walshb wrote: » My top ten all time p4p. Ali....At peak and weighing 15 stone and being able to move and hit faster than most welters or lightweight and with a steel chin, amazing stamina and courage and supreme mental strength who fought in the toughest era of heavyweight fighting. It's a no brainer for me Robbie. Outside of the heavies, he was the most complete all around fighter I have ever seen. He had power and speed and inside and outside ability and an amzing chin; he fought many HOF fighters Ray Leonard, all that Robbie had just a tad less. Supreme boxer/fighter with a killer instinct and amazing speed and finishing ability. Career was amazing but short of Robbies. Duran. What a menace and another all around great who showed his genius by moving up to beat the great Ray. Would PBF or Whitaker or Chavez have been able to move to 147 lbs and beat a Ray Leonard. No way. Eder Jofre. An amazing all around 118 lb fighter. Serious, see clips of this guy who had such perfect punching technique and a great chin and stamina. Boxed and bat the boxers and outslugged the sluggers. Rocky Marciano. Only unbeaten undisputed heavyweight great and gets my nod for reasons given in previous post. Some may say he fought less than greats. Hey, outside the ring that's easier to say. He beat all that was in his era. Wicked hitter too. George Foreman. For all he did in BOTH careers. Just think of what he achieved in winning the title back in 1994. IMO, the strongest physical man in boxing history with a helluva chin. Holyfield and other young men couldn't dent a past it Foreman. Holyfield would not have withstood a 70s Foreman Holyfield. What a fighter and career and considering he moved up and beat some bigger and stronger men. He had such mental strength and was a beautiful combo hitter and so strong and tough. Joe Louis. The finest and most beautiful hitter I have ever seen. His shots were so damaging and text book and aesthetically pleasing to the eye. Hios short punches in bunches were breathtaking. Also, 25 defences, alltime heavy record. Lot of less than great men, but some great men too. JCC. He makes it for me. A superb pressure fighter with a chin and power and timing and stamina and footwork. Methodical and precise. Fought so many too and who can forget his destruction of Haugen and Camacho and Rosario; and Taylor, in the last few seconds of their 1990 bout Other close mentions include Pea Whitaker and Toney and Bob Foster and Moore and Griffith and Hagler and Sal Sanchez, and Pacman Mike, your list is similar to mine and Tyson is a good choice who could make mine tomorrow. See, these lists are so hard to really be definite on and tomorrow you could take one out and insert a replacement. Jones is a fantastic athlete and natural specimen, but he lacked the intangibles that others on my list have. The real chin and heart for a war. He had little inside ability and was a safety first fighter a lot of the time. Hey, credit to him for his skill, but his leaping in style with no jab and very unconventional shots didn't do it for me. Monzon to me was so so so boring. I now he was damn tough and effective; but his style was too hard to enjoy and I see Robbie and Jones and Toney beating him at 160 lbs. Toney was at peak a marvel to watch. He had serious skills and old school methods. His fight vs Barkley was one of the finest displays of ring brilliance I have ever seen
cowzerp wrote: » My all time list is ever changing as i dont like to get tied down to 1! depends how im feeling and who is on my mind, i believe there could be loads of debateable top 10's with loads of differences.. 1. Ali, The Greatest 2. Sugar Ray Robinson 3. Sugar Ray Leonard 4. George Foreman 5. Marvin Hagler 6. Evander Holyfield 7. Manny pacquio 8. Chavez 9. Tommy Hearns 10. Roberto Duran Now thats a solid top 10, Mayweather might replace Duran! we'll see..
mikethemouth wrote: » dont agree with ur rankings though mate....ali ahead of robinson , pacquio and holyfields positions as well are well off. dont get me wrong though this is just my subjective opinion
cowzerp wrote: » Ali for me is the most important figure in all sports and made sports world wide-in my opinion he's "The Greatest" and fought in the best heavyweight division ever and beat the best-Foreman, Frazier, etc..
cowzerp wrote: » Holyfield well off? you could move him up but if you mean down then no way, he was undisputed cruiserweight and the most succesful heavyweight of all time with ali..
cowzerp wrote: » Manny is in today and after beating the likes of De la hoya and Hatton easily, Barrera twice, Morales twice, Diaz, marquez to name a few-all Legends and at different weights.. A true great no matter what way you look at him. ..
cowzerp wrote: » But as i said, my lists tend to be straight off my head and could look different day to day..
