our greatest fighter in the last 50 years?

25 years would put me about 1985 I thought. thats when i started to follow boxing seriously so can only comment on that

 

boby dont get me wrong things i have heard from those i respect have rose and famo equal if not better i just haven;t sen enough to comment

 

imo our greatest "boxer" in the last 50 years would be Fammo with Rose coming in 2nd.

 

In no particular order, my short list is,
Tony Mundine
Jeff Harding
Lionel Rose
Johny Famechon
Kostya Tszyu
Rocky Mattioli

Special mentions to
Cliff Samarden
Lester Ellis
Jeff Fenich
Dave Sands
Paul Ferrari

 

Nice to see Cliff get a mention DBerry...

 

Rose
Fenech
Tszyu
Famechon
Harding
T Mundine
Thompson
There are so many, If pressed i would say Fenech and Rose. I cant split them

 

how can anyone say rose?? He gave probably the best performance but he had a short reign and was only so so at the top level..
tszyu smashed top ten fighters virtually his whole career.

 

just checking you read my response 1985 was my base point not sure if you saw that

 

Yes Ceddy, t'was my error. Thanks for the reminder.

 

yeah, take a look through fighter magazine and tell me where Takao Sakurai, Choo Chou Castillo, Alan Rudkin, Jose Medal and Rubin Olivarez were ranked when Lionel faught them.

I believe you'll find 4/5 were #1 contenders at Bantamweight.

Lionel did not tackle lowly rated bananas as easy defences. Nor did Lionel fight in a 'safety era' where fighters jump into whatever division above or below to secure an easier fight.

Tszyu was dodged. Lionel faught. Lionel wins.

 

Rose fought in the best era of bantamweights in the history of the sport imo.

 

I'd have Fenech slightly ahead of Rose... not much in it. People forget just how highly rated Jeff was. Most had him at #3 pound for pound at one stage. As I said, not much in him and Lionel, could go either way.

 

Totally agree mate.. From Jofre through to Zarate, they were the best years. Lionel was caught in the middle and kicked some serious goals.

 

Well Ippy, considering Lionel was the second highest paid fighter in the WORLD at the time, second to Muhammad Ali, I guess that made him #2...

Oops.. looks like the scales have tipped back in Lionles favour... :tong

 

Ha, possibly. I'd have Jeff by a nose.