List your top ten of the last forty years.

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  1. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    (This thread is also running in the General Forum. I'm curious to see if there's much difference in the outlook of the classic posters.)

    ATG list suffer (IMO) from comparisons between the likes of Dempsey and Lewis, Langford and Holyfield, Greb and Hopkins etc.

    In addition to the dearth of video from far-back eras, the sport is different. (frequency of fights, rules, nutrition etc.)

    So lets just look back to 1970 and list your top ten ATG list, using whatever criteria you choose for such lists. (LIMIT IT TO TEN !).

    (You can count fighters like Ali and Duran, whose careers predate 1970, but had a substantial portion of their career since that date.)
     
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  2. Swarmer

    Swarmer Patrick Full Member

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    1. Duran
    2. Leonard
    3. Ali
    4. Whitaker
    5. Jones
    6. Arguello
    7. Pacquiao
    8. Napoles
    9. Spinks
    10. Mayweather Jr.
    The order might be weird/in need of reexamination, but that's probably where I'm at off the top of my head.
     
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  3. Flea Man

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    1. Duran
    2. Leonard
    3. Ali (as per 1970 cut off point)
    4. Whittaker
    5. Napoles
    6. Arguello
    7. Monzon
    8. Hagler
    9. Hopkins
    10. Mike Spinks


    Edit: Forgot Mantequilla, ****ed it up all round :lol: Honourable mentions: Roy Jones, Tommy Hearns


    Off the top of my head.
     
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  4. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    1-Leonard
    2- Duran
    3- Ali
    4- Pacquiao
    5-Roy Jones
    6-Whitaker
    7-Hopkins
    8-Hearns
    9-M. Spinks
    10-Chavez
     
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  5. horst

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    Off the top of my head (I will forgot one or two major fighters I'm sure, always do):


    1.Muhammad Ali
    2.Roberto Duran
    3.Ray Leonard
    4.Pernell Whitaker
    5.Carlos Monzon
    6.Alexis Arguello
    7.Manny Pacquiao
    8.Jose Napoles
    9.Michael Spinks
    10.Roy Jones Jr

    Honourable Mentions: Julio Cesar Chavez, Ruben Olivares, Thomas Hearns, Marvin Hagler, Salvador Sanchez, Bernard Hopkins

    (didn't include guys who peaked/had the majority of their careers in the 1960s, eg Emile Griffith, Luis Manuel Rodriguez etc)
     
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  6. Flea Man

    Flea Man มวยสากล Full Member

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    Popkins, agree with the below :thumbsup

    (didn't include guys who peaked/had the majority of their careers in the 1960s, eg Emile Griffith, Luis Manuel Rodriguez etc)[/QUOTE]
     
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  7. Flea Man

    Flea Man มวยสากล Full Member

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    Is this thread because I said it wasn't ludicrous to have Floyd outside of the top 50 best fighters of all time? ;-)
     
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  8. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    !/ Duran
    2/ Monzon
    3/ Ali (From 1964-75)
    4/ Leonard
    5/ Hagler
    6/ Whitaker
    7/ Jones
    8/ Hearns
    9/ Chavez
    10/ Mayweather


    PHEW....! That was tough. This is it,as of today. I'm pretty steady on my first three,but I'm always shifting the rest around. Even moving some in and out of the top 10.
     
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  9. Flea Man

    Flea Man มวยสากล Full Member

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    I really can't see Floyd>Hopkins at all.
     
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  10. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    Hmmmmm

    Ali
    Duran
    Leonard
    Whittaker
    Pac
    Monzon
    Arguello
    Hopkins
    Jones jr
    Napoles

    I believe all them make my current top 30 (overgoing a major, and I mean major, overhaul)
     
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  11. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    In order of who I think are the outright best

    1. Jones
    2. Leonard
    3. Whitaker
    4. Mayweather
    5. Duran
    6. Tyson/Holyfield (joint)
    8. Hopkins
    9. Sanchez
    10. Chavez/Pacman (joint)

    (not including Ali, if I did he'd be around 4th or Napoles, who'd probably be above BHOPs)

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjLCKJV079o&feature=related[/ame]

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifvCXDqYZU0[/ame]
     
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  12. Unforgiven

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    Apart from the unforgivable and glaring ommission of Marvin Hagler, that's a very solid list. :good
     
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  13. KillSomething

    KillSomething Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Duran
    JCC
    Ali
    Leonard
    Tyson
    Monzon
    Hagler
    Hopkins
    Hearns
    Vitali
     
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  14. horst

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    By the same token, the only man to beat Hopkins before he was 40 and suffering diminished stamina and power was a prime Roy Jones (other than a meaningless debut loss of course), whereas Floyd was outfought in his prime by a vastly inferior fighter to Jones - Jose Luis Castillo. OK Floyd won the rematch, but it doesn't erase the fact that he got outlanded in his prime by a guy not fit to lace Jones's boots.
     
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  15. the cobra

    the cobra Awesomeizationism! Full Member

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    Only post-1970 accomplishments taken into account...

    1. Duran
    2. Leonard
    3. Ali
    4. Whitaker
    5. Monzon
    6. Arguello
    7. Pacquiao
    8. Napoles
    9. Jones
    10. Holyfield

    Chavez, Spinks, Hopkins, Hagler, and Hearns finish the top 15, in that order.
     
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