Who Is Your Greatest Living Fighter?

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  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member

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    I'm picking Roberto Duran,
     
    mcvey, Mar 18, 2024
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    Not a bad call.
     
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  3. Ioakeim Tzortzakis

    Ioakeim Tzortzakis "The David Haye of Loma's Gay" -Edgar Allan Poe Full Member

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    Seconded. Leonard is a strong second, then I've got Mayweather, Pacquiao and Jones (no order) to fill out the top 5.
     
    Ioakeim Tzortzakis, Mar 18, 2024
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  4. thistle

    thistle Boxing Junkie

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    probably some forgotten overlooked Contender or Champion that gets missed owing to Achievements Based Lists...

    it is a hard one without thinking and looking back over Resources, but maybe JCC or Roberto or PBF.

    But I'll bet some of the more schooled Boxing Nerds will remind us of a just as viable a name or two.
     
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  5. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I second the motion!
     
    Reinhardt, Mar 18, 2024
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  6. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    JCC, Duran, Mayweather, and Leonard are in the running.

    Do we want greatest active fighter? Might just be Naoya Inoue.
     
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  7. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Can't go wrong with Leonard or Duran.
    At Heavyweight it's big George.
     
    Fergy, Mar 18, 2024
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  8. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Looking down my p4p ATG list:

    SRR
    Greb
    Langford
    Armstrong
    Charles
    Fitz
    Duran

    Duran is the first fighter I come to still alive, so he gets my vote too.
     
    Greg Price99, Mar 18, 2024
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  9. HomicideHank

    HomicideHank I believe in the transmigration of souls Full Member

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    Duran.
     
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    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s banned Full Member

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    Fighting Harada
     
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    Living? Sugar Ray Leonard.
     
    drenlou, Mar 18, 2024
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    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Over Lennox Lewis?
     
    Barrf, Mar 18, 2024
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  13. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    I’d say so.
     
    swagdelfadeel, Mar 18, 2024
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    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Mike Tyson
     
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  15. ChrisJS

    ChrisJS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Duran then Leonard. Then a big gap IMO.
     
    ChrisJS, Mar 18, 2024
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