Who are your top 5 favorite fighters ever???

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  1. tinman

    tinman VIP Member Full Member

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    I only have 4 absolute favorites of mine, but for those who wish you can go up to 5 fighters to claim as your guys.

    1. Manny Pacquiao
    2. Sergey Kovalev
    3. Antonio Margarito
    4. Erik Morales

    I've tried to analyze why these are my favorite fighters. What is about them that attracted me??? Then I came to the conclusion that none of them were afraid to fight anybody and would do it anytime, anywhere.

    But maybe even more important is this; it wasn't enough for these guys to defeat their opponent. A victory was never their primary goal. They were not satisfied until their opponent was completely and totally demolished. If their opponent wasn't totally destroyed then they didn't feel like they did their job. Salute to these legends.
     
  2. Pakkuman

    Pakkuman I'm not hot. I'm just BIG. banned Full Member

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    1) Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao
    2) Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao
    3) Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao
    4) Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao
    5) Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao

    2X Fighter of the Decade and The GOAT.
     
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  3. sniffmybadger

    sniffmybadger Relationships are not my forte Full Member

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    1. Nigel Benn
    2. Mike Tyson
    3. Marco Antonio Barrera
    4. RJJ
    4. Felix Trinidad
     
  4. CST80

    CST80 Liminal Space Autochthon Staff Member

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    In no particular order..... and a Top 10...

    1. Sergio Martinez
    2. Sergey Kovalev
    3. Joe Calzaghe
    4. Erik Morales
    5. Carl Froch
    6. James Toney
    7. Oscar De La Hoya
    8. Antonio Margarito
    9. Ray Leonard
    10. Kelly Pavlik
     
  5. RacingBeat

    RacingBeat Casual lives matter Full Member

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    James Toney
    Iron Mike
    MAB
    Zoo
    Probably 10 other guys
     
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  6. tinman

    tinman VIP Member Full Member

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    We have similar taste except for Ray Leonard. He's great, but I don't like him.
     
  7. Knights107

    Knights107 Member Full Member

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    Greb, tunney, liston, robinson, marciano
     
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  8. Noel857

    Noel857 I Am Duran Full Member

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    1 Roberto Duran 2 Muhammed Ali 3 lloyd Honeyghan 4 Jerry Quarry 5 Mark Kaylor
     
  9. deyell

    deyell MOLECULE FROM HELL. Full Member

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    Mayweather
    Broner
    Gervonta
    Wilder
    Gary Russell Jr.
     
  10. HamburgBuam

    HamburgBuam Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Arturo Gatti
    Bobby Chacon
    Ruslan Provodnikov
    Matthew Saad Muhammad
    Hernan Marquez
     
  11. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I like to think of myself as the most pretentious and self righteous in any given room, or in this case - forum. So I'm afraid I'll have to do 15 to one up (or five up) @CST80. :D

    Aside from numbers 1&2, this list could be in any particular order.

    #1. Ezzard Charles
    #2. Marvin Johnson

    • Matthew Saad Muhammad
    • Tommy Hearns
    • Roberto Durán
    • Cornelius Boza-Edwards
    • James Toney
    • Julio César González
    • Emile Griffith
    • Veeraphol Sahaprom
    • Callum Johnson
    • Román González
    • John Henry Lewis
    • Érik Morales
    • Billy Joe Saunders
     
  12. pistal47

    pistal47 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    1. Marvelous Marvin Hagler
    2. Rocky Marciano
    3. Terry Norris
    4. Jean Pascal
    5. Thomas Hearns
     
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  13. Boxing2019

    Boxing2019 If you want peace, prepare war. Full Member

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    Marciano, Tunney, Ali, Foreman, Shavers, Tyson, Holyfield, Lewis, W.Klitschko, Fury, Joshua, M. Spinks, Usyk, Hagler, Duran, Pac, GGG, Leonard, De La Hoya, Hopkins, Monzon, Roy Jones.
     
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  14. bandeedo

    bandeedo VIP Member Full Member

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    Mike Tyson
    Julio Cesar Chávez
    Manny Pacquiao
     
  15. theanatolian

    theanatolian Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Roy Jones Jr.
    Vitali Klitschko
    Tomasz Adamek
    James Toney
    Krysztof Wlodarczyk
     
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