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

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  1. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  2. Pugguy

    Pugguy Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Easiest way to answer for me is to list whose fights I return to the most for a rewatch in more recent times:-

    Sonny Liston
    Joe Louis
    Jack Johnson
    Ray Leonard
    Manny Pacquiao
     
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  3. Salty Dog

    Salty Dog Boxing Addict Full Member

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    George Foreman, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Juan Manuel Marquez, Marco Antonio Barrera, Andre Ward
     
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  4. PhillyPhan69

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    Just Philly phighters in general!

    but out of them
    Willie The Worm Monroe
    Bobby Boogaloo Watts
    Frank The Animal Fletcher
    Eugene Cyclone Hart
    Gypsy Joe Harris
     
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  5. ThatOne

    ThatOne Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Where's Rocky Balboa and Joe Frazier?
     
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  6. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I love Frazier but he is a HW, and heavies never crack my favorite lists. He’s probably top 20 or so.
     
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  7. Boxing GOAT

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    In no particular order: Duran, Hagler, Dempsey, Pacquiao, Liston--Jones Jr, Pep, Barrera, Lomachenko and Robinson would round out my top ten.
     
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  8. Stevie G

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    Ali/Duran/Leonard/Hagler/Conteh
     
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  9. Greg Price99

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    Favourite 5 whose careers I actively followed live = Lennox Lewis, Joe Calzaghe, Carl Froch, Manny Pacquiao and GGG.

    Favourite 5 whose careers I've retrospectively researched = Sam Langford, Packey McFarland, Harry Greb, Joe Louis and Roberto Duran.
     
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  10. Mike Cannon

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    No Order.
    Jose Napoles
    Ruben Olivares
    Carmen Basilio
    Mickey Walker
    Ace Hudkins
    Not as easy when I had to write them down.
    stay safe guys.
     
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  11. Mike Cannon

    Mike Cannon Well-Known Member Full Member

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    No Bad Bennie..... surely not.
     
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  12. PhillyPhan69

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    If I could cram 20 names into my top 5 he and several others might have made it lol
     
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  13. CharlieFirpo85

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    1. Floyd Patterson
    2. Mike Tyson
    3. Tommy Morrison
    4. Joe Louis
    5. Ken Norton
     
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  14. salsanchezfan

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    Salvador Sanchez
    Bobby Chacon
    Alexis Arguello
    Matthew Saad Muhammad
    Marvin Hagler
     
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  15. Blaxx

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    Sugar Ray Robinson, Jose Napoles, Sweet Pea, Alexis Arguello, Joe Louis
     
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