Who was the most entertaining fighter in the last 8-10 years in boxing?

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  1. thegoose86

    thegoose86 Member Full Member

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    it does say 8-10 years that covers a lot of ground.
    Pacquiao, Cotto, Maidana, David Lemieux.
     
  2. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    hpsauce91 Member Full Member

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    Froch
    Wilder
    Pacquio
    GGG
    Cotto
     
  4. TheRevAshton

    TheRevAshton Member Full Member

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    Pacquiao
    Khan
    GGG
    Froch
    Mayweather Jr

    To name a few, tried including just retired or older fighters..

    I also think we have some very entertaining fighters now - such as Gervonta Davis, Usyk, Buatsi, Lomachenko, Joyce, Josh Kelly and of course the big 3 HW's - Joshua, Fury & Wilder.
     
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  5. dangerousity

    dangerousity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    As a boxer myself I appreciate that it takes a lot more guts to run into the fire and dish it out than run and hold. Boxing and point scoring are 2 different things. One is playing fencing, tag whilst the other is a fight.

    When you win the round because you landed one more jab, did you really win the round at all? I hate that form of scoring tbh.
     
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    Big Ukrainian Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  7. kirk

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    For me its been

    Pac
    Salido
    Mayweather
    Ward
    AJ
    Wilder
    Matthysse
    Maidana
    Ruslan
    Golovkin
    Lemieux
    Kovalev
    Loma
    Rigo
     
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    Max Thunder Proud member of the Cult of Vikings Full Member

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    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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  11. Paranoid Android

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    Gotta respect boxing skills. At the same time, boxing is a sport and sports are form of entertainment that welcomes criticism. That's why it's broadcast to an audience. Some guys are just unwatchable.
     
  12. Contro

    Contro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Probably Cotto, didn't have any boring fights at all.every one was brutal.

    Marquez also.

    Pacquiao as well although less so since his KO loss

    Bandido Vargas had a few really nasty wars back to back.

    Carl froch had alot of wars


    Pascal, Bradley, provodnikov, Danny Garcia, amir Khan are some that deserve mention
     
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    Sergey Kovalev.
     
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  14. My_Melody

    My_Melody New Member Full Member

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    Boxing and fighting are 2 different things.

    That form of scoring is how boxing is scored. Having more ‘guts’ doesn’t mean anything. Maybe you should change sports.
     
  15. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    All of you but Kirk should be ashamed of yourselves. 29 responses and he's the only one to even include Orlando Salido. Orlando Salido was far and away the most entertaining fighter in the last 8-10 years. Nobody else even comes close, not even Pacquiao or GGG. Roman Gonzalez, Brandon Rios, Giovani Segura, and Francisco Vargas did some decent work in there, but nothing like Salido.