Your Favorite 5 Boxers Ever?

1. Kostya Tszyu
2. Jeff Fenech
3. Roy Jones Jr
4. Mike Tyson
5. Bernard Hopkins

I'm gonna cheat and give two lists. The guys I saw as they happened and then guys I didn't.

1. Alexis Arguello-Incredibly skilled, a class act and yet an absolute KILLER in the ring.
2. Roberto Duran-Savage, amoral, gifted and remarkably skilled. Like a caveman with an Uzi.
3. Ricardo Lopez-I fell in love in the first 30 seconds I ever saw him. I said out loud to an empty room "THAT is how it is one." The most technically perfect fighter of my lifetime.
4. Matthew Saad Muhammad-The real life Rocky. His whole life was a million to one shot. Earned the nickname "Miracle Matthew" with his astonishing comebacks.
5. Marvin Hagler-Simply the quintessential warrior. The personification of what I want out of a fighter.

Old guys

1. Joe Gans-The first fighter I know of who did everything fighters do today. That was 110 years ago. Fought tough guys on back to back days.
2. Joe Louis-He is even better than everyone thinks. Excllent craft together with otherworldy power. A class act his whole life. He deserved better.
3. Rocky Marciano-Did a fighter ever do more with less?
4. Barney Ross-The most fascinating life in the history of the sport.
5. Billy Miske-He fought the single most heroic fight anyone ever fought.

marbleheadmaui wrote:

5. Billy Miske-He fought the single most heroic fight anyone ever fought.

Never heard of him. What happened in the fight?

here it goes

basically Miske had what is known as Brites disease, what they used to call failure of the liver, he fought on, fought Dempsey twice (1 draw 1 KO 4 when Dempsey was champ)

he was dieng and knew it got his manager to schedule 1 more fight so he could get his kids and wife good christmas presents, cant think who it was against but it was against a guy who just went the distance with Dempsey, Miske could barely move and was weak as it gets, he KOd the guy in the 4th by basically standing toe to toe, he gave his family 1 last good christmas, called his manager next day and said take me to the hospital Im dying

died 3 days later

his manager did the right thinkg and didnt take any cut of the purse cause he knew Miske's condition

Dempsey even said the Miske he fought in the rematch was a different weaker person than the one he had a draw with

he fought I want to say for 5 or 6 more years after being diagnosed, was so weak he was hidden from the press and had private weigh in so no one could see his condition

1. Joe Frazier
2. Pernell Whitaker
3. Ray Robinson
4. Henry Armstrong
5. Joe Louis (3-5 are virtually tied)

In no particular order.

Nigel Benn
Naseem Hamed
Joe Frazier
George Foreman
Marco Antonio Barrera

Birdofthad wrote:

here it goes

basically Miske had what is known as Brites disease, what they used to call failure of the liver, he fought on, fought Dempsey twice (1 draw 1 KO 4 when Dempsey was champ)

he was dieng and knew it got his manager to schedule 1 more fight so he could get his kids and wife good christmas presents, cant think who it was against but it was against a guy who just went the distance with Dempsey, Miske could barely move and was weak as it gets, he KOd the guy in the 4th by basically standing toe to toe, he gave his family 1 last good christmas, called his manager next day and said take me to the hospital Im dying

died 3 days later

Wow, what a man.

If we're saying favorite its pretty much just guys I actually got to watch in my lifetime. I can marvel at the fights of older guys but I can't call them favorites because I didn't have a real emotional attachment to them given that the fights already happened

1) Manny Pacquiao
2) Diego Corrales
3) Lennox Lewis
4) James Toney
5) Kostya Tzsyu

Mosley was probably #1/2 on this list up until the substance issues and some fights later in his career

Ali_1748 wrote:

In no particular order.

Nigel Benn
Naseem Hamed
Joe Frazier
George Foreman
Marco Antonio Barrera

That guy wasn't nearly as gifted as Hagler, but in every other way he was another exemplary warrior.

freakzilla316ftw wrote:

Birdofthad wrote:

here it goes

basically Miske had what is known as Brites disease, what they used to call failure of the liver, he fought on, fought Dempsey twice (1 draw 1 KO 4 when Dempsey was champ)

he was dieng and knew it got his manager to schedule 1 more fight so he could get his kids and wife good christmas presents, cant think who it was against but it was against a guy who just went the distance with Dempsey, Miske could barely move and was weak as it gets, he KOd the guy in the 4th by basically standing toe to toe, he gave his family 1 last good christmas, called his manager next day and said take me to the hospital Im dying

died 3 days later

Wow, what a man.

Here is a reasonable account. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1018093/index.htm

Hagler
Arguello
Marciano
Chuvalo
Ali/Holmes

Unfortunately Miske aggravated his condition by continuing to box.He should have been advised to stay away from any activity that would further damage his kidneys.A touching story nevertheless.

