Your top five favourite fighters of all-time (strict criteria)

Ali
Marciano
Louis
LaMotta
Gatti

 

I like your Robinson line there Chinx, people just overlook the absolute KILLER that was Sugar Ray Robinson sometimes.

 

Robbi, i was just about to give you kudos on a good avatar, but you just changed it, and i must say, GREAT avatar.

McGrain may not be pleased with my comments!!!

 

well the title of the thread said "no honorable mentions", archie moore would have been my first honorable mention along with mike tyson


btw, my fathers # 1 favorite fighter of all time is floyd patterson. the guy really makes a strong case why he deserves to be ranked way up there.

 

Yeah T, he had so much physical grace, but that tension in his stance said he was always ready to unload. His right hand was a thing of beauty. I picked Ali over Clay, and I know alotta people feel otherwise, but to my estimation he was more impressive when he wasn't so athletically dominant, and had to find other ways to win.

 

Nigel Benn
Mike Tyson
Lennox Lewis
Hamed
Ricky Hatton

Its a bit like whats your favorite song though, could change at any time. Benn has always been my favorite though.

 

Yeah, i would think in terms of pure favouritism (meaning who you would take to your heart), Ali would get the vote over Clay.

On the Sugar topic, i think he just looked plain eviil at times, dont mean that in a bad way, just that a lotta people say that great fighters must have the mean streak, he had it in abundance imo. He never came across like that all the time i must say, but that's because he had the ability to box and utilised it, he could shut a guy out with the jab when past his prime.

 

Im upset Ricky Hatton made a list, despise him, lets not get into it, this is a happy thread.

 

..............Everyone's behaving so far and just putting in five. :think


Salvador Sanchez - Brilliant elegance
Bobby Chacon - Heart on his sleeve, in and out of the ring
Alexis Arguello - Artisan-killer
Matthew Saad Muhammad - "Hit me, PLEASE!"
Marvin Hagler - Hard knocks

 

McGrain though, i think he has some great ones, im not taking sides, its true though.

 

lives near me, followed his career from the start, love his style, great chap. don't confuse favorite with best.

 

He was there to do business. Mean streak? Hell yes, they all have it. They must have the killer instinct in the ring. And I wonder, if it's a challenge for all of them to keep that instinct where it belongs, in the ring.

I have a hunch it's so.

 

Only 5, well it changes but currently

Mayweather
Toney
Duran
Hamed
Jones Jr