Your all-time top 10 fighters (careers of 50 fights or less)

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  1. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    A modern twist on all-time top 10 lists as it is limited to fighters with no more than 50 career fights.

    So, yes, Floyd is included but the likes of Manny Pacquiao and Roy Jones are not.

    I’d say a top 3-5 pick themselves but it might get tricky after that. But let’s see…
     
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    Alright, I’ll throw some of the obvious names out to get this started:

    Sugar Ray Leonard
    Pernell Whitaker
    Floyd Mayweather
    Michael Spinks

    Who else?
     
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    Heavyweights:
    Rocky Marciano
    Joe Frazier
     
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    Ehhhhhhh

    01 - Ray Leonard
    02 - Pernell Whitaker
    03 - Floyd Mayweather
    04 - Mike Spinks
    05 - Sal Sanchez
    06 - Vicente Saldivar
    07 - Wilfredo Gomez
    08 - Rocky Marciano
    09 - Oscar de La Hoya
    10 - Joe Frazier

    How's that?
     
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  5. ikrasevic

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    Lennox Lewis
     
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    Tough one:


    10 Aaron Pryor
    9 Wilfredo Gomez
    8 Salvador Sanchez
    7 Rocky Marciano
    6 Azumah Nelson
    5 Michael Spinks
    4 Oscar de la Hoya
    3 Pernell Whitaker
    2 Ray Leonard
    1 Floyd Mayweather Jr
     
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  7. Jel

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    Pretty damn good, Matt!

    My top 4 is the same and the same order as well. I’d probably place Saldivar slightly above Sanchez as I would at featherweight but I can’t think of better names to make up the rest of the top 10.
     
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    Nice Nelson mention. He’s definitely a consideration.
     
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    He completely slipped my mind - a top 10 contender, for sure.
     
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    Not sure he’d crack the top 10 but Eusebio Pedroza is worth a mention.
     
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  11. Clinton

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    Not too shabby!
     
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    Great thread, Lads. Well done!
     
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  13. ChrisJS

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    I’d probably have Trinidad in there somewhere.

    Leonard, Whitaker, M. Spinks, Mayweather, Sanchez, Gomez, Frazier, Trinidad, Saldivar, Lewis.

    Marciano, Nelson, Pryor, De La Hoya, Fenech, Tszyu can’t be far off of retired fighters. Usyk feels like he’d be close as of right now.
     
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  14. Kosst Amojan

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    I suppose Ricardo Lopez had a little bit more; but how about Laszló Papp? He had under 30 prize fights, but around three-hundred amateur contests.
    Henry Maske can be listed here too. Maybe also Chris John, Sven Ottke, Artur Grigorian, Joe Calzaghe, Naseem Hamed and Joel Casamayor.
     
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    Good lists. I think Usyk would have a spot if he retired today.
     
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