List your all-time 10 favorite fighters

[billeau2]

I love all the Mayorga type boxers and can't stand boring shytes that's why I love the Battling Nelson types, of which type you can certainly include Mayorga but Nelson is the prototype.

Lol and I like the whole show....the cigarette smoking, the verbal jabs. With Mayorga afterwards it is total contrition. The thing is when he was very explosive, i.e. when he fought six heads Lewis...I thought Mayorga might have been destined for great things. What I love about Mayorga is a quality I look for in martial artists: EXPLOSIVENESS!! the ability to twist from the spine and generate torque suddenly without a lot of excessive movement. Hence my joy in watching guys like Mayorga who indeed come from a long line of sluggers like Nelson, Grebb, etc.

[Weltschmerz]

in no particular order,

Vitali
Wladimir
Arturo Gatti
Mike Tyson
Duran
Monzon
Pacman
Kostya Tszyu
Jack Dempsey
Tunney

Runner up:
Antonio Margarito

[jabsRstiff]

1) Marvin Hagler
2) Julio Cesar Chavez
3) Julian Jackson
4) Larry Holmes
5) Mike McCallum
6) Felix Trinidad
7) Matthew Saad Muhammad
8) Jeff Chandler
9) Joe Louis
10) Bob Foster

[New England]

no order at all here, but i've only got my top 5 hashed out. i'd have to work the rest out.

micky ward
jermain taylor
joe frazier
roberto duran
and ray leonard.

[Oasis_Lad]

In no particular order:

Muhammad Ali
Nigel Benn
Marvin Hagler
Roberto Duran
George Foreman
Evander Holyfield
Marco Antonio Barrera
Jack Dempsey
Rocky Marciano
Ricardo Lopez

[IronDanHamza]

Mine changes often, well the bottom few. Most names remain the same though.

1. Alexis Arguello
2. Carlos Monzon
3. Harold Johnson
4. **** Tiger
5. Floyd Mayweather
6. Ezzard Charles
7. Carlos Ortiz
8. Mike Tyson
9. Joe Louis
10. Emile Griffith

[SBleeder]

1. Ricardo Lopez

2. Nicolino Locche

3. Harold Brazier

4. Wilfred Benitez

5. Tommy Hearns

6. Sugar Ray Robinson

7. Muhammad Ali

8. Ezzard Charles

9. Floyd Mayweather Jr.

10. Carlos Monzon (for his in-ring performances, not his scumbag out-of-the-ring actions).

10. Sugar Ray Leonard

[Scott9945]

1. Ricardo Lopez

2. Nicolino Locche

3. Harold Brazier

4. Wilfred Benitez

5. Tommy Hearns

6. Sugar Ray Robinson

7. Muhammad Ali

8. Ezzard Charles

9. Floyd Mayweather Jr.

10. Carlos Monzon (for his in-ring performances, not his scumbag out-of-the-ring actions).

I like that one. It's easy to pick among the elite, so it's nice to see a real hard fighting blue collar type like Brazier get a mention.

[jimboinbigd]

1. Mayweather Jr.
2. Mike Tyson
3. Sugar Ray Leonard
4. Manny Pacquiao
5. Gerry Cooney
6. Ali
7. Sergio Martinez
8. Miguel Cotto
9. Joe Frazier
10. George Foreman

[Panamaniac]

1 Juan Manuel Marquez: great technician, tremendous heart, come from behind carrer
Bernard Hopkins: longevity, technicity, polarizing figure
Miguel Cotto: classy most of the time, never in a bad fight and I just love to watch him fight
Evander Holyfield: incredible warrior, incredible adversity, best cruiser of all time, has been in some of the best fights of all time
Tommy Hearns: the punch, the charisma, the heart
Marco Antonio Barrera:so ferocious, and so clever
Erik Morales: could have been a masterful boxer, just prefered to brawl (I don't care i they hate each other with MAB)
Arturo Gatti: no need to explain
Julio Cesar Chavez: a delight to watch, did everything perfectly in the ring, great man
Pernell Whitaker: in my opnion the most skilled and the best fighter i ever saw, very fun to watch, don't understand why some people say he was too defensive

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