Most complete fighter ever lived.

[THE REAL NINJA]

it's not even a contest, RAY ROBINSON ...2nd i'll go with Aaron "HAWK" Pryor ..don't know after Robinson it's hard to pick he set the bar so high i cant see any one taking the title of P4P or over all best any time soon

[juan esparza]

probebly the best mexican fighter all tim salvador sanchez just ask the professer azuma nelson to bad he passed at a very young age

[Azteca]

arguello was perhaps one of the most complete fighter to have ever lived. great punch, great boxing ability, great chin. perhaps one of the greatest inside tall fighters of all time. pure class all the way through.

props to whoever mentioned eder jofre. jofre just doesn't get his due. he had essentially 2 careers, brilliant in both.

[Islandboy3]

In there youth i would pick young Tyson, Chavez Sr and Jones Jr. All there were unbeatable in there prime and the all had the skill and heart that was unmatchable in there respectable weight class.

[Islandboy3]

I agree Sanchez was a great fighter at 23 and i dont think he even peaked yet when he passed.

[Da Iceman]

ray robinson or joe louis both had power, louis had some speed, very very good boxers.

[osamabinwayne]

Joe Louis was the most compplate HW fighter. At the lower weights definitly SSR and SSR.

[mokele]

Arguello was 1 of a kind

arguello was perhaps one of the most complete fighter to have ever lived. great punch, great boxing ability, great punch. perhaps one of the greatest inside tall fighters of all time. pure class all the way through.

props to whoever mentioned eder jofre. jofre just doesn't get his due. he had essentially 2 careers, brilliant in both.

There haven't been that many tall, slender guys that could fight on the inside really well, but Arguello was maybe the best I've ever seen. (Recently, Diego Corrales has shown comparable skill) His technique on both offence and defence was nearly flawless. I saw his fight with Ray Mancini and later his fights with Pryor, and his quick stoppage of Kevin Rooney. I also saw his loss to Vilomar Fernandez in a non-title fight in which his only limitation was exposed: he was slow on his feet. Arguello was also 1 of the most gracious fighters ever, showing great respect to a fallen opponent. He went into the locker room of Ruben Olivares after he defeated him for the WBA Featherweight Title and promised Olivares that he would defend the title with honor. How many fighters today show so much dignity?

[King Koyle]

No arguments here.Sugar Ray Robinson it is.

[Azteca]

There haven't been that many tall, slender guys that could fight on the inside really well, but Arguello was maybe the best I've ever seen. (Recently, Diego Corrales has shown comparable skill) His technique on both offence and defence was nearly flawless. I saw his fight with Ray Mancini and later his fights with Pryor, and his quick stoppage of Kevin Rooney. I also saw his loss to Vilomar Fernandez in a non-title fight in which his only limitation was exposed: he was slow on his feet. Arguello was also 1 of the most gracious fighters ever, showing great respect to a fallen opponent. He went into the locker room of Ruben Olivares after he defeated him for the WBA Featherweight Title and promised Olivares that he would defend the title with honor. How many fighters today show so much dignity?

corrales in the same breath as arguello? i dont think so! i know what you're getting at however, corrales ability to mix it up on both the outside/inside at high levels is what makes him the fighter he is today.

in reply to arguello's 'slow footspeed', i'm in agreement. pryor took the piss out of him mainly because alexis was a stationary target for 14 rounds.

you are also spot on when you call arguello a gracious champ! arguello never *****footed around the top competition. he was also a very honest individual. i read an interview where he said he would never fight duran, even though at the time the fight was in high demand. he knew he wouldn't be able to win, and he didn't want to upset his fans and the public. he would be cheating the public if he accepted such a mismatch.

great ambassador of the sport, and one of my all time favs.