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Top 3 Boxers

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  • 19-03-2013 11:18am
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    Worztron
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    Who are your Top 3 Boxers? This list includes all weights and both amateur + pro.

    Revision 1
    1. Sugar Ray Robinson
    2. Muhammad Ali
    3. Félix Savón

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



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    #2
    cowzerp
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    Sugar ray Leonard
    Evander Holyfield
    Floyd Mayweather

    Rush Boxing club and Rush Martial Arts head coach.



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    gene_tunney
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    1. Sugar Ray Robinson.

    Ahead of his time. Brought boxing into the modern era.


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    kryogen
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    Sugar Ray Robinson at the top for me too

    After that I would have to have a proper think


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    cowzerp
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    gene_tunney wrote: »
    1. Sugar Ray Robinson.

    Ahead of his time. Brought boxing into the modern era.

    Definitely agree, although

    Jack Johnson to me was the same but years earlier though-I'd guess without him sugar ray wouldn't have been.

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    ThunderCat
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    Sugar Ray Leonard
    Floyd Mayweather
    Julio Cesar Chavez


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    walshb
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    1. Ali.
    2. SRR
    3. Duran

    Top 3 favourite:

    Toney
    SRL
    Ali


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    walshb
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    cowzerp wrote: »
    Definitely agree, although

    Jack Johnson to me was the same but years earlier though-I'd guess without him sugar ray wouldn't have been.

    Johnson for me wasn't such a revolutionary. Yes, he seemed to progress the sport, but it wasn't as big an impact as made out. To me, the arrival of a 200 lbs Clay/Ali was something never ever seen before. Moving like a WW and as fast as a WW. Unreal.


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    Worztron
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    walshb wrote: »
    ...Moving like a WW and as fast as a WW. Unreal.

    What does WW mean?

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



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    cowzerp
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    walshb wrote: »
    Johnson for me wasn't such a revolutionary. Yes, he seemed to progress the sport, but it wasn't as big an impact as made out. To me, the arrival of a 200 lbs Clay/Ali was something never ever seen before. Moving like a WW and as fast as a WW. Unreal.

    Ali brought the sport on more, this was due to media exposure and charisma, Johnson was certainly Boxing in a similar way to Ali long before Ali was alive, the footage is there and it's incredible to see the skills back in a time 50 years before Boxing started to get far more technical..

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    walshb
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    cowzerp wrote: »
    Ali brought the sport on more, this was due to media exposure and charisma, Johnson was certainly Boxing in a similar way to Ali long before Ali was alive, the footage is there and it's incredible to see the skills back in a time 50 years before Boxing started to get far more technical..

    Johnson was also one of Ali's idols.


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    walshb
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    Worztron wrote: »
    What does WW mean?

    Welterweight.


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    cowzerp
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    walshb wrote: »
    Johnson was also one of Ali's idols.

    without a doubt, ya only had to look at his style to know that :)

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    megadodge
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    cowzerp wrote: »
    without a doubt, ya only had to look at his style to know that :)

    Ali based his style more on Gene Tunney's than Johnson's.


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    cowzerp
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    megadodge wrote: »
    Ali based his style more on Gene Tunney's than Johnson's.

    And Tunney most likely based it on Johnsons, my point is he was doing this stuff long before it became well known.

    Most counter fighters probably indirectly come from him

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    megadodge
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    cowzerp wrote: »
    And Tunney most likely based it on Johnsons, my point is he was doing this stuff long before it became well known.

    Most counter fighters probably indirectly come from him

    I agree that Johnson was well ahead of his time, it's just that Ali admitted himself that his style was based on Tunney's and also some of SRR's. Tunney moved much more than Johnson did.


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    tdv123
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    Gatti
    Manny
    Barrera (just for schooling that clown Naseem he gets in there).


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    gene_tunney
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    Sugar Ray Robinson copied Ali.


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    walshb
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    gene_tunney wrote: »
    Sugar Ray Robinson copied Ali.

    Where's the smiley face?


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    gene_tunney
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    walshb wrote: »
    Where's the smiley face?

    :pac: Meant to say Sugar Ray Leonard!


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    megadodge
    Registered Users Posts: 5,322 ✭✭✭megadodge


    If we're talking my 3 favourite boxers to watch then -

    Arturo Gatti
    Matthew Saad Muhammad
    Marco Antonio Barrera

    If we're talking the 3 best boxers I've seen then -

    Roy Jones jr.
    Roberto Duran
    Sugar Ray Leonard


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    barney4001
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    i really think Salvador Chancez would have been one of the greatest ever boxers had he lives beyond his 23 years due to a car accident

    here he is against Azumah Nelson

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BllfooQQcZM


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    Letsdoit
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    My fav boxers I've watched are Tyson, Roy jones jnr and James Toney


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    megadodge
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    barney4001 wrote: »
    i really think Salvador Chancez would have been one of the greatest ever boxers had he lives beyond his 23 years due to a car accident

    here he is against Azumah Nelson

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BllfooQQcZM

    I absolutely love that fight.

    Without doubt one of the bravest, most awe-inspiring performances from an unknown 'no-hoper' I've ever seen.

    I'm still surprised that two judges had Sanchez ahead at the end of the 14th. Nelson obviously knew this and that's why he came out so kamikaze in the last which was the reason it ended up being stopped. I thought Sanchez needed the KO in the last, which he got, but was helped by IMO the wrong scoring leaving Nelson with no option but to go for it.


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    Littlehorny
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    1. Sugar Ray Robinson
    2. Ali
    3. Sugar Ray Leonard

    My favourites- Hagler, Chavez, Holyfield, Marquez and McCullough.


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    Littlehorny
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    walshb wrote: »
    1. Ali.
    2. SRR
    3. Duran

    Top 3 favourite:

    Toney
    SRL
    Ali


    Have read alot of your quotes on boards walshb and i thought Tyson was your fav fighter :)


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    Worztron
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    barney4001 wrote: »
    i really think Salvador Chancez would have been one of the greatest ever boxers had he lives beyond his 23 years due to a car accident

    here he is against Azumah Nelson

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BllfooQQcZM

    +1
    Yes, Salvador Sánchez's record was incredible.

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



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    #28
    walshb
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    Littlehorny wrote: »
    Have read alot of your quotes on boards walshb and i thought Tyson was your fav fighter :)

    One of them, yes! Toney is number 1. Tyson makes my top 10. I have him rated 2nd best HW ever at peak.


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    FTA69
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    Toney is my favourite fighter of all time; one of the best defences in boxing, a granite chin and utterly fearless. We often hear arguments about who ducked who, but Toney never ducked anyone and gave us some fantastic fights.

    Also a hilarious character:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW3zWZ12ZZY


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    T-K-O
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    My favourites

    Dela Hoya
    Morales
    Pac / Tyson


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    walshb
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    FTA69 wrote: »
    Toney is my favourite fighter of all time; one of the best defences in boxing, a granite chin and utterly fearless. We often hear arguments about who ducked who, but Toney never ducked anyone and gave us some fantastic fights.

    Also a hilarious character:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW3zWZ12ZZY

    The main reason I like him as a fighter, apart from his innate and effortless talent, is his fearless attitude. He feared nobody. I still maintain that of the all the fighters in history, he would be the most difficult of all to get a TKO/KO against. He was so utterly relaxed and sure and confident in the ring.


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