walshb wrote: » I see myself and Paul have 7 men the same in our top ten. Like I said, the list can change and Mike, your inclusion of Armstrong is a great choice. He had a superb career and was the first real multiple champ. He is a worthy sub for any top ten list. There are simply so many greats, but the real few stand out for me, Ali and Robbie and Leonard and Duran. Aaron Pryor is another super fighter, but his era was not mazing and a move to 147 lbs sees him lose to either of the great welters like Ray and Hearns and Starling and Curry. Alexis Arguello is another great multiple eight fighter as are Oscar and Shane and PBF!
walshb wrote: » Why I admire Toney so much is simple: He has spanned so many weights and still looked good and was so hard to beat. Never been ko'd and rarely hurt in over 75 fights. Put it this way, of all the great fighters between welter and up to LH, Toney is the one I would pick whilst weighing up to 175, as a man who could hold his own and survive against any man in history. I am not saying he beats an Ali or Marciano or Dempsey, but I bet he'd survive and give a good account. His style was so varied and his chin and defence and ability to make his man miss was special. Hopkins is another who had that style and ability to move between the weights and be very good. Jones moved up and beat Ruiz, big deal. I doubt Jones would last long against Foreman or Ali or Liston had he moved up. I think a Toney would last the distance
mikethemouth wrote: » to be honest i think the list is better served with one fighter from the duran/leonard/haggler/hearns era
cowzerp wrote: » I understand that but its the reason why there all thought of so highly, it was just so competitive and probably the best era of any division.. and its hard to seperate them all for different reasons, SRL was the main man for me though,,
mikethemouth wrote: » ..... and at his peak no one touched roy jones jr in the 90s
mikethemouth wrote: » Regarding hatton ...how legitimate of a challenge was this ...a fighter in decline and most certainly over rated
eagle eye wrote: » I'd be in agreement with a lot of that top 10 but no sign of Floyd Mayweather jnr is shocking imo. I'd have him ahead of Roy Jones Jnr. I do think that on balance from all I've read that Sugar Ray Robinson was the best ever. Edit: Actually whats also shocking in that list is no Marvin Hagler. He has to be up there with Duran and Leonard.
disagree massively . this is boxing not soccer. hatton should have had the ability to adapt to the ref 's conditions. mayweather took hatton to school and then finished it in style. i dont think it was in anyway tarnished . a very good performance imo.
walshb wrote: » Ray as a welter met welters, Hags as a middle met middles. There were restrictons. There are none at heavyweight and this has to be considered.
Also, p4p pits two guys against each other if weight was not an issue. I ask anyone who at 185-190 lbs would ave beaten Marciano? Rocky was a small heavyweight really. I see no man in history beating the Rock over 15 whilst weighing up to 190 lbs.
megadodge wrote: » I know we've had this discussion before but Rocky's standard of opposition was below average to say the least. No matter what mood I'm in he'd never come remotely close to my p4p top 10.
megadodge wrote: » This is my whole point. They don't have to make the sacrifices that lower weight fighters have to in (often barely) making weight and then having to fight 12 faster paced rounds than the eat-as-much-as-they-want heavies ever fight. I don't think anyone will deny that heavyweights skill levels are the worst of any weight. Way too much emphasis on strength and power, which is one of the reasons why a fast skilful heavy like Ali had such success. The skill level of his opponents wouldn't come close to the skill level that the boys above him on my list faced. Holyfield. And quite clearly too. Taller, faster, stronger, much more skilful, better defence, no worries about his ability to take Rock's big punches. How exactly does Rocky beat him ? I know we've had this discussion before but Rocky's standard of opposition was below average to say the least. No matter what mood I'm in he'd never come remotely close to my p4p top 10.
walshb wrote: » A 200+ Holy has a chance to beat Rocky, but a 185-190 lb Holy loses by mid to late KO. Rocky would be too hard hitting and rough and tough for a cruiserweight Holyfield. The guy that beat Qawi twice and DeLeon doesn't beat Rocky Marciano. No way!
eagle eye wrote: » I was a huge RJJ fan and he was imo the best pound for pound I'd ever seen in my adult life until Pretty Boy came along. For me its very tight between them but I think Floyd would get my vote.
colly10 wrote: » For me the only top 10 FMJ would make is a top 10 for dodging fights, he annoys me, he seems to care far more about money than his legacy. He has stated JMM is a bigger opponent than Mosley, who's he trying to kid. I hope pacman knocks him out