Boxing Best performances

[likeamulekick]

If you had to give a fight for each of these guys to show people why there masters of their craft, which fights would you choose for each

Hopkins
Whitaker
Mayweather
Toney
Other

[Scott9945]

If you had to give a fight for each of these guys to show people why there masters of their craft, which fights would you choose for each

Hopkins
Whitaker
Mayweather
Toney
Other

Hopkins - Trinidad (Tarver 2nd choice)
Whitaker - Ramirez rematch
Mayweather - Corrales (Hernandez 2nd choice)
Toney - Barkley
Others...
Chavez - Rosario
Hearns - Cuevas
Sanchez - Gomez
Leonard - Green
Tyson - Biggs
Louis - Schmelling rematch (duh)

[SCtrojansbaby]

Hopkins best performance was Tarver
Whitaker best performance was Vasquez
Mayweather best performance was Corrales
Toney best performance was Holyfield

[Bundana]

Hopkins best performance was Tarver
Whitaker best performance was Vasquez
Mayweather best performance was Corrales
Toney best performance was Holyfield

What I was thinking too!

[SBleeder]

Hopkins - Trinidad (Tarver 2nd choice)
Whitaker - Ramirez rematch
Mayweather - Corrales (Hernandez 2nd choice)
Toney - Barkley
Others...
Chavez - Rosario
Hearns - Cuevas
Sanchez - Gomez
Leonard - Green
Tyson - Biggs
Louis - Schmelling rematch (duh)

Although Hearns fell apart late against Leonard, I actually rank his performance in that fight as his best performance, even in a loss.

[jas]

Hopkins -trinidad

[Holywarrior]

Barkley was Toney
Hopkins vs Trinidad
Whitaker vs Nelson
Mayweather vs Corales

[Richard Wadd]

Bernard Hopkins- Felix Trinidad. People might knock it now since Tito was naturally smaller, but he was the 3-1 favorite, a top P4P fighter, and destroyed Joppy, a long-time MW titlist. Hopkins beat him in every way. Outside, inside, mid-range. Complete and utter schooling, a masterpiece.

Floyd Mayweather- Ricky Hatton. Let me elaborate on why I'd pick this one rather than the more dominant performance against Chico. Against Chico, it was a brilliant display of boxing, movement, exploding at the correct time which resulted in 5 knockdowns. Against Hatton, you saw a more complete performance, because he needed to. Corrales was so ineffective at closing the distance and getting to Mayweather, that you didn't get to see some of Floyd's other abilities. Hatton swarmed him, and Mayweather beat him as his own game, which included being more rough/dirty up close.

Despite what Harold "I give guys rounds on non-effective aggression" Lederman scored it, Mayweather was doing pretty much all the clean landing throughout. Mayweather won the first round using the ring, on his bicycle, but landing the good shots. Hatton was able to close the distance, so we saw Floyd's in-game. He hurt Hatton in the 4th, he constantly dug into Hatton's ribs with his free hand with right uppercuts. Then in the 8th, he exploded with a brilliant attack, contorting his body to get the better angles on body shots. And then it set up for the 10th round stoppage.

Pernell Whitaker- Jose Luis Ramirez 2

James Toney- Iran Barkley

Julio Cesar Chavez- Edwin Rosario

Roberto Duran- Esteban Dejesus 3

[BennyST]

I think Hopkins' best is undoubtedly Tito. It was a modern boxing masterpiece, and one of the greatest performances of craft in the sports history for me. The finishing combo is scary in its perfection, not to say anything of the lead up.

He had drawn Titos counter hook against the left uppercut numerous throughout the bout and had even landed the same trap previously rather than just seeing if Tito would fall for it; throwing a wide left uppercut to draw the counter hook, which opened Tito up for a clean right. The way he set it up in the last round though. It's as if he threw it extra wide, to give himself more room to land a harder, longer right hand, rather than the shorter one he landed previously. Absolute perfection. Boxing brilliance. The Sweet Science.

[No Tomorrow]

Michael Nunn over Frank Tate
Sumbu Kalambay over Mike McCallum
James Toney over Iran Barkley