Who is THE BEST fighter that you have seen fight live?

My wife says the same thing, lm

 

Carl Froch. Yes, I know.

 

Great stuff mate, how much were tickets back then lol?

On another note do you think any boxers from the modern era have come close to guys like SRR or Pep? Just interested in your thoughts.

 

Juan Manuel Marquez Vs Juan Diaz I and II
Nonito Donaire vs Fernando Monitel
Robert Guerrero vs Joel Casamayor
Daniel Jacobs getting KTFO by Pirog
and Now in a week
Guerrero vs Katsidis
Morales vs Maidana

 

Bernard Hopkins.
Joe Calzaghe.

 

Really taxing my memory, A...Think ringside at the ol' Garden for SRR versus Tommy Bell for the vacant welter title was $12 or $15 and general admission was $1.50.

Never go round-'n-round in those discussions 'bout who's better than who. Suffice to say, SRR 'n Pep are the best I've seen live...though Joe Louis wasn't chopped liver.

 

Humberto Auer in '91, and I lost

Were I come from there aren't many fightcards, and if there are it mostly looks like some criminal convention so you won't see me there. :-(

Planning to see the Wlad vs Haye fight in June/July if it's in Germany (not very far).

 

Amir Khan :/

And James De Gale

 

Man thats old school, how long you been following boxing then?

Ok let me reword the question, what do you think of modern fighters who are big names like De La Hoya, Pac, Mayweather, RJJ, Tyson etc.

 

In the early '70s, working in a small town in Germany, went to an amateur boxing show in a beer hall. Everyone clinked steins bigger than they were.

The buzz was all about a great middleweight with a long Prussian name. Couldn't wait to see him. To my surprise, he was black; the son of an American GI who skipped town.

He spoke perfect German 'n adopted his mother's last name.

 

A gym rat long as I can remember, A. Cut 4th grade ta go to Stillman's Gym. Watched Rocky Graziano hit a speed bag, smokin' a cigarette.

He looked down, "Why ain't you in school?"

"Why ain't you," I said.

He roared, ruffled my hair 'n introduced me around.

At their best, hard not to be impressed by every name you mentioned. They'd a been a handful in any decade.

 

Wow, great question.

Let's see...this biggest name fighters I've seen live are:

Sakio Bika *
Juan Manuel Lopez ~
Yuriorkis Gamboa ~
Odlanier Solis ~
Monte Barrett ~
John Duddy ~
Rogers Mtagwa ~
Pawel Wolak ~
Jorge Diaz ~
Jaidon Codrington *
Sam Soliman *
Brian Vera *
Mike Oliver *
Henry Lundy *
Elvin Ayala *
Reynaldo Lopez *
Danny O'Connor *

...and a bunch of other more obscure (primarily local) boxers...journeymen & leafy-green prospects.

* - in Boston
~ - in New York City

So, off that list I guess Lopez, Gamboa, Solis, Bika, Lundy and Vera are the best h2h fighters...in more or less that order (with Lopez and Gamboa interchangeable at the top)

 

Man if I could plug your brain into a TV and watch the fights you've seen live that would be something haha.

 

ESB most definitely hasn't said so,so i will say it for them.It is an honor to have you apart of East Side Boxing.:hail

 

Went to all three Pac-Morales fights, Castillo Corrales, and Barrera Marqeuz. Probably Pac was the best, but on that first Pac Morales one, boy oh boy what an awesome performance by Erik.