All-Time Favorite Fighters

[them_apples]

This is a different thread from the usual. This is for favorites rather than "best" or "all-time rankings".


Top 20 Favorite Fighters

01. Joe Louis
02. Floyd Patterson
03. Alexis Arguello
04. Roberto Duran
05. Ezzard Charles
06. Ray Robinson
07. Larry Holmes
08. Wilfred Benitez
09. Marvin Hagler
10. Azumah Nelson
11. Bob Fitzsimmons
12. Pernell Whitaker
13. Jack Dempsey
14. Joe Frazier
15. Sam Langford
16. Sonny Liston
17. Kostya Tszyu
18. Bernard Hopkins
19. Frank Bruno
20. Nigel Benn


My Other Favorites (Alphabetical)

Marco Antonio Berrera
Charley Burley
Miguel Canto
Joel Casamayor
Antonio Cervantes
Jeff Chandler
Oscar De La Hoya
Chris Eubank
Jesse Ferguson
George Foreman
Joe Gans
Kid Gavilan
Herol Graham
Wilfredo Gomez
Evander Holyfield
Jack Johnson
Roy Jones
Stanley Ketchal
Lennox Lewis
Juan Manuel Marquez
Mike McCallum
Buddy McGirt
Archie Moore
Pascual Perez
Marlon Starling
Joe Walcott
Carlos Zarate


Not Favorites But I Enjoy Watching Their Fights (Alphabetical)

Muhammed Ali
Henry Armstrong
Michael Carbajal
Jose Louis Castillo
Pipino Cuevas
Emile Griffith
Thomas Hearns
Julian Jackson
Junior Jones
Ray Leonard
Gerald McClellan
Shane Mosley
John Mugabi
Terry Norris
Ruben Olivares
Manny Pacquiao
Earnie Shavers
Michael Spinks
David Tua
Mike Tyson

didn't know you were such a fan of patterson

[GJC]

This is a different thread from the usual. This is for favorites rather than "best" or "all-time rankings".


Top 20 Favorite Fighters

01. Joe Louis
02. Floyd Patterson
03. Alexis Arguello
04. Roberto Duran
05. Ezzard Charles
06. Ray Robinson
07. Larry Holmes
08. Wilfred Benitez
09. Marvin Hagler
10. Azumah Nelson
11. Bob Fitzsimmons
12. Pernell Whitaker
13. Jack Dempsey
14. Joe Frazier
15. Sam Langford
16. Sonny Liston
17. Kostya Tszyu
18. Bernard Hopkins
19. Frank Bruno
20. Nigel Benn


My Other Favorites (Alphabetical)

Marco Antonio Berrera
Charley Burley
Miguel Canto
Joel Casamayor
Antonio Cervantes
Jeff Chandler
Oscar De La Hoya
Chris Eubank
Jesse Ferguson
George Foreman
Joe Gans
Kid Gavilan
Herol Graham
Wilfredo Gomez
Evander Holyfield
Jack Johnson
Roy Jones
Stanley Ketchal
Lennox Lewis
Juan Manuel Marquez
Mike McCallum
Buddy McGirt
Archie Moore
Pascual Perez
Marlon Starling
Joe Walcott
Carlos Zarate


Not Favorites But I Enjoy Watching Their Fights (Alphabetical)

Muhammed Ali
Henry Armstrong
Michael Carbajal
Jose Louis Castillo
Pipino Cuevas
Emile Griffith
Thomas Hearns
Julian Jackson
Junior Jones
Ray Leonard
Gerald McClellan
Shane Mosley
John Mugabi
Terry Norris
Ruben Olivares
Manny Pacquiao
Earnie Shavers
Michael Spinks
David Tua
Mike Tyson

Again no Willie Pep, you heathen!

[DonTaseMeBrah]

My top 10 favorites:

1-Salvador Sanchez
2-Ray Robinson
3-Manny Pacquiao
4-Muhammad Ali
5-Pernell Whitaker
6-Alexis Arguello
7-Ricardo Lopez
8-Marvin Hagler
9-Mike Tyson
10-Julian Jackson

[GJC]

I'm sure I have forgotten someone but here goes and in no particular order:

Archie Moore
Rocky Marciano
Joe Louis
Alexis Arguello
Roberto Duran
Ray Robinson
Marvin Hagler
Pernell Whitaker
Jack Dempsey
Joe Frazier
Joe Gans
Stanley Ketchal
Muhammed Ali
Henry Armstrong
Thomas Hearns
Willie Pep
Felix Trinidad
George Foreman
Ezzard Charles
Harry Greb (And yes I know)

And here a ten real wild cards:

Mathew Saad Muhammed
Nigel Benn
John Conteh
Ken Buchanan
Dwight Braxton
Fritzi Zivic
Earnie Shavers
Ray Mancini
Joe Baksi
Jack Doyle

[GJC]

p.s. Salvador Sanchez and Julian Jackson

[StarshipTrooper]

didn't know you were such a fan of patterson

Yeah, Floyd was someone I could really relate to.....And he was such a class act.

Poet

[StarshipTrooper]

Again no Willie Pep, you heathen!

For some reason I've never been a big fan of Pepp.....got tons of respect for him though.

Poet

[Eric Holder]

Roberto Duran
Salvador Sanchez
Julio Cesar Chavez
Dwight Muhammad Qawi
Floyd Patterson
Jose Napoles
Ruben Olivares
Ricardo Lopez
**** Tiger
Mike Tyson
Pipino Cuevas
Kostya Tszyu

[Ivansmamma]

1. Roy Jones
2. Muhammad Ali
3. Thomas Hearns
4. Ingemar Johansson
5. Bernard Hopkins
6. George Foreman
7. Manny Pacquiao
8. Roberto Duran
9. Sugar Ray Leonard
10. Jake La Motta

[FasTHarD]

Here's my top 20 all-time favorite...

1. Manny Pacquiao
2. Mike Tyson
3. Erik Morales
4. Oscar Delahoya
5. Marco Antonio Barrera
6. Shane Mosley
7. Roy Jones Jr.
8. Tommy Hearns
9. Roberto Duran
10. Felix Trinidad
11. Aaron Pryor
12. Alexis Arguello
13. Israel Vasquez
14. Nonito Donaire
15. Kostya Tszyu
16. Ricky Hatton
17. Acelino Freitas
18. George Foreman
19. Marvin Hagler
20. Ray Leonard