Most skilled p4p fighter per decade post 1940s

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  1. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    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
     
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  2. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    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
     
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  3. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    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
     
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  4. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    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
     
  5. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Sixties: Vicente Saldivar
    Seventies: Roberto Duran
    Eighties: Ray Leonard
    Nineties: Pernell Whitaker
    Noughties: Mayweather
    Tens: Mayweather
     
  6. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    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
     
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