List the top 10 active "shot" fighters.

Then again A LOT of people were saying "Calzaghe barely beat a shot Hopkins."

My list, I was aiming towards the top fighters who were still in the mix.. Though some might not really be completely shot or bummed, none of them are in their prime anymore.. The prime Hopkins was 20x better than he is today.. But if you want to go with fighters such as Morales, Trinidad, or Holyfield or some other elite fighters from back in the day who haven't fought in ages and are basically semi-retired, then I guess you can list all of them then.. But I was going for the ones still in the title mixes and in the rankings..

 

Rahman, Holyfield, Ouma, Forrest, Echols, Cassamayor, JL Castillo, Morales or Barrera if they fight again, Roy Jones.

it's not that some of these guys won't still win fights, but they are either shot or borderline shot.

 

Shot usually means you cant even beat guys outside the top 10.

 

to many people have strange definitions of what a shot fighter is.

a fighter who can see openings but cannot get off any more.

a fighter who can no longer take a punch and goes down as if shot

a fighter who looks like he is 50 foot underwater and fighting in slow motion

a fighter who comes out and just covers up , no longer having any motivation or pride in there performance.

a fighter who is now boxing at lower club level, but is still trading on his name.

does not have to fail all of these but it is a good indicator.

holyfield is the very definition of shot-he simply cannot get off with his punches anymore when that was his main assett.

forrest is not shot
hopkins is not shot
they are just older and cannot fight at the pace they once could but they still have skills and all there faculties.

tyson being ko`d by mcbride
now that is shot

mora outpointing and outhustling forrest is just a case of styles make fights.

 

Any American Figter that loses to a foreigner is automatically shot

 

10. Vernon Forest
9. Jeff Lacy
8. Kermit Cintron
7. Evander Holyfield
6. David Tua
5. Vitali Klitschko
4. James Toney
3. Johnny Tapia
2. Fernando Vargas
1. Arturo Gatti

"RETIRED" fighters are included on my list because unless they have been retired for at least 5 years - their status could suddenly change to active at any moment.

 

Difference is they really are shot.

 

Add William Joppy to the list. He's shot allright.

 

Good post. If a fighter is even slightly past his prime on here, or has a loss, he's labelled a "shot" fighter.

 

Chris Byrd
Evander Holyfield
Luan Krasniqi
Serguei Lyakhovich
Hasim Rahman

 

JL Castillo

 

Very good post this one, fellers!

 

Holfield:- heart of a warrior but stubborn as a mule.

 

Hollyfield
Toney
Rahnman
Oliver Mckall
Andrew Golota
Vasily Jirov
Roy Jones jr
jean Marck Momerk
william Joppy
Antum Echols
Kingsley Ikeke
Markus Beyer
kasim Ouma
Stevie Jhonston
JL Castillo
Manuel Medina
francois Botha
yory boy Campas
Michelle Picirillo
Javier castillejo
Howard Eastman
alejandro Garcia
Jose Antonio Rivera
Kermin Guardia wel a lot fo fighter in the lower weights ae shots.
Javier Jaurergui
frederik Klose
Carlos Maussa
Verapoh Sahaprom don't know well his name
those are just a few of lot of fighters that need to retitre before getting badly hurt.

elite fighters that are almost shot.

Joel Casamayor
Oscar larios
Vernon forrest
Ricardo Mayorga
Felix Trinidad

Elite past his best

Bernard Hopkins
oscar de la Hoya
Shane Mosley
Ivan Calderon
jorge Arce
Rafael Marquez
Joe calzaghe
Antonio tarver
Ponglasek wongjokam don't know his name well
Celestino Caballero
and fewe more

Fighter that will enter the pas his best era soon
Ricky Hatton
Israel Vazquez
Nate Campbell
and a few more.