Your personal top 5 most talented fighters. Any weight!

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  1. TheSouthpaw

    TheSouthpaw Champion Full Member

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    1. Ali
    2. Ray Robinson
    3. Joe Louis
    4. Roberto Duran
    5. Mike Tyson. ( On his prime)


    Make your list.
     
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  2. THEBESTEVA

    THEBESTEVA Member Full Member

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    roy jones should be in their. tyson and duran shouldn't i would say

    jones
    ali
    pep
    srr
    armstrong
     
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  3. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    reflecting the years I became aware of Boxing and have loved it ever since.

    Ken Norton
    SRL
    Duran
    Camacho
    Haugan
    Carbajal

    then as I became familiar with it's history

    Zale
    Charles
    JJWalcott
    SSR
    Joe Louis

    honorary mention to Tyson, McAvoy & Gilroy. Plus a whole host of others.
     
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  4. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    Mike Tyson
    Roy Jones Jr.
    Pernell Whitaker
    Sugar Ray Leonard
    Hector Camacho
     
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  5. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    talented.............I agree with Walcott.
    ali was gifted and so was naseem hamed although I was never a fan of the latter.
    pep and joey giardello were both good movers too.
     
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  6. Unforgiven

    Unforgiven VIP Member banned Full Member

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    What do you mean by talented?

    (I take it this is different to "best" or "greatest".)
     
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  7. jmarlow

    jmarlow Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Sugar Ray Robinson
    Joe Louis
    Muhammad Ali
    Mike Tyson
    Sugar Ray Leonard
     
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  8. Woller

    Woller Active Member Full Member

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    Wilfred Benitez should be on that list.
     
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  9. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    the two Sugar Ray's - Robinson & Roy Jones jr

    then there is of course, Leonard - Benny Leonard, the great lightweight champion

    Then the moder day version, Hector Camacho and we musnt forget Pernell in his classic performance vs Chavez, or Floyd who hs never lost

    looking at the heavyweights, I thought Jersey Joe looked quite skilled, and Jimmy Young, the man who outfoxed N outboxed Ali

    I'll let u know if I think of anyone else
     
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  10. elchivito

    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    Orlando Canizales
    Ricardo Lopez
    Gene Tunney
    Muhammad Ali
    Rjj
     
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  11. elchivito

    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    Yes JJWalcott HEAVILY underrated.
     
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  12. Meazy-E

    Meazy-E Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Armstrong, Gans, Ezzard, Srr, Monzon
     
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  13. TheSouthpaw

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    love this list!
     
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  14. TheSouthpaw

    TheSouthpaw Champion Full Member

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    I really like seeing Pernell listed. It was hard not to put him on my list.
     
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  15. TheSouthpaw

    TheSouthpaw Champion Full Member

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    Well its suppose to your personal top 5...so to each his own buddy.
     
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