Top 20 Fighters of the last 25 years

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  1. OBCboxer

    OBCboxer Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I am curious to see how you guys rank them from years 1985-2010.
     
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  2. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    01 - Ricky Burns
    02 - Ricky Hatton
    03 - Ricky Abbatangelo
    04 - Junior Witter
    05 - Vadim Tokarev
    06 - Uriah Grant
    07 - Pedro Ruben Decima
    08 - Akim Tager
    09 - Paulie Malignaggi
    10 - Mike Tyson


    There's ten, off the top of my head like.
     
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  3. di tullio

    di tullio Guest

    :good
    H2H or P4P?
     
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  4. box101

    box101 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    jcc
    ricardo lopez
    felix trinidad
    roy jones jr
    james toney
    johnny tapia
    juan manuel marquez
    erik morales
    marco antonio berrera
    bernard hopkins
    shane mosley
    kosta tyzu
    floyd maywether
    manny pacquiau
    nigel benn
    lennox lewis
    evander holyfield
    mike tyson
    oscar delhoya
    virgil hill
    genero hernandez
    azuma nelson
    daniel zaragoza
    joe calzage
    klit bros
    that is a few in no particular order that come to mind
     
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  5. OBCboxer

    OBCboxer Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Malignaggi is waaaayyyyyy too low. Good call on Burns though.
     
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  6. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    You forgot Popo:lol:
     
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  7. Kalasinn

    Kalasinn ♧ OG Kally ♤ Full Member

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    You totally forgot Audley. :-(

    Truss.
     
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  8. Commando

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    I'm going to add Whitaker and Holyfield even though the had one fight in '84.


    1. Manny Pacquaio/Pernell Whitaker
    3. Roy Jones/Evander Holyfield
    5. Bernard Hopkins
    6. Oscar De La Hoya
    7. Floyd Mayweather
    8. Lennox Lewis
    9. Marco Antonio Barrera
    10. Mike Tyson
    11. James Toney
    12. Shane Mosley
    13. Erik Morales
    14. Felix Trinidad
    15. ?


    that's all i can do for now.
     
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  9. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Considering only fighters that were in their prime at some point during this period. Off da top a da head.

    Whitaker
    Jones Jr.
    Chavez
    Pacquiao
    Tyson
    Chang
    Hopkins
    Kalambay
    McCallum
    Holyfield
    Toney
    Nelson
    Mayweather Jr.
    Lewis
    De La Hoya
    Canizales
    Lopez
    Barrera
    Trinidad
    Morales
     
    El Bujia, Nov 16, 2010
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  10. kopejh

    kopejh Guest

    i nominate Julian Jackson... better fighter than Tito imo
     
    kopejh, Nov 16, 2010
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  11. D.T

    D.T Guest

    No order:

    Holyfield
    Pacquiao
    Lewis
    Tyson
    Bowe
    Whitaker
    Lopez
    Chavez
    Mayweather
    Mosley
    De La Hoya
    Klitschko
    Klitschko
    Calzaghe
    Jones
    Hopkins
    Foreman
    Nelson
    McCallum
    Toney
    Barrera
     
    D.T, Nov 16, 2010
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  12. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    In no particular order
    (and not much thought !)


    Tyson
    Holyfield
    Lewis
    Jones
    Toney
    Calzaghe
    Hopkins
    Wright
    Delahoya
    Trinidad
    Vargas
    Mosley
    Mayweather
    Pacquaio
    Marquez
    Tszyu
    Morales
    Barrera
    Whittaker
    Chavez
     
    cuchulain, Nov 16, 2010
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  13. bodhi

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    1. Dariusz Michaelchwski
    2. Sven Ottke
    3. Felix Sturm
    4. Graziano Rocchigiani
    5. Henry Maske
    6. Arthur Abraham
    7. Markus Beyer
    8. Marco Huck
    9. Ralf Rocchigiani
    0. Michael Löwe
    1. Firat Arslan
     
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  14. The Mongoose

    The Mongoose I honor my bets banned

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    1. Sugar Nikolai Valuev
    2. PRIME Bert Cooper
    3. Corrie "SUPER SOUTH PAW" Sanders
    4. Old Foreman
    5. Michael Moorer (better than young Ali because combates told me so)
    6. Ike Ibeabuchi
    7. Ray Mercer
    8. David Tua
    9. Mike Tyson 1991 Round 2 at exactly 1.2355555 second of the first Razor Ruddock fight.
    10. Razor Ruddock
     
    The Mongoose, Nov 17, 2010
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  15. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Pacquiao
    Hopkins
    Mayweather Jr
    Pernell Whitaker
    Roy Jones
    Shane Mosley
    Tito Trinidad
    Mike McCallum
    Joe Calzaghe
    Lennox Lewis
    Holyfield
    Mike Tyson
    Erik Morales
    MAB
    Daniel Zaragoza
    Juan Manuel Marquez
    Oscar De la Hoya
    Terry Norris
    Diego Corrales
     
    Vic-JofreBRASIL, Nov 17, 2010
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