List your Top 5 Boxers Of All Time

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  1. Claw4075

    Claw4075 Ezzard Charles GOAT Full Member

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    Mine is:

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    : Best resume in boxing history till this day. Extremely high ring intellect, longevity and adaptability.

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    : Very underrated with one of the greatest resumes in boxing history. Well rounded boxer that can do anything in the ring, from headbutts to perfectly timed left hooks.

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    : I personally believe he was the most criminally underrated boxer of all time. His record is filled with names that cannot be questioned and had very good fundamentals.

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    : IMO, the most complete big man in boxing. Resume, Jab, Right Cross, Uppercut, everything.

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    : The heavyweight equivalent of Julian Jackson. Louis had perfected almost every punch in boxing and had devastating punching power.
     
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  2. thistle

    thistle Boxing Junkie

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    good list, you've 2 of mine...

    JJW
    Ezz
    Joe Louis

    LLOYD MARSHALL

    Camacho

    too many, to narrow it down to 5... I loved Haugan, Carbajal, Norton, Chuvalo... when Contenders vs Contenders was televised you saw Loads of Great fighters, whom you enjoyed, marvelled at and just plain knew they were the goods.

    for me it was never Ali or ones that you were supposed to think were the greatest. it just wasn't true!
     
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  3. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Top five best or favorite?
     
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  4. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    My Top 5 pound for pound -

    !/ Sugar Ray Robinson
    2/ Henry 'Hank' Armstrong
    3/ Muhammad Ali (My favourite)
    4/ Roberto Duran
    5/ Ezzard Charles
     
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  5. Claw4075

    Claw4075 Ezzard Charles GOAT Full Member

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    Best
     
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  6. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Duran
    Armstrong
    /\ by miles

    Gans
    Robinson
    Langford
    (any order)
     
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  7. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Faves?

    Toney
    Mayweather Jr
    Watson
    Louis
    Jackson (Julian)
     
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  8. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Best or greatest?
     
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  9. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Who had the most talent/ability? Probably Willie Pep or Michael Nunn.
     
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  10. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hmmm
    Charles
    Mayweather
    Ali
    Robinson
    Armstrong
    Could have added Greb in there but I always have a hard time putting guys I never saw throw a punch. People may have a problem with Mayweather you won’t in twenty years.
     
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  11. djanders

    djanders Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If we're just evaluating Boxers and not Swarmers, Sluggers, or Adaptable fighters, then I'd have them: 1. Muhammad Ali. 2. Larry Holmes. 3. Jack Johnson. 4. Jersey Joe Walcott. 5. Ezzard Charles.
     
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  12. SailorSharkey

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    1. Bob Fitzsimmons
    2. Oleksandr Usyk
    3. James J. Jeffries
    4. Wladimir Klitschko
    5. Jimmy Wilde
     
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  13. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  14. JackSilver

    JackSilver Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ali
    Holmes
    Tyson
    Lewis
    Louis

    The 5 best fighters of all time. Pick 5 fighters to fight for my life in the ring, these 5 would be it.
     
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  15. clinikill

    clinikill Active Member Full Member

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    The five best fighters are all heavyweights? :\

    Anyway, I'm just gonna list my five favorites:

    1. Sugar Ray Leonard
    2. Marvin Hagler
    3. Muhammad Ali
    4. Julio Cesar Chavez
    5. Mike Tyson

    Honorable mentions: Aaron Pryor, Roy Jones, Jr., Larry Holmes, Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran, James Toney, Bob Foster, Michael Spinks, Dwight Muhammad Qawi and Lennox Lewis.
     
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