Your All-Time Favorite Fighters by Division

Really dont know. McGrain might know a bit more.

Think its lack of quality opposition, but then again he never fought A class names to start with. That and theres no real natural rival to him now, like he had in Joyi, since Segura got beat and moved up.

Been a fan of him for a while, I find him the most watchable Heavyweight champion, him and Joe Frazier. Obviously Ali and Louis and that I really like watching them but Holmes fights are always really good.

But Ezzard is my favrouite Heavyweight champ.

He is so good, love watching that fight with Sorimachi. I think I may have another full fight (or at least extended highlights) of him but will have to check. Just mined about it just now actually.

Get tae ****.

 

You have exquisite taste lora!

 

I don't know of a book mon Nelson, but if it does not exist, it is long overdue. Adam Pollack is wasted on the heavyweights.

So to explain my choices.

Bat Nelson was simply the toughest fighter that has ever existed (in any weight class). Part of me is glad that he is a thing of the past, because the means by which he won were so brutal to himself.

Newsboy Brown a fascinating boxing human interest story, that got my attention. That combined with an incredible record against hall of famers, that never quite saw him the lineal champion, due to the mess left in the division after Fidel La Barba retired.

 

"I hit Battling Nelson so hard the jar hurt my own shoulders, but to no avail. I might as well have been pounding a stone wall as he paid no attention to the punches, but kept wading in. The stoutest heart will get discouraged when battling with such an opponent."

--Martin Canole

(this quote should be in the preface of any book written on Bat Nelson, imo).

 

:huh

 

Problem?

 

Heavyweight: Tyson or Lewis
Cruiserweight : Carl Thompson
Light Heavyweight: Roy Jones
Super Middleweight: Nigel Benn
Middleweight: Marvin Hagler
Light Middleweight: Tommy Hearns
Welterweight: Pernel Whitaker
Junior Welterweight: Ricky Hatton
Lightweight: Roberto Duran
Super Featherweight: Floyd Mayweather
Featherweight: Naseem Hamed
Super bantam : Marco Antonio Barrera
Bantamweight : Erik Morales

Note its favorite not best. Im a fan not an expert.

 

:good

 

Heavyweight: Ali/Lennox Lewis
Cruiserweight: Holyfield/USS Cunningham
Lightheavy: Crawford Ashley/Mike Spinks
Supermiddle: Joe Calzaghe
Middleweight: Ray Robinson (putting him here to fit Leonard in)/Tony Sibson/Second to Nunn
Lightmiddle: Terry Norris/Maurice Hope/Silky Jones
Welter: Ray Leonard/Tito Trinidad
Juniorwelter: JC Superstar/Arron Pryor
Lightweight: Pete Whitaker/Roberto Duran
Superfeather: Azumah Nelson/Alexis Arguello
Feather: Sweet C McMillan/Salvador Sanchez
Superbantam: Erik Morales
Bantam: Carlos Zarate/Ian Napa
Superfly: Johnny Tapia
Fly: Miguel Canto
Lightfly: Hilario Zapata
Straw: Lopez

 

Heavyweight: Muhammad Ali
Light Heavyweight: Ezzard Charles
Super Middleweight: James Toney
Middleweight: Marvin Hagler
Light Middleweight: Ike Quartey
Welterweight: Ray Robinson
Light Welterweight: Jose Napoles
Lightweight: Juan Manuel Marquez
Super Featherweight: Erik Morales
Featherweight: Willie Pep
Bantamweight: Fighting Harada
Light Flyweight: Myuh-Woo Yuh
Strawweight: Ricardo Lopez

 

Bugner? :huh

 

Heavyweight: Mike Tyson
Light Heavyweight: Matthew Saad Muhammad/Ezzard Charles
Super Middleweight: Carl Froch
Middleweight: Sugar Ray Robinson
Light Middleweight: Thomas Hearns
Welterweight: Manny Pacquaio/Jose Napoles
Junior Welterweight: Aaron Pryor
Lightweight: Roberto Duran/Sweet Pea
Super Featherweight: Alexis Arguello
Featherweight: Naseem Hamed
Super Bantamweight: Erik Morales
Bantamweight: Eder Jofre
Super Flyweight: Khaosai Galaxy
Flyweight: Jimmy Wilde
Junior Flyweight: Michael Carbajal

P4P fighters: Langford and Greb, unsure where to put these guys without doing them a disservice

 

Turn on your sarcasm meter Tommy.:hey