The Top Consistent Crowd-Pleasers of All Time

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  1. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Basilio
    Fullmer
    Paret
    Chacon
    Saad Muhammad
    Boza-Edwards
    Gatti

    I'm trying to stick to the very best. For instance, Ali was in plenty of great fights, but they were not the norm.
     
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  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Manny Pacquiao, Erik Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera come to mind.
     
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  3. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Great list, but I'm not so sure about Fullmer. Joe Miceli.Henry Hank?
     
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  4. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Those two were good. Why not Fullmer?
     
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  5. ChrisJS

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    For me these are ones I consider the absolute Mount Rushmore of excitement: Matthew Saad Muhammad, Danny Lopez, Bobby Chacon, Ruben Olivares.

    Honorable mentions: Joe Frazier, Frank Fletcher, Arturo Gatti, Aaron Pryor, Carmen Basilio, Cornelius Boza-Edwards, Evander Holyfield, Felix Trinidad.

    Just my opinion of course.
     
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  6. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Can't disagree. I was hesitant to put Frazier, Fletcher, Pryor, and Holyfield, as well as Holmes and some others. I wouldn't say those guys were in back-to-back fights that were absolutely incredible, as opposed to the guys I listed. Nice Mount Rushmore of Excitement although where I am now I would have to have it at Saad, Paret, Basilio, and Fullmer. But I probably haven't watched Lopez and Chacon as much as you have.
     
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  7. George Crowcroft

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    Olivares? Interesting. Aside from the Kanazawa rematch, I don't think I've ever seen anything which would put him above the likes of Basilio and Holyfield. Care to explain that one, Chris?
     
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  8. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The Castillo and Arguello fights were the best he was ever in. He was in a lot of great fights, but they weren't all-out sizzling, ALL the TIME.
     
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  9. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Were they? I didn't think they were that great, but I did enjoy them.
     
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  10. William Walker

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    I liked them a lot. I would say those were the most memorable moments of Ruben's career.
     
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  11. McGrain

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    Naoya Inoue and Francisco Rodriguez Jr. are the best example of guys who are always in excellent fights.

    They're both active though.
     
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  12. ChrisJS

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    The Castillo fights were classics, he was exciting as hell in general. The Rose fight while not a “classic” he showed his exciting he is. Even past prime fights at featherweight like Lopez, Arguello were great. Great drama in the Hafey re-match, Chacon fights. There’s a reason he sold so well at the Forum in an era where there were tons of other thrilling fighters.

    Great left hook, vulnerable, powerful, loved to exchange etc; awesome to watch.
     
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  13. George Crowcroft

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    Wow man, I guess I'm just not seeing it like that. I thought the two available Castillo fight were good, but not much more. Same with the Arguello fight. Completely with you on the Little Red fight though, that was wicked.

    I love Olivares too, I just don't see him like that. For example, I'd say that Tatsuyoshi or Seabrooks were more entertaining at bantamweight.
     
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  14. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nigel Benn
     
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  15. mcvey

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    Two fights ,1 against Robinson and 1 v Tiger.

    Corrales?Trinidad?
     
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