Top 2 fighters at their peak in the past 10 years....

This is not who had the best career overall but at their peak, in their best weight class, which boxers impressed you the most.....

My vote goes to.....

Erik `El Terrible` Morales -- super-bantamweight (122 lbs)

Floyd Mayweather Jr -- super-featherweight (130 lbs)

I like Morales & dislike Mayweather but you cant take anything from Floyd, especially at this weight & remember how fast & good EM was at this weight, phenomenal.

Those 2 were the top 2 for me.

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I forgot about Hamed, he was 1 of my favourites, he was brilliant at 122 but had his 1st world title shot at 126 (in his 1st fight at the weight vs steve robinson, pure masterclass) I think Naz started off great at 126 but started to slow down, lose his reflexes & become a heavier puncher which wasnt necessary as he was always a great puncher.... Naz turned from a very hard puncher that had cat like agility to a very very hard puncher who looked sluggish & got hit more.

Roy Jones would be my 3rd choice, I never forgot Roy but I dont think he was a better fighter than Floyd at 130 who was better at the basics than Roy & didnt need pure athleticism as much as Roy & Morales at 122 was just the total package of fighter, arguably the best ever at that weight (others pick Gomez), he could box, slug, was really fast, accurate, poised, great finisher, good stamina, excellent puncher, brilliant foot movement, good defence & a chin of cast iron.

Yeah... my picks stay the same - Morales at 122 & Floyd at 130.

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I was impressed by many fighters that did not make my list, someone reminded me of Naseem, thats why I mentioned him.

Also... I thought Morales beat Barrera 2 of 3 times myself & even if I didnt, the thread was about who impressed me most at their peak weight & Morales at 122 was better than Barrera at any weight IMO.

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:good Cheers.

Try telling that to power puncher, I dont think he is a Morales fan.

 

If Morales wasnt in Jones league then Hamed wasnt in Morales league I could easily say but neither is true, they were all top 5 p4pers around their prime yrs.

Enough of this linear bull****, its about YOUR OWN judgement of a fighter & Im dying to know which 3-4 122 lbers were better than Morales period never mind in the last 10 yrs.
I could be wrong here but was MAB not linear at 126 before being destroyed by the then 122 lb champ Manny Pacquiao where as Morales never lost a fight at 122 & KOd all his opponents except the last 2, McCullouch & Barrera (8 kos in 10 title fights) just shows linear means **** most of the time.

Erik Morales was the complete package & fought the way fighters should fight, I think you badly underrate Morales, you must be thinking of the shot version of the last 4 yrs or so.

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