your top 5 favourite fighters and why

Roy Jones- Pretty awesome to behold in his prime.
Julio Cesar Chavez- Masterful all round fighter.
Thomas Hearns- Exciting, skilled and devastating.
Joe Frazier-Heart, will, courage, left hook.
Muhammad Ali- Skills, heart, courage, greatness.

 

I see your point...Inoue is indeed a "monster"...but I wouldn't rule out Gonzalez making that last stand a win...but he better get around to it. Time isn't on his side, and the "monster' is growing.

 

Tyson
Mayweather
Corrales
Hamed
Toney

 

Hard to pick five.

Three of the five have been on my list for several decades.

The two more recent entries displaced Hagler and Frazier.



Ali
Duran
Pacquaio
RJJ
Arguello

 

Smokin' Joe Frazier.....as close to a pure warrior as I've ever saw. Unlike many swarmers, he fought clean. Mercante called him the cleanest inside type fighter he ever saw. Winner of the most important fight of the 20th century.

Floyd Patterson....a gentleman. Loved the peek-a-boo style. Will never forget how he annihilated Ingo in '60. Hit him with that devastating hook then went over to check on him instead of dancing around like a jackass.

Thomas Hearns....another warrior. Will never forget what he did to Duran. He really got robbed against Leonard in that rematch.

 

There can only be one favorite. For me that is Joe Gans.

Others: Greb, Fitzsimmons, Dempsey, Moore, Burley

 

1/ M. Tyson . Had the best ,most exciting style and came to run through everyone and did in his era. under Rooney he was near flawless at time. He had his own video game which was surreal and still is now if you grew up as a young teenager in that era. he didn't speak much and did his talking in the ring,when he did speak it was short and to the point.

2/ .Tommy Morrison . Same reason as Tyson and was a great figure in and out of the ring, you knew he could get knocked out or was going to get a knockout. Awesome left hook and body punches. more or less he has some of the best k.o high lites to see.


3/ George foreman of 1990's. Nicest k.o artist in history. Liked him more that he was the older guy who was still winning. Even though he was not the best ,i always waited for that one big ending thump at every fight.Watching foreman walk through everyones punch was always a sight too.

4/ Vitali klitchko . A tough fighter who was just a spectacle for me more than anything at 6'7 250 and was always fun watching guys trying to beat him or figure him out. not the best fighter but maybe the most difficult and thats something i always liked with VK. If you dont really study his boxing IQ you than just see a less skilled guy . Manny steward said it best about him,he was the most intelligent fighter he seen and he always knew what was coming before a punch was thrown.

5/ Lennox Lewis. Took on all comers and was the best technical giant ever. He also had a good personality a good mix of nice with arrogance. Imposing figure and rarley in a non exciting fight. Loved watching his over hand right land and crushing ppl.