From Ali to Zarate

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  1. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I thought I’d take a stab at the top boxers, alphabetically by last name, one per letter. I’m sure I’ll miss some as I’m not going to take all night researching, so please tell me where I might have gone wrong, or where you disagree:

    A - Muhammad Ali
    B - Charley Burley
    C - Julio Cesar Chavez
    D - Roberto Duran
    E - Flash Elorde
    F - Bob Foster
    G - Kid Gavilan
    H - Marvelous Marvin Hagler
    I - Ike Ibeabuchi
    J - Julian Jackson
    K - Stanley Ketchel
    L - Joe Louis
    M - Carlos Monzon
    N - Jose Napoles
    O - Carlos Ortiz
    P - Willie Pep
    Q - Dwight Muhammad Qawi
    R - Ray Robinson
    S - Sandy Saddler
    T - Dick Tiger
    U - Oleksandr Usyk
    V - Rodrigo Valdez
    W - Barbados Joe Walcott
    X - Cassius X*
    Y - Jimmy Young
    Z - Carlos Zarate

    * After beating Liston, the fighter who came to be known as Muhammad Ali briefly announced that he would be known as Cassius X.

    Some letters were hard because of so many choices: Joe Louis or Ray Leonard or Ricardo Lopez or Jake LaMotta for L, for instance.

    X was basically impossible, as near as I could come up with anyway.

    A few had limited choices: U and I and Y, and T had surprisingly few.

    So what’s your alphabet of boxing?
     
  2. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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  3. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    Eder Jofre instead of Julian Jackson
     
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  4. Rope-a-Dope

    Rope-a-Dope Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    B = Panama Al Brown
    J = Eder Jofre
    O = Ruben Olivares
    W = Mickey Walker
     
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  5. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    Nice list. Some i might have added at a quick look (Bolded are standouts for me)

    C - Ezzard Charles
    F - George Foreman
    I - Guts Ishimatsu
    J - Eder Jofre
    O - Ruben Olivares
    U - Yasutsune Uehara
    W - Pernell Whitaker
    Y - Teddy Yarosz
     
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  6. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I’ve changed my mind on I and W:

    Guts Ishimatsu and Sweet Pea Whitaker it is.
     
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  7. Inside pass

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  8. The Senator

    The Senator Active Member Full Member

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    I - Naoya Inoue could work
     
  9. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Chaozhong Xiong (former WBC minimum champ) is your logical choice for X.