Your favourite fighters to watch in boxing history?

[Robbi]

Which fighters do you most like to watch in boxing history?


Mines are: Pernell Whitaker, Juan Manuel Marquez, Bernard Hopkins, Larry Holmes, Roberto Duran.

[brooklyn1550]

1. Roberto Duran
2. Salvador Sanchez
3. Marco Antonio Barrera
4. Pernell Whitaker
5. Bernard Hopkins
6. Marvin Hagler
7. Miguel Canto
8. Aaron Pryor
9. Diego Corrales
10. Matthew Saad Muhammad

I enjoy watching Arguello, Holyfield, JM Marquez, Holmes, Gomez, Liston, Ali, Tyson, Hearns, and Chacon...but I decided to keep the list down to 10.

[Robbi]

1. Roberto Duran
2. Salvador Sanchez
3. Marco Antonio Barrera
4. Pernell Whitaker
5. Bernard Hopkins
6. Marvin Hagler
7. Miguel Canto
8. Marvin Hagler
9. Juan Manuel Marquez
10. Sonny Liston

I never knew there were two Marvin Haglers :yikes

Empty your inbox, and sent messages. I can't message you.

[Amsterdam]

Anybody that's really been a skillful master at their craft honestly. I appreciate and love to watch them all.

I have favourites, such as Joe Calzaghe stylewise, but it's too hard to just make a top 10 list, because I like to watch pretty much any 'elite' fighter do their best work, it's really thrilling to me watching these displays.

Another two that stand out would be Kostya Tszyu and Sweet Pea Whitaker. The things I can't stand are Gatti type events and then of course the really old school fighters who look crap on crap film, don't enjoy that at all.

[brooklyn1550]

I never knew there were two Marvin Haglers :yikes

:patsch Welcome to the sport newbie:D

[Thread Stealer]

Mike Tyson
Floyd Mayweather
James Toney

This is of course, when they're on their game and more entertaining, not fights like Tyson-Smith, Mayweather-Baldomir, Toney-Mccallum 2-3, etc...

I like watching J.C. Chavez go to work and slowly break guys down to the body and head, such as his fights with Sammy Fuentes and Edwin Rosario. For great two-way action fights I like watching guys like Manny Pacquiao, Arturo Gatti, Matthew Saad Muhammad, etc..

I personally don't like watching Roberto Duran as much as many others. I love some of his bouts like his beatdown of Carlos Palomino or his first bout with Ray Leonard for example, but a lot of his fights are ugly IMO. I don't really blame Duran, it was often the fact that he was such a good in-fighter that guys would clinch him way too much. For instance, watching the first 12 rounds of the Ray Lampkin fight was seriously one dreadful experience. Up until the ending, that was one of the worst fights I've seen.

[Thread Stealer]

Dwight Muhammad Qawi.

I loved his crouch defense, watching him make guys miss repeatedly, and then making them pay with a barrage afterwards.

I remember seeing him make Holyfield miss like a dozen punches in a row.

[Blacc Jesus]

Toney, Ali, Tyson, Holmes, Frazier, Sweet Pea, Hagler, SRL, Hearns, RJJ, Aaron Pryor, Jerry Quarry.

[McGrain]

Ali, Robinson, Joe Louis, James Toney, Sonny Liston & I watch the footage of Burley-Smith over and over. I've actually devoloped my own commentary.

[GABBY]

Ali
SRL
Holyfield
Calzaghe
Benn
Chavez
de la hoya
hearns


god theres loads i could watch and never get bored.

[ChrisPontius]

Frazier
Holyfield
Charles
Bowe
Hearns
SRL
Golota
Louis
Lewis
Marciano

Current fighters: (not including Holyfield)

Mayweather
Cotto
W. Klitschko
Povetkin
Chagaev
Ibragimov

[PhillyPhan69]

Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini
Aaron Pryor
Jerry Quarry
Alexis Arguello
Salvador sanchez
JCC
Bobby Chacon
Boza edwards
Azumah Nelson
M.S. Muhamaad
Dwight Qawi (Braxton)
benn/watson/Eubank
Hagler
hearns
....this list could go on forever

[DocDevil]

Sonny Liston
Earnie Shavers
Cleveland Williams
George Chuvalo
Ali
Floyd Patterson
George Foreman
Jerry Quarry
Gerrie Coetzee
Bob Foster
Emile Griffith
Rocky Marciano
In no particular order.

