Boxers with Great Heart: Who Are They?

Please list your top 5 (or more).

I think Jirov has a Great Heart.



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My list:

Top 6 among HWs (hard to rank exactly):

1-6. Jirov, Byrd, Wlad, VK, Toney, Brewster

Top 5 among other weights:

1-5. Kostya, Ward, JMM, Chico, Gati.





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1-Gatti
2-Ward
3-Mayorga
4-(i hate him but heart he has)Diego Corrales
5-Kosta T...i know there another ( 5 ) out there i cant think of anyone else thought right now...dont anyone dare say DLH or Tito

Erik Morales, his heart is yet to give up in any of his fights.

-Gatti
-JMM
-Holyfield
-Hopkins
-Mayorga

Lamon Brewster has heart, nothing else, just heart

Manny Pacquiao has a big heart! he.. he..

Manny Pacquiao has a big heart! he.. he..

Does he, really?

I only know that JMM has displayed a great Champion's heart in his fight with Pacman.

Does he, really?

I only know that JMM has displayed a great Champion's heart in his fight with Pacman.


A true champion wouldn't become a champion without the will (heart) of every fight. JMM is just fortunate on their first bout. Wait for the rematch.

A true champion wouldn't become a champion without the will (heart) of every fight. JMM is just fortunate on their first bout. Wait for the rematch.

I like Pacman a lot, but I think JMM will win by UD12 in the rematch.

Pac - Morales is the fist fest i'm waiting for

Pac - Morales is the fist fest i'm waiting for


that would be awesome

Boxers with a great heart. If that means the ones who pick themselves up after KD's to take some more, the ones that come to mind are:

1-CHRISTY WILLIAMS- Against Battling Nelson in Hot Springs, Arkansas (1902), Williams was decked 42 times before Nelson put him away for good in the 17th round!Williams also decked Nelson 7 times in a bout that went down in history as the one with the most number of KDs under the Queensberry Rules!

2-JOE GRIM- born Saverio Giannone, weighed only 165lbs, but fought the likes of Joe Gans (lightweight) and Jack Johnson (Heavyweight). Johnson floored Grim 20 times in 6 rounds while Bob Fitzsimmons dumped Grim 17 times also in 6 rounds!

And, if having a big heart also means the capacity to get a beating ( without any KD) and yet seemingly beg for more, then I'll add:

3-Randall "Tex" Cobb- whose capacity to absorb punishment and just go on fighting with nothing more than HEART was best illustrated in his fight against Larry Holmes-- a fight so one-sided and so ugly for Cobb, that the late Howard Cossel quit covering boxing on TV for good! Cobb also won against Ernie Shavers in 8 rounds, but only after having been mauled by Shavers through 7 rounds!

I don't think any of the current crop of fighters can touch these guys when it comes to HEART! :)

aww yeas...so forget it my new list is
1-Gatti
2-ward
3-Mayorga
4-corrales/MAB
5-Morales/JMM

1-Gatti
2-Ward
3-Mayorga
4-(i hate him but heart he has)Diego Corrales
5-Kosta T...i know there another ( 5 ) out there i cant think of anyone else thought right now...dont anyone dare say DLH or Tito

how could u not enclude Holy?

Boxers with a great heart. If that means the ones who pick themselves up after KD's to take some more, the ones that come to mind are:

1-CHRISTY WILLIAMS- Against Battling Nelson in Hot Springs, Arkansas (1902), Williams was decked 42 times before Nelson put him away for good in the 17th round!Williams also decked Nelson 7 times in a bout that went down in history as the one with the most number of KDs under the Queensberry Rules!

2-JOE GRIM- born Saverio Giannone, weighed only 165lbs, but fought the likes of Joe Gans (lightweight) and Jack Johnson (Heavyweight). Johnson floored Grim 20 times in 6 rounds while Bob Fitzsimmons dumped Grim 17 times also in 6 rounds!

And, if having a big heart also means the capacity to get a beating ( without any KD) and yet seemingly beg for more, then I'll add:

3-Randall "Tex" Cobb- whose capacity to absorb punishment and just go on fighting with nothing more than HEART was best illustrated in his fight against Larry Holmes-- a fight so one-sided and so ugly for Cobb, that the late Howard Cossel quit covering boxing on TV for good! Cobb also won against Ernie Shavers in 8 rounds, but only after having been mauled by Shavers through 7 rounds!

