Top 5 Fighters on Film

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  1. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    This has been done before, but oh well

    Completly disregarding all other aspects of rankings, and just going by what you see who is the 5 best fighters (in teh original weight classes) you have seen

    heres mine to kick off

    Heavyweight
    1. Ali
    2. Louis
    3. Tyson
    4. Holmes
    5. Lewis

    Light Heavyweight
    1. Moore
    2. Jones Jr
    3. Spinks
    4. Foster
    5. Johson (Harold)

    Middleweight
    1. Robinson
    2. Monzon
    3. Hagler
    4. Hopkins
    5. Tiger

    Welterweight
    1. Armstrong
    2. Leonard
    3. Napoles
    4. Hearns
    5. Benitez

    Lightweight
    1. Whittaker
    2. Duran
    3. Ross
    4. Armstrong
    5. Chavez (JC)

    Featherweight
    1. Pep
    2. Saldivar
    3. Sanchez
    4. Marcel
    5. Pedroza

    Bantamweight
    1. Olivares
    2. Jofre
    3. Rose
    4. Harada
    5. Zarate

    Flyweight
    1. Perez
    2. Zapata
    3. Lynch
    4. Canto
    5. Chang
     
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  2. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    What do you mean by "on film"?

    Ha.
     
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  3. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    As in there is footage of them.
     
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  4. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    :lol:

    Right. What do you mean by "looked"? What I guess i'm saying is, Tyson is always going to look better than most of the fighters he's compared to. He puts punches together very very well and is hard to tag, has speed, power. But can you see his heart on film? Can you see his mental fragility (if you consider he had it)? Can you see his generalship when under pressure? Not in the fights he looks best...I dunno, i find the idea strange.
     
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  5. horst

    horst Guest

    I don't have the energy or time to do it division-by-division, I'll just give you my rather unoriginal off the top of my head overall top 5:

    1.Robinson
    2.Duran
    3.R Leonard
    4.Whitaker
    5.Pep
     
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  6. Flea Man

    Flea Man มวยสากล Full Member

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    Can't be bothered to do all the weights too late.

    Gomez looked sublime against Davila, punch perfect.

    Joe Louis always astounds me.
     
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  7. Mantequilla

    Mantequilla Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Chang laughs at these fools, laughs from his mountain.
     
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  8. Flea Man

    Flea Man มวยสากล Full Member

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    Not quite, but he's one of the few fighters to literally make my jaw drop when I watch him. 'Goes through styles' is so true of him.

    You've probably seen it Mante, but even if it's only of small interest, check out my profile: Chang vs Zapata poster, from an old Ring Mag.
     
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  9. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    Id probably find a spot for Harada at fly.
     
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  10. Mantequilla

    Mantequilla Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Nah flea, first time seeing it.Cool pic.
     
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  11. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    For heavyweight, clearly John L. Sullivan himself.

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIfcYJpUig0[/ame]

    Check out those feints.
     
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  12. Sweet Pea

    Sweet Pea Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    The #1 spot to be exact. As an aside, I agree with McGrain's point.
     
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  13. teeto

    teeto Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Nice.
     
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  14. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Is there not a pretty reasonable argument that Saddler looks better on film than Pep?
     
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  15. Duodenum

    Duodenum Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Have you seen Pep-Walton? (Willie before the plane crash.)
     
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