Greatest/Favorite Fighter per Decade

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  1. Tramell

    Tramell Hypocrites Love to Pray & Be Seen. Mathew 6:5 Full Member

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    Rating fighters in their own era.
    Whose your favorite fighter naming any decade.

    Same for P4P for any decade.


    1980s P4P is Tyson: Unifed the HW title & only one to stop Holmes & Mike Spinks
    Favorite to watch was Tyson went 19 fights before a decision win.

    1990s P4P is RJJ almost untouchable. Even though JT screwed himself losing a billion pounds to make fight, not RJJ fought. He beat a then P4P #1 like exhibition.
    My favorite fighter to watch was Holyfield Overachiever and under rated, great boxer who preferred to get into a fight. From crushing Douglas, throwing the sink at Forman, escaped a near stoppage by Cooper & reversed it. Stopped Moorer, Mercer, Made Holmes throw up at the end and of course the trilogy: Bowe. Commander Evander my fav.

    Y2k P4P is Bhop he stopped Trinidad, DLH & UD over Tarver, Wright & Pavlik record # of MW defences. Superb conditioning. Inside, outside game. Boxer, brawler, mauler.
    Favorite to watch is Pacman pick a fight he's always came to rumble
     
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  2. Tomato(e) Can

    Tomato(e) Can Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao. banned Full Member

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    Manny Pacquiao (middle ages — present)
     
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  3. MVC!

    MVC! The Best Ever Full Member

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    1998>2017

    Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

    End of.
     
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  4. Tramell

    Tramell Hypocrites Love to Pray & Be Seen. Mathew 6:5 Full Member

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    ...should've known lol...
    ok any millennium, criss cross the decades...
     
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  5. Tomato(e) Can

    Tomato(e) Can Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao. banned Full Member

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    OP said favorite fighter, not favorite Housewife of Las Vegas.

    :lol:
     
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    1960s
    Muhammad Ali

    1970s
    Muhammad Ali

    1980s
    Roberto Duran

    1990s
    Roy Jones Junior

    2000s
    Manny Pacquaio



    2010s
    Still in progress but probably Floyd Mayweather.






    Greatest of the last 60 years:

    Ali /Duran

    or

    Duran /Ali

    Take your pick.
     
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  7. MVC!

    MVC! The Best Ever Full Member

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    Roy Jones Junior



    Y2k P4P is Bhop he stopped Trinidad, DLH & UD over Tarver, Wright & Pavlik record # of MW defences. Superb conditioning. Inside, outside game. Boxer, brawler, mauler.
    Favorite to watch is Pacman pick a fight he's always came to rumble[/QUOTE]


    2000s
    Manny Pacquaio


    2010s
    Still in progress but probably Floyd Mayweather    [/QUOTE]

    Absolutely NOT, 1980's = SRL, by far. Close resume with Duran though!

    2000's Floyd

    2010's Floyd
     
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  8. Tramell

    Tramell Hypocrites Love to Pray & Be Seen. Mathew 6:5 Full Member

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    2010, not sure, though by 2020, Loma may be the one. But I'll say so far it's Floyd again with best overall skillset P4P.

    My favorite to watch since 2010 tossup Jorge Linares more active, but I'll go James Kirkland. Forward march, slug. KO or get KO'd. Joel Julio, I think? 2010? Glen Tapia, Alfred Angulo. fought 5 or 6 times in 2011..the year he got starched. inacticve for a few years. For a 1/2 round he gave Canelo some pressure LOL...wow, he got bombed out, but that's what he is kill or be killed.
     
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  9. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Decade, p4p, favorite
    1900s, Sam Langford,
    1910s, Jimmy Wilde,
    1920s, Harry Greb, Jack Dempsey
    1930s, Henry Armstrong, Freddie Steele
    1940s, Ray Robinson, Ray Robinson
    1950s, Ray Robinson, Ray Robinson
    1960s, Eder Jofre, Muhammad Ali
    1970s, Roberto Duran, Matthew Saad Muhammad
    1980s, Ray Leonard, Aaron Pryor
    1990s, Pernell Whitaker, Arturo Gatti
    2000s, Manny Pacquiao, Manny Pacquiao
    2010s, Vasyl Lomachenko, Orlando Salido
     
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  10. Tramell

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    1960s P4p= Cassius Clay
    Favorite old reels to watch..Clay again. He toyed with Patterson, Moore and Liston. Beatdown Cleveland Williams, proved he could get up off the canvas against Cooper..proved he could bloody a dude, Cooper again and earned his payday against Doug Jones in a hellatious scrap.
     
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  11. Perkin Warbeck

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    Favorite, but not necessarily P4P #1:

    1920s: Harry Greb
    1930s: Henry Armstrong
    1940s: Archie Moore
    1950s: Rocky Marciano
    1960s: Joe Frazier
    1970s: George Foreman
    1980s: Mike Tyson
    2000s: Wladimir Klitschko
    2010s: Vasyl Lomachenko
     
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  12. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    1998-2015, Mayweather is slipping, no doubt about it.
     
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    He wasn`t called Clay all through the 60` though, Clay/Ali.
     
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    2000s
    Manny Pacquaio


    2010s
    Still in progress but probably Floyd Mayweather    [/QUOTE]

    Absolutely NOT, 1980's = SRL, by far. Close resume with Duran though!

    2000's Floyd

    2010's Floyd[/QUOTE]
    Duran was better than Ali in the 70`s but Ali had more classic fights then, Duran started the 80`s great but faded badly and ruined his rep with ''No Mas'' rematch while Tyson went on to tear the 80`s apart, JC Chavez was pound for pound top of the tree for much longer than Duran during the 80`s.
     
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  15. tinman

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    Decade, p4p, favorite

    1970s, Duran, Frazier
    1980s, Leonard, Pryor
    1990s, RJJ, Gatti
    2000s, Pacquiao, Pacquiao
    2010s, Ward, Kovalev
     
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