[Luigi1985]

Arturo Gatti
Bobby Chacon
Julio Cesar Chavez
Sandro Mazzinghi
Nigel Benn
Joe Frazier
Roberto Duran
Salvador Sanchez
Carlos Zarate
Azumah Nelson
Wilfredo Gomez
Fighting Harada
Ruben Olivares
Mike Tyson
Rocky Marciano
Michael Moorer
Bert Cooper
Danny Lopez


and many more...

[doublesuited]

Zab Judah
Junior Jones
Mike Tyson
Riddick Bowe
Mark Breland

[Holmes' Jab]

Ali, Tyson, Holmes, Frazier, Sweet Pea, Hagler, SRL, Hearns, RJJ, Aaron Pryor, Jerry Quarry.


Fine choices. :good

[Thread Stealer]

Zab Judah
Junior Jones
Mike Tyson
Riddick Bowe
Mark Breland

What about Vivian Harris and Floyd Patterson?

[Rattler]

Gatti
Ward
Holyfield
Qawi
Hagler
Hearns
Castillo
Corrales
Chacon

Just to name a few

[Dismantled]

Hi all, first post.

Hearns
Hagler
Tyson
Whitaker
Jones Jr.
Gatti
Hopkins
Mosley

[George W Hedge]

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[Bill1234]

Marciano, Hagler, Holmes, Frazier, Tyson (even though I despise him), Mancini, Arguello, Hearns, Liston, and a young James Toney.

[Robbi]

Marciano, Hagler, Holmes, Frazier, Tyson (even though I despise him), Mancini, Arguello, Hearns, Liston, and a young James Toney.

Do you know the sponsor logo on the side of Holmes' shorts?

[albinored]

..Ezzard Charles, Joe Louis, Willie Pep, Sugar Ray Robinson, Harold Johnson,Archie Moore, James Toney (when he was in shape) Tommy Hearns....these are just the first that come to mind....well, add Joey Maxim, Kid Gavilan,Billy Graham.....

[young griffo]

Jones Jnr (in his prime my favourite to watch)
Tszyu
Holyfield
Frazier
Ali (but I find most of his post Manilla fights boring)
Lewis
Fenech
Cotto
Whitaker
Chavez
Hearns

[Senya13]

1. Erik Morales
2. not too old Bernard Hopkins
3. Kid Gavilan
4. Ruben Olivares
5. Joey Giardello
6. Aaron Pryor
7. Mikkel Kessler
8. Jean Pascal
9. Ted (Kid) Lewis
10. Barney Ross

[Vantage_West]

I never knew there were two Marvin Haglers :yikes

Empty your inbox, and sent messages. I can't message you.didnt you know there was 2 marvin haglers:huh one was the middlewieght champion the other was a junior feather

[ironchamp]

Mike Tyson
Joe Frazier
Joe Louis
Evander Holyfield
Felix Trinidad
Jose Torres
Muhammad Ali
Roberto Duran
Floyd Patterson
Sonny Liston

[Blacc Jesus]

Fine choices. :good
Gracias.

[Blacc Jesus]

Fuck, I forgot to add Toney. :patsch

[ozziebattler]

Mike tyson and Tommy Morrison

Both fought to ko or be ko'd..Excitement machines.

Both their private lives fucked them up...

Also throw kostya tszyu and roy jones jr(before loss to tarver).

[Bill1234]

Do you know the sponsor logo on the side of Holmes' shorts?

While he was champion he had Pony, and in his come back he had B.U.M.

[Robbi]

While he was champion he had Pony, and in his come back he had B.U.M.

His shorts were made by Everlast, and the sponsor on his shorts at times was Pony. However, you never gave me the sponsor down the side of his shorts I was looking for in your avatar, which is Sasson Jeans.

The only other fighter to have this sponsor I can recall, Donald Curry. He had it exactly the same as Holmes, down the side of his shorts, and the wasitband.