Top 5 Fighters on Film

Normal with excessively lenient officiating. There are certain rules in boxing and they should be imposed. I'm not claiming that Saddler should have been DQ'd in every fight of his but what it does prove is that his style likely doesn't translate very well into more strict era's of boxing. Few would claim that Pep has no business fighting today however.

 

I think what would make this thread more interesting and less vague would be if everyone had to give the actual fights where their chosen fighters did indeed look like the best ever seen on film.

 

Well Where would you start with Duran???

Favourite performance of his has got to be Palomino, though another favourite isthe Barkley fight, for obvious reasons. Past prime, above his best weight, close fight, pulls it off and demonstrates (yet again) iron chin, will, ring intelligence, and of course, one of the most accurate punches the sport has ever seen, his right hand.

This is the same old stuff that has been said of Duran countless times on here, but it's testement to just how good he looks on film (especially when taking into account the level of opposition) as many others recognise it too.

Ricardo Lopez, aesthetically, is a wonderful fighter to watch.

There are many others, notable mentions to fighters that I revel in the skillset they employ are Napoles, Arguello, Ray Robinson, Chang....I mean I could go on and on and on and on.

Duran, sublime. Another fighter who also blows my mind in a similar vein is Joe Louis. For me, the greatest puncher of all time, his form was exquisite.

 

Pep was way better than that cheating hack Saddler. Fin.

 

Yeah well that may be, but at least I'm not a cheat.

 

yeah you are you punched that dude while he was down.*











*Just kidding

 

And I'd do it again!