My Top 25 Fighters of the Last 25 Years- what do you think?

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  1. pauliemayweathe

    pauliemayweathe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    PBF is too high..???? I think u are too high

    1)pbf
    2)Whitaker
    3)JCC
    4)RJJ
    5)Hopkins
     
    pauliemayweathe, Nov 27, 2008
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  2. THE BLADE

    THE BLADE Well-Known Member Full Member

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    PBF does not even belong in the top 20.
     
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  3. pauliemayweathe

    pauliemayweathe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tito was a beast at MW and was almost a 3-1 favorite..jones and hopins are not the same size when BHOP is at MW and jones is lhw-HW...u can't penalize bhop for staying in the gym and weighing 166 year round...he somked tarver and gave a bigger faster younger JC al he could handle then he embarrassed the #1 mw in the world ....he is FAR from overrated...he has never been beat bad in his life...who else can say that
     
    pauliemayweathe, Nov 27, 2008
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  4. pauliemayweathe

    pauliemayweathe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    only undefeated fighter....hater:good
     
    pauliemayweathe, Nov 27, 2008
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  5. THE BLADE

    THE BLADE Well-Known Member Full Member

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    ... due to the fact that he ended his career at 30. Ever heard of Castillo?
     
    THE BLADE, Nov 27, 2008
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  6. EL-MATADOR

    EL-MATADOR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Why go with Camacho over Tito Pacfan? :huh
     
    EL-MATADOR, Nov 27, 2008
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  7. EL-MATADOR

    EL-MATADOR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    why did you change your name Pacfan?
     
    EL-MATADOR, Nov 27, 2008
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  8. The Phenom

    The Phenom Pretty Handsome Full Member

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    Hector Camacho should not be ahead of Azumah Nelson,Felix Trinidad,Joe Calzaghe,Ricardo Lopez and Kostya Tszyu.
     
    The Phenom, Nov 27, 2008
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  9. The Phenom

    The Phenom Pretty Handsome Full Member

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    agreed that is absurd
     
    The Phenom, Nov 27, 2008
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  10. EL-MATADOR

    EL-MATADOR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    and Tito as well.
     
    EL-MATADOR, Nov 27, 2008
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  11. EL-MATADOR

    EL-MATADOR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    very absurd
     
    EL-MATADOR, Nov 27, 2008
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  12. DINAMITA

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    Guys, I made this list a while back, if I were to re-write it now it would be different. Camacho would certainly be lower and Lopez higher. My lists change all the time, I'm annoyed that this thread has re-surfaced now as I think differently now.

    PS: I changed my name as I got tired of morons replying to every single thing I said about any subject by talking about Manny Pacquiao, it became very boring.
     
    DINAMITA, Nov 27, 2008
    DINAMITA, Nov 27, 2008
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  13. DINAMITA

    DINAMITA Guest

    New Version 1-20

    1.Pernell Whitaker

    2.Roy Jones Jr

    3.Julio Cesar Chavez

    4.Bernard Hopkins

    5.Evander Holyfield

    6.Floyd Mayweather Jr

    7.Lennox Lewis

    8.Mike Tyson

    9.Thomas Hearns
    (yes, his 147 peak and fights with SRL and Benitez were before 1983, but his career went on successfully long after 1983, in a way that Leonard and Hagler and Duran's didn't, those three were on the way back down after '83, the best periods of their careers were undoubtedly before '83- except maybe Hagler's, but he didn't fight on long enough after 1983 to be considered for this time period IMO. Hearns on the other hand went on from 1983 to beat Duran, fight Hagler, beat younger naturally bigger guys like DeWitt and the previously undefeated Virgil Hill, get the better of SRL in their 2nd fight, and between 1983 and his retirement, he held the WBC light-middleweight title, WBC middleweight, WBO super-middleweight, and the WBC and WBA light-heavyweight titles, before finishing up as a cruiserweight. If the time period was the best fighters from the last 30 years, then obviously Hearns would be higher than 9th place, but I think his post-1983 career justifies his placing here.)

    10.Mike McCallum

    11.Azumah Nelson

    12.Oscar De La Hoya

    13.Manny Pacquiao

    14.Marco Antonio Barrera

    15.Ricardo Lopez

    16.Erik Morales

    17.James Toney

    18.Felix Trinidad

    19.Joe Calzaghe

    20.Hector Camacho/Shane Mosley
     
    DINAMITA, Nov 27, 2008
    DINAMITA, Nov 27, 2008
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  14. paipper_19

    paipper_19 Member Full Member

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    I think of how discrediting it is to leave one very significant fighter off the list i.e. Roberto Duran that it just becomes a kinda fun little thing. I realize how hard it is to make lists.:think
     
    paipper_19, Nov 27, 2008
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  15. DINAMITA

    DINAMITA Guest

    Are you drunk?? Look at my avatar - of course I wouldn't ****ing forget to put the greatest fighter of the last 35-40 years in my list. But the time period is 1983-2008, do you think Duran's post-1983 career was good enough to merit inclusion here? I certainly don't. Nor do I think Hagler's or Leonard's was. I kinda explained this in the paragraph following my inclusion of Thomas Hearns. Check it out...
     
    DINAMITA, Nov 27, 2008
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