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Your top 5 favorite boxer's of all time......
  • sambo applecart
    Posts: 24,216
    They dont have to be the best, but your favourite's!

    1) Frank Bruno.....how could you not love Frank??
    2) Mike Tyson.....pre 1990 Iron Mike, not the one who couldn't be arsed when he came out of jail.
    3) Floyd Mayweather, because he is just technically amazing to watch. 
    4)Chris Eubank, attitude, heart and the boxing skills to go with it. 
    5)Split Between Ricky Hatton and Joe Calzaghe on this one, just cos i loved watching them both!

    There's more, but, there are a few that were just a little before my time, so i have kept to people i was brought up watching.
  • blue32years
    Posts: 16,298
    In no particular order

    Tyson
    Eubank
    Mayweather
    De la Hoya
    Hearns

  • DonMakaveli
    Posts: 705
    Calzaghe
    Collins
    McGuigan
    Mayweather
    Lewis
  • Beano
    Posts: 3,283
    1. Sambo
  • bill g
    Posts: 24
    showing my age here
    Rocky Marciano
    Joe Frazier
    Sugar Ray Leonard
    Tommy Hearns
    Marvin Hagler
  • blue32years
    Posts: 16,298
    Interesting you leave Ali out bill

    Not because I think you're wrong or he was the best but rather that alot of older boxing fans I speak to never put him in their fave list.

    Yet he always wins polls.

    Makes you wonder if genuine boxing fans are voting or the jump on the bandwagon brigade
  • ouzi
    Posts: 55
    im shocked that the great british warrior nigel benn hasnt made anyones top 5. my top 5 favourites are
    1.BENN
    2.TYSON
    3.NAZ
    4.HEARNS
    5.BARRERA
    these are my favourites as far as watching them fight,all gave everything and were very exciting fighters
  • sambo applecart
    Posts: 24,216
    Beano said:

    1. Sambo


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    I love you Beano :p
  • sambo applecart
    Posts: 24,216
    ouzi said:

    im shocked that the great british warrior nigel benn hasnt made anyones top 5. my top 5 favourites are
    1.BENN
    2.TYSON
    3.NAZ
    4.HEARNS
    5.BARRERA
    these are my favourites as far as watching them fight,all gave everything and were very exciting fighters


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    I liked Benn, but at that time, i preffered Eubank, it was one of the other!
  • sambo applecart
    Posts: 24,216
    bill g said:

    showing my age here
    Rocky Marciano
    Joe Frazier
    Sugar Ray Leonard
    Tommy Hearns
    Marvin Hagler


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    OOOOh, Bill, going back years, and only from watching Video's etc, then i would put La Motta on the list!
  • bill g
    Posts: 24
    blue32years said:

    Interesting you leave Ali out bill

    Not because I think you're wrong or he was the best but rather that alot of older boxing fans I speak to never put him in their fave list.

    Yet he always wins polls.

    Makes you wonder if genuine boxing fans are voting or the jump on the bandwagon brigade


    -----------------Ali was the master of beating his opponents by getting in their head whether it be rope-a-dope or any of his tactics.He was a great boxer but talent wise not one of the best although phycology wise obsolutely #1. Mayweather and George Foreman are also up there.For heart and class Smokin Joe was the best




  • bill g
    Posts: 24
    You're right of course. There are many worthy candidates. I remember Friday night fights. My dad was a professional who refused to teach me or let me get involved because of the dark side of boxing. In order to get matches you had to sell your soul or have a manager who did the dirty work
  • OldGoldenVision
    Posts: 19,512
    Me grand dad
    Sambo
  • koolhandluke8
    Posts: 3,007
    Marvin Hagler
    The mexican guy hagler always fought
    Sugar Ray Leonard
    Tyson (the beast)
    Tony Belliow (spelling) coz he'sa blue....and i saw him outside wembley on saturday ....
  • OldGoldenVision
    Posts: 19,512
    You see Tony... i see that muppet from the lightning seeds... ffs.
  • ToffeeCup
    Posts: 2,980

    Ali
    Joe Louis
    Kirkland Laing
    Tyson
    Henry Cooper

    all for very different reasons.
  • dnbcase
    Posts: 35
    Duncan Ferguson
    Mike Tyson
    Eubank
    Ali
    Both Klitschko's

    Ferguson win's it.
  • koolhandluke8
    Posts: 3,007
    OldGoldenVision said:

    You see Tony... i see that muppet from the lightning seeds... ffs.



    also saw rodwell and bumped into alan irvine with his son..
  • blue1948
    Posts: 376
    bill g said:

    blue32years said:

    Interesting you leave Ali out bill

    Not because I think you're wrong or he was the best but rather that alot of older boxing fans I speak to never put him in their fave list.

    Yet he always wins polls.

    Makes you wonder if genuine boxing fans are voting or the jump on the bandwagon brigade


    -----------------Ali was the master of beating his opponents by getting in their head whether it be rope-a-dope or any of his tactics.He was a great boxer but talent wise not one of the best although phycology wise obsolutely #1. Mayweather and George Foreman are also up there.For heart and class Smokin Joe was the best





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    I watched ali from the olympics on and he was definitely by far the best heavy ,really don't know how anyone who seen can deny it just think of the foreman fights  but yes he did get inside their heads but so did others 

    So for me

    Ali

    Sugar ray 

    Barry Maguigan

    Eubanks

    Hagler

    I put Barry in for the Irish Evertonians because there is no border
  • murray1878
    Posts: 2,877
    1. ROCKY :))
    2. ALI
    3. TYSON
    4. MAYWEATHER
    5. HAYE
  • mikraz
    Posts: 2,158
    Roberto Duran
    Marvin Hagler
    Tyson
    Tommy Hearns
    And just because he had the best name hector macho Camacho.
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