Starting with the 1950's up to present day, who would you say is the most skilled p4p fighter per decade? 1950's: Sugar Ray Robinson 1960's: Eder Jofre 1970's: Roberto Duran 1980's: Marvin Hagler 1990's: James Toney 2000's: Floyd Mayweather Jr. 2010's: GGG
I don't really disagree with any names you stated but here's some other suggestions. Napoles may of made his mark right at the end of the 1960s. But he did have what I consider to be one of the best boxing masterclasses over an elite fighter in Cokes. So I think Napoles could be a suggestion for the 1960s even though as I said he made his mark right at the tail end of the 1960s. For the 1980s Leonard is an obvious candidate I always felt Leonard's technical skills get a bit overlooked. He did outbox Benitez in a highly skilled chess match in which he was very patient. 1990s ? You have Whitaker who could very easily be classed above Toney as well as Hopkins. 2010s ? Maybe Crawford instead. So my list overall would be. 1950s - Sugar Ray Robinson 1960s - Jose Napoles 1970s - Roberto Duran 1980s - Sugar Ray Leonard 1990s - Pernell Whitaker 2000s - Floyd Mayweather Jr 2010s - Terence Crawford
Skilled is a very subjective term, but for what's its worth below are my best/greatest fighters of each decade, based solely on bouts contested in the decade in question; 50's - Moore 60's - Ali 70's - Monzon 80's - SRL 90's - Whittaker 00's - Mayweather 10's - Mayweather
Off the top of my head... 50s: SRR (HM to Moore) 60s: Griffith (HM to Harada, Ortiz and Jofre) 70s: Duran (if you include Montreal in 1980) 80s: SRL 90s: Whitaker 00s: Pacquiao 10s: Mayweather
Sixties: Vicente Saldivar Seventies: Roberto Duran Eighties: Ray Leonard Nineties: Pernell Whitaker Noughties: Mayweather Tens: Mayweather
1950s - Sugar Ray Robinson 1960s - Jose Napoles 1970s - Miguel Canto 1980s - Old Duran 1990s - Whitaker 2000s - Old B-Hop 2010s - Old Floyd 2020s - Crawford HMs: - Moore & Pep - Jofre & Saldivar - Hagler & Leonard - Monzon & Gomez - Jones & Holyfield - Floyd & Pacquiao - Choco, Loma & Ward - Inoue, Usyk & Stevenson