My top 10 most exciting fighters list

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  1. OP_TheJawBreaker

    OP_TheJawBreaker NOBODY hit like that guy! Full Member

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    1. Arturo Gatti
    Bouts: Micky Ward l & ll , Robinson l & ll, Dela Hoya, Manfredy, Branco, Hutchinson, Gabriel Ruelas & Wilson Rodriguez

    2. Evander Holyfield
    Bouts: Bowe l, ll & lll, Mercer, Foreman, Stewart, Cooper, Qawi, Dokes, Ruiz, Tyson & Byarm

    3. Bobby Chacon
    Bouts: Boza Edwards, Bazooka Limon, Ray Mancini & Danny Lopez

    4. Jake LaMotta
    Bob Murphy l & ll, Danny Nardico, Daunthille, Cerdan, Hairston, Dick Wagner, George Costner, Jimmy Reeves & Jimmy Edgar

    5. Erik Morales
    Barrera, Jones, McCullough, In Jin Chi, Chavez, Maidana, Zaragoza, Ayala & Carlos Hernandez

    6. Matthew Saad Muhammad
    Johnson l & ll, Yaqui Lopez, Jerry Martin, Richie Kates, Dwight Qawi, Willie Edwards, Murray Sutherland, Dynamite Douglas & John Conteh

    7. Bob Satterfield
    Bouts: Elkins Brothers, Bob Baker, Johnny Summerlin, Ezzard Charles, Harold Johnson, Clarence Henry, Henry Hall, Lee Omar, Jake LaMotta, Harold Carter and Rex Layne

    8. Carl Thompson
    Bouts: David Haye, Chris Eubank l & ll, Sebastian Rothman, Ezra Sellers, Terry Dunstan & Ralf Rocchigiani

    9. Israel Vazquez
    Bouts: Rafael Marquez rivalry, Oscar Larios trilogy, Ivan Hernandez, Johnny Gonzales, Marcos Licona & Jorge Julio

    10. Orlando Salido
    Bouts: Juanma Lopez l & ll, Rocky Martinez l & ll, Francisco Vargas, Robert Guerrero, Terdsak Kokietgym, Miguel Roman, Yuriorkis Gamboa & Cristobal Cruz.


    Carmen Basilio
    Marcos Maidana
    Juan Manuel Marquez
    Cornelius Boza Edwards
    Alexis Arguello
    Bert Cooper
    Gil Turner
     
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    ChrisJS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think Danny Lopez & Frank Fletcher have to be on any exciting fighters list.

    My personal 10 most “exciting” is: Saad Muhammad, Little Red, Olivares, Tito, Chacon, Frazier, Gatti, Israel Vazquez, Harada, Gomez.
     
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    Kevin Kelley and Cornelius Edwards have to be there IMO.
     
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  4. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Thomas Hearns belongs in that list....never had a boring fight in my book
     
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  5. OP_TheJawBreaker

    OP_TheJawBreaker NOBODY hit like that guy! Full Member

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    Not so sure with Frazier and Tito tho, exciting as hell just don't think their one of the top
     
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    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Top 10 Exciting non-HOFers:
    Kevin Kelley
    Joichiro Tatsuyoshi
    Diego Corrales
    Meldrick Taylor
    Frank Fletcher
    Orlando Salido
    Nigel Benn
    Israel Vazquez
    Gaspar Ortega
    Cornelius Boza Edwards

    Top 10 Exciting HOF fighters:
    Johnny Tapia
    Michael Carbajal
    Daniel Zaragoza
    Danny Lopez
    Naseem Hamed
    Bobby Chacon
    Matthew Saad Muhammad
    Arturo Gatti
    Jeff Fenech
    Aaron Pryor

    Top 10 Exciting ATG fighters:
    Thomas Hearns
    Ruben Olivares
    Erik Morales
    Felix Trinidad
    Manny Pacquiao
    Juan Manuel Marquez
    Evander Holyfield
    Kid Gavilan
    Joe Frazier
    Alexis Arguello

    Honorable mentions:
    Azumah Nelson
    Marco Antonio Barrera
    Roman Gonzalez
    Terry Norris
    Jung Koo Chang
    Carmen Basilio
    Humberto Gonzalez
    Sung Kil Moon
    Myung Woo Yuh
    Wilfredo Vazquez Sr
    Takuya Muguruma
    Carl Thompson
     
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  7. ChrisJS

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    Gaspar Ortega!! Good shout!
     
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    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Somebody loves swarmers
     
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