member

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    Marciano
    Graziano
    Foreman
    Louis
    Hagler
     
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  5. Melankomas

    Melankomas Corbett beats your favourite fighter

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    It's hard for me to form a top 5, but I'll list a few that I like:
    Golovkin
    Ali
    Lemieux
    Fury
    Greb
     
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  6. The Undefeated Lachbuster

    The Undefeated Lachbuster On the Italian agenda Full Member

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    that is the most random mix ever, especially with Lemieux in there
     
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  7. Keleneki

    Keleneki Boxing Addict Full Member

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    George Foreman, Larry Holmes, Michael Spinks, Sugar Ray Leonard and Roy Jones Jr.
     
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  8. Melankomas

    Melankomas Corbett beats your favourite fighter

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    I'm from Quebec so he's pretty big here, same with the Hilton brothers
     
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  9. The Undefeated Lachbuster

    The Undefeated Lachbuster On the Italian agenda Full Member

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    my condolences for that
     
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  10. Rubber Glove Sandwich

    Rubber Glove Sandwich 'Iranian flag green' reflecting pool Full Member

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    1. Joichiro Tatsuyoshi.
    2. Akira Yaegashi.
    3. Erik Morales.
    4.Matthew Saad Muhammad
    5.Archie Moore

    It's hard to limit it down to five but that seems about right.
     
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  11. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    In no particular order:

    Nunn, Winky, Hagler, Toney, Moore
     
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    AwardedSteak863 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    McCallum, Duran, Uysk, Toney and Qawi.
     
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  13. Raheem

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    Mayorga, James Toney, B-Hop, Holmes, Tyson
     
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  14. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    5 is very hard:
    Duran
    Zarate
    Liston
    Bob Foster
    Frazier
     
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  15. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Choosing just 5 favorite fighters is hard but here's a some of my top favorite fighters.

    Alexis Arguello
    Salvador Sanchez
    Jose Napoles
    Harold Johnson
    Ricardo Lopez
     
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