No order after Hearns and Peat:

Hearns
Whittaker
Tito
Jones Jr
Duran

Honorable Mention:

Cotto
Toney
McCallum
Hopkins
Pre 2005 Mayweather[b]

Oscar
Hatton
Duran
Tyson
Mayorga

of all time..wow tough question to anser since several favorites are left off the list.1. marciano2.pep3. robinson 4. greb5.louis and basilio tied for fifth cause i knew carmen personaly....fighting today its 1.manny pac2.segio martinez 3.kelly pavlik 4.cotto5..wlad..

Joe Calzaghe
Paulie Malignaggi
Derrick Gainer
Maxie Rosenbloom
Carlos Baldozar

Honorable mention: John Ruiz

Big George
Evander
Oscar
Pac
Sugar Shane

Tito Trinidad, Evander Holyfield, Aaron Pryor, Manny Pacquiao, Marvin Hagler

OK I am making a list of my favorite fighters I have seen in my lifetime. I think its weird to list guys you didnt really get to see while they were fighting. In no particular order.

1. Tommy Morrison
2. Manny Pac
3. Oscar De La Hoya
4. Riddick Bowe
5. Mickey Ward

marbleheadmaui wrote:

I'm gonna cheat and give two lists. The guys I saw as they happened and then guys I didn't.

1. Alexis Arguello-Incredibly skilled, a class act and yet an absolute KILLER in the ring.
2. Roberto Duran-Savage, amoral, gifted and remarkably skilled. Like a caveman with an Uzi.
3. Ricardo Lopez-I fell in love in the first 30 seconds I ever saw him. I said out loud to an empty room "THAT is how it is one." The most technically perfect fighter of my lifetime.
4. Matthew Saad Muhammad-The real life Rocky. His whole life was a million to one shot. Earned the nickname "Miracle Matthew" with his astonishing comebacks.
5. Marvin Hagler-Simply the quintessential warrior. The personification of what I want out of a fighter.

Old guys

1. Joe Gans-The first fighter I know of who did everything fighters do today. That was 110 years ago. Fought tough guys on back to back days.
2. Joe Louis-He is even better than everyone thinks. Excllent craft together with otherworldy power. A class act his whole life. He deserved better.
3. Rocky Marciano-Did a fighter ever do more with less?
4. Barney Ross-The most fascinating life in the history of the sport.
5. Billy Miske-He fought the single most heroic fight anyone ever fought.

NO WINKY?

soonermark890 wrote:

marbleheadmaui wrote:

I'm gonna cheat and give two lists. The guys I saw as they happened and then guys I didn't.

1. Alexis Arguello-Incredibly skilled, a class act and yet an absolute KILLER in the ring.
2. Roberto Duran-Savage, amoral, gifted and remarkably skilled. Like a caveman with an Uzi.
3. Ricardo Lopez-I fell in love in the first 30 seconds I ever saw him. I said out loud to an empty room "THAT is how it is one." The most technically perfect fighter of my lifetime.
4. Matthew Saad Muhammad-The real life Rocky. His whole life was a million to one shot. Earned the nickname "Miracle Matthew" with his astonishing comebacks.
5. Marvin Hagler-Simply the quintessential warrior. The personification of what I want out of a fighter.

Old guys

1. Joe Gans-The first fighter I know of who did everything fighters do today. That was 110 years ago. Fought tough guys on back to back days.
2. Joe Louis-He is even better than everyone thinks. Excllent craft together with otherworldy power. A class act his whole life. He deserved better.
3. Rocky Marciano-Did a fighter ever do more with less?
4. Barney Ross-The most fascinating life in the history of the sport.
5. Billy Miske-He fought the single most heroic fight anyone ever fought.

NO WINKY?

First thing in the morning I gotta read that???? Come on Man!

marbleheadmaui wrote:

soonermark890 wrote:

marbleheadmaui wrote:

I'm gonna cheat and give two lists. The guys I saw as they happened and then guys I didn't.

1. Alexis Arguello-Incredibly skilled, a class act and yet an absolute KILLER in the ring.
2. Roberto Duran-Savage, amoral, gifted and remarkably skilled. Like a caveman with an Uzi.
3. Ricardo Lopez-I fell in love in the first 30 seconds I ever saw him. I said out loud to an empty room "THAT is how it is one." The most technically perfect fighter of my lifetime.
4. Matthew Saad Muhammad-The real life Rocky. His whole life was a million to one shot. Earned the nickname "Miracle Matthew" with his astonishing comebacks.
5. Marvin Hagler-Simply the quintessential warrior. The personification of what I want out of a fighter.

Old guys

1. Joe Gans-The first fighter I know of who did everything fighters do today. That was 110 years ago. Fought tough guys on back to back days.
2. Joe Louis-He is even better than everyone thinks. Excllent craft together with otherworldy power. A class act his whole life. He deserved better.
3. Rocky Marciano-Did a fighter ever do more with less?
4. Barney Ross-The most fascinating life in the history of the sport.
5. Billy Miske-He fought the single most heroic fight anyone ever fought.

NO WINKY?

First thing in the morning I gotta read that???? Come on Man!

LOL I think its just a Winky kind of day huh.

Here goes:

1) Ali
2) Mickey Ward
3) Lennox Lewis
4) Ray Robinson
5) Shane Mosley