What are your ACTIVE "Name" fighter rankings...Guys whose name the average sports joe (US sports fan) would know. My rankings... 1. Oscar De La Hoya 2. Roy Jones Jr. 3. Bernard Hopkins 4. Shane Mosley 5. Kelly Pavlik Honorable: Wlad Klitschko, Zab Judah
Active name fighters. I had a hard time thinking of people after hopkins/jones/oscar...Who would you put above pavlik in the US?
Holyfield. If you call him active, ok. Avg sports joe wouldn't know barrera IMO. Hatton ya. Pacquiao yes, especially as DLH fight nears and hype builds.
I don't know any average American sports fans so, round here: Joe Calzaghe Ricky Hatton Amir Khan Maybe David Haye. Possibly they'd still come up with Audley Harrison. Hopkins, Mayweather, Kessler maybe as high profile opponents of Calzaghe and Hatton.
No Mexicans (DLH doesn't count)?? Puerto Ricans? One European (Wlad)? Bull**** artist Judah??? Lame thread dude!
zab definatelly belongs in there, I've seen him in countless music award shows and him on the red carpet with a bunch of celebrities and stuff, mine would be dlh, rjj, b-hop, zab, Holyfield
I know a few casual boxing fans who know of MAB. It's mainly because he beat Naseem Hamed (another fighter whose a "name" amongst casual fans).
i dont know about Pavlik...but i'd say everything else is right, swap out Pavlik for Zab and its good
It isn't a favorites thread. Its a most famous thread. Nobody knows Amir Khan and everybody knows Mayweather Jr.
De lahoya Jones Klitchko's - despite the abysmal heavyweight division, the average us fan doesn't follow your bantamweights and flyweights... the draw will always be going to see Mike Tyson's and the like. We know the klitchkos are no Mike Tyson as far as excitement, but the average fans want to see heavyweight champs. Bernard Margorito - Very popular fighter in the west coast. Beat a VERRRY popular fighter who fights every eve of a big east coast celebration! Cotto - despite the loss, he was at one point coined as the next goldenboy when it came to popularity and draw.
