what would you guys list as your top 5 welterweight fights of the modern era... let's say post-1970... not necessarily just slugfests but also a high level of technical skill
Take your pick..[Off the Dome] Jose Angel Napoles Carlos Palomino Pipino Cuevas Wilfred Benitez Sugar Ray Leonard Donald Curry Marlon Starling Simon Brown Felix Trinidad
leonard duran 1 Leonard Hearns De La Hoya V Mosley Leonard v Benitez candidates: cotto v mosley curry v starling whitaker v mcgirt palomino v benitez duran v palomino forrest v mosley 1 & 2 Whitaker V De La Hoya was great for just pure skill. lacked excitement though
Mosley-De La Hoya I Mosley-Cotto Leonard-Duran Leonard-Hearns Whitaker-McGirt I Off the top of my head.
Here's a list if we're talking pure skill: 1. Leonard vs. Hearns 2. Leonard vs. Benitez 3. Duran vs. Leonard I 4. Whitaker vs. McGirt I 5. Whitaker vs. Chavez 6. De la Hoya vs. Whitaker 7. Curry vs. Starling II 8. De la Hoya vs. Mosley I 9. Benitez vs. Palomino 10. Whitaker vs. McGirt II I also liked the skill shown (by only one participant) in the following fights: McGirt vs. Brown Starling vs. Brown Leonard vs. Duran II Starling vs. Honeyghan Forrest vs. Mosley I Mayweather vs. Hatton Not sure I can do a list in terms of brawls, but fights like Davis vs. Breland, Brown vs. Trice, and pretty much anything from Pipino Cuevas should be looked at.
