Which fighters will be remembered the most in 25 years? Whose legend will grow?

No love for SNV?

 

Oscar is going to stay about where he is now, I think. Some people will way overrate him, some will underrate him, and there will always be some who love him and some that hate him.

Mayweather it's hard to say. Will probably depend on what he does with what's left of his career. Right now though his tactics and attitude have rubbed a lot of people the wrong way, and while there are a number of fairly solid wins in his career, there are very, very few against top rated fighters in their prime, and for people who use the "who did he beat" measuring stick, that will pull his ranking down some.

Hamed's standing has already peaked and is headed steadily down, I think. Eventually he's doomed to be remembered more for flash than substance, as an exciting sideshow rather than someone whose name belongs with the best.

Barrera is going to stay fairly close to where he is now. I think he'll be admired for good skills, giving great fights with lots of grit, and some good wins but also some losses where he was dominated.

Morales is going to surge a bit. When a fighter does as well as Morales did during his prime, then comes back when he's so obviously way past his best and has this much success, it makes his standing jump. Add in the action fights that Morales put on, his heart, being a fan favorite, and he's going to be loved for a long time.

Gatti will always be remembered and lvoed by the people. He's a C+ to B- fighter, but always found a way to put on A+ fights. He's one of those guys that doesn't get anywhere near the top 100, but put on such great fights that it doesn't matter, people will remember and love him.

Marquez, like Mayweather, will depend somewhat on what he does before retiring. Right now he's got a solid if not spectacular record, with a lot of very good but few great wins. I think between the his success at lightweight in his later career, his technical skills and heart, the problems he gave to perhaps the greatest fighter of the era, and the fact that he's likely to become a respected trainer or announcer after retiring and he'll be well remembered. Even if history isn't kind to him, at the worst he'll have a Ken Norton thing going on: a guy who had the number of a great, great fighter and gets talked about forever because of it.

Roy Jones, like Hamed, has probably already peaked and come crashing down to earth. People will love his displays of skill and athleticism, but despite the fact that he fought a number of very good fighters, people will always talk about how few great fighters he had on his resume and whether he was really as good as he looked.

Mosley, and it hurts me to say this, will probably be remembered as a very fast, very strong fighter who couldn't adjust, couldn't beat certain styles, and didn't use his talents to the fullest. He'll be remembered for some very entertaining fights and have a huge victory over Oscar in their first fight, and a greating showing against Margarito towards the end of his career, but after that there's a big drop off.

Cotto will be loved for high action fights, but so many of them were either close or back and forth that people will always say, "Well, if you could get to him..." the same way they talk about a bunch of good fighters who had chin problems.

Hopkins is going to be remembered as one of the greatest middleweight champions of all time. Not many are going to like him because of the foul fest fights, the way he'd oversell other people fouling him, etc, but for a guy to be that dominant for so long (even over a relatively weak division), beat off a couple of younger great fighters moving up and then continue to give some of the best fighters in his division or nearby divisions problems well into his 40s, that's going to get him a high ranking.

There's this guy named Pacquiao that I think some people might remember. Very fan friendly, high action style, lots of very good to great names that he beat, and legendary ferocity in his prime. I know he's not as prominent as some of the guys on your list, and you might say I'm crazy, but I think he's going to rank very, very high unless he ****s it up before he retires. :yep

 

Oscar- He will be remembered for taking on all comers

Mayweather- Not sure what they will remember him for .Let the Manny fight get made and if he wins im sure people will be talking about him in 25 yrs

Hamed-Remembered for being a hall of fame flashy featherweight with a mean punch


Barrera-Mexican Legend

Morales-Mexican legend

Gatti-The closest thing to Rocky

Marquez-Mexican Legend .Lower tier but still a mexican legend

Roy Jones-The MJ of boxing and one of the most gifted boxers of all time

Mosley-Hard to say .This one im not sure ..If his name wasn't Sugar Shane I don't know how he will be remembered

Cotto- Puerto Rican Legend

Hopkins- One of the greatest middleweigts of all time

 

why not he was a good fighter who just so happend to come up against 2 of the greatest of this decade i'll admit he will probably be remembered for his fan base more than anything else. but he was a good fighter just not the best. he never shyed away from a challenge which is more than you can say about alot of modern boxers

 

no mention of Tszyu??