Who are your favourite fighters?

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  1. L.Everett

    L.Everett Member Full Member

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    Not the best, not the greatest, just share your 10 favourite fighters.
    Mine in no particular order
    1. Ali
    2. Dempsey
    3. Greb
    4. Henry Armstrong
    5. Jersey Joe Walcott
    6. Ezzard Charles
    7. Samart Payakroon
    8. Joe Gans
    9. Tom Molyneaux
    10. Charley Burley
     
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  2. Grapefruit

    Grapefruit Active Member Full Member

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    Mine will be changing constantly depending on what type of fighter I prefer watching that month, but currently my list in no order would look like

    1. Nigel benn
    2. Cleveland williams
    3. Joe louis
    4. Joe frazier
    5. George foreman
    6. Gerald McClellan
    7. Terry Norris
    8. Floyd Patterson
    9. Miguel cotto
    10. Sonny liston
     
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  3. ChrisJS

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    I can’t really just narrow down to 10 or put into an order. I like so many. I’ll have a shot in no particular order :-

    Juan Manuel Marquez
    Eder Jofre
    Felix Trinidad
    Salvador Sanchez
    Luis Rodriguez
    Marvelous Marvin Hagler
    Jose Napoles
    Jimmy Wilde
    Ruben Olivares
    Charley Burley
    Rafael Marquez
    Terence Crawford
    Vasily Lomachenko
    Carlos Ortiz
    Matthew Saad Muhammad
    Joe Calzaghe
    Wilfredo Gomez
    Kostya Tszyu
    Ken Buchanan
    James Toney
    Alexis Arguello

    Sorry couldn’t do 10.
     
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  4. L.Everett

    L.Everett Member Full Member

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    I was surprised to see Cleveland up there. Probably one of the greatest waste of talents in heavyweight history. And unlike Bowe, Morrison or Ibeabuchi, it wasn't his own fault.
     
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  5. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    1. Ezzard Charles
    2. Oleksander Usyk
    3. Dillian Whyte
    4. Billy Joe Saunders
    5. Tommy Hearns
    Lennox Lewis
    Muhammad Ali
    Jersey Joe Walcott
    Wladimir Klitschko
    George Foreman
    Evander Holyfield
    Sonny Liston
    Riddick Bowe
    Floyd Patterson
    Larry Holmes
    Joe Frazier
    George Chuvalo
    Tex Cobb
    Ray Mercer
    Tommy Morrison

    GGG
    Hopkins
    Stanley Ketchel
    Nigel Benn
    Harry Greb
    Tony Zale

    Lloyd Marshall
    Saad Muhammad
    Maxie Rosenbloom
    Archie Moore
    Jimmy Bivins
    Carl Froch
    Philadelphia Jack O'Brian
    George Groves
    Bob Fitzsimmons
    Bob Foster
    Antonio Tarver
    Billy Conn


    Benny Leonard
    Prince Naz
    Johnny Tapia
    Manny Pacquiao
    Alexis Arguello
    Juan Manuel Marquez
    Roberto Duran
    Bobby Chacon
    Charlie Burley
    Fighting Harada
    Jung Koo Chang
    Nayoa Inoue
    Guillermo Rigondeaux
    Arturo Gatti
    Pernell Whitaker
    Miguel Cotto
    Roman Gonzalez
    Jimmy Wilde
    Willie Pep
    Panama Al Brown
    Tony Canzoneri

    And many many more
     
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  6. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Joe Frazier
    Roberto Duran
    Felix Trinidad
    Salvador Sanchez
    Tony "The Tiger" Lopez
    Calvin "Silky Smooth" Grove
    Mathew Saad Muhammad
    Bernard Hopkins
    "Bad" Bennie Briscoe
    Tyronne Everett
     
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  7. The Undefeated Lachbuster

    The Undefeated Lachbuster On the Italian agenda Full Member

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    Rocky Marciano
    George Foreman
    Joe Louis
    Jersey Joe Walcott
    Julian Jackson
    Marvin Hagler
    Rocky Graziano
    Jack Dempsey
    Tommy Burns
    Randall Tex Cobb

    Honorable mention to Max Baer, Floyd Patterson and Evander Holyfield
     
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  8. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    So sunshine, the question becomes.
    Who wins between Marciano and Foreman and Graziano and Jackson
     
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  9. The Undefeated Lachbuster

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    Id favor Foreman over Marciano

    Graziano and Jackson is 50/50. Pretty much whoever lands first
     
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  10. kolchak65

    kolchak65 New Member Full Member

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    Joe Gans #1
    Harry Greb
    Bob Fitzsimmons
    Benny Leonard
    Jack Dempsey
    Archie Moore
    Charley Burley
    Joe Louis
    Alexis Arguello>>
    Jimmy Young>> two favorites from my childhood
     
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  11. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    My fav 1st 5 are
    Duran
    Hagler
    Ali
    Frazier
    Chava
    The next 5 might change sometimes but basically are
    Holmes
    Arguello
    Mike Spinks
    Steve Collins
    Qawi
     
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  12. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    As always,

    Sanchez
    Arguello
    Saad Muhammad
    Chacon
    Hagler
    Tiger
    Izzy Vasquez
    Rafael Herrera
    Danny Lopez
     
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  13. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Any and all swarmers/pressure fighters.
     
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  14. The Malibu Mauler

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    Jack Dempsey
    Muhammad Ali
    Rocky Marciano
    Joe Louis
    Raúl Macias
    Marvin Hagler
    George Foreman
    Sugar Ray Leonard
    Manny Pacquiao
    Archie Moore
     
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  15. HOUDINI

    HOUDINI Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Johnson
    Dempsey
    Tunney
    Louis
    Marciano
    Ali
    Foreman
    Holmes
    Sanchez
    Duran
    SRR
    M Spinks
    Marvin Johnson
    Monzon
    Pintor
    Canto
    Pep
    Ketchel
     
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