I don't think any of the current crop of fighters can touch these guys when it comes to HEART! :)

i disagree, Brewster is tough as nails, the only difference between him and the guys you names is Brewster won't go down, and will still continue to win the fight against bigger stronger guys.

Gatti
Tszyu
Jirov

i disagree, Brewster is tough as nails, the only difference between him and the guys you names is Brewster won't go down, and will still continue to win the fight against bigger stronger guys.The closest Brewster would be to is Cobb, who didn't go down either, even as he faced the biggest hitters of his era. But then if one talks about really tough guys---not just heart but chin, et al--- one has to mention George Chuvalo, whom Nat Fletcher-- often referred to as the Father of Modern Boxing Journalism-- dubbed as the toughest Heavyweight ever. In 97, yes, 97 fights, Chuvalo never kissed the canvass; never even came close to it. Both Joe Frazier and George Foreman stopped him, but on cuts. The late Rocky Marciano, another tough cookie who should know what he was talking about, said, "If they still fought bare-knuckle, George would reign champion for the next twenty years!"
I don't think Brewster can touch that, could he? ;)

If you are a patriot, you have heart!!!

PAST
ALI, FRAZIER, JAKE LA MOTTA, RANDY TURPIN, MICKY WARD


Present
WILLIAMS (What other fighter disclocated his shoulder four times continued and won, for that alone he makes the list)
HOLYFIELD
MORALES
GATTI
MARQUEZ (JM).

both list arent in a particular order.

Holyfield and Brewster.

Why have no one mentioned Marciano

MARCIANO MARCIANO MARCIANO

I think it's todays fighters is it or in history.
Todays fighters
Holyfield
Hopkins
McCulloch
Morales
Kostya

Why have no one mentioned Marciano

MARCIANO MARCIANO MARCIANO


marciano ooops :eek: :(

Muhammad Ali..

Jirov




I KNOW THIS WON'T BE A POPULAR CHOICE BUT


VLAD K. has never once stayed down off of a KD

he has never quit getting up

against Purrity he was fighting on until his corner stepped in
against sanders he got up each time
and even against Brewster dead tired he got up

not to mention getting up against D williams, and S. Pannel
even though those were flash KD's


he may have lost but he has always fought on.


other guys include

WARD, a club fighter who got to the top (HBO) because of his red organ



Mayorga



and some more guys
who people already mentioned.

WARD, a club fighter who got to the top (HBO) because of his red organ

yes!!! big ups to Novarasputin, Irish Micky Ward is heart's posterboy!

i think no one mentioned marciano because it's so obvious

pacman, toney, morales, chico, hopkins

Morales. Purest WARRIOR in the sport today.

have to throw my vote in for Jirov, JMM for an honorable mention (only mentioning current fighters)

Jirov




I KNOW THIS WON'T BE A POPULAR CHOICE BUT


VLAD K. has never once stayed down off of a KD

he has never quit getting up

against Purrity he was fighting on until his corner stepped in
against sanders he got up each time
and even against Brewster dead tired he got up

not to mention getting up against D williams, and S. Pannel
even though those were flash KD's


he may have lost but he has always fought on.


other guys include

WARD, a club fighter who got to the top (HBO) because of his red organ



Mayorga



and some more guys
who people already mentioned.


Wlad has a Great Heart too. I agree with you there.

My top 6 among heavyweights (hard to rank exactly):

1-6. Jirov, Byrd, Wlad, VK, Toney, Brewster

In other weights:

1-5. Kostya, Ward, JMM, Chico, Gati.

Both the klit actualy have good heart, as well does Brewster, Byrd and Holyfield.

How about Danny Willams! People with knowledge will get me!! Arakas.

How about Danny Willams! People with knowledge will get me!! Arakas.
;) THATS HIS BEST ATTRIBUTE MATE.

Danny is a conundrum, because he's SCARED TO DEATH when he's fighting...but he's still got a ton of heart!


It would take a real beating to put him down and out at the moment...something not even Tyson could do!


Black

Holyfield is my number one choice also I think Foreman demonstrated amazing heart in his comeback specifically in his fights with Stewart and Moorer.

In any order:
Morales
Gatti
Ward
Holyfield
Mayorga

Today's fighters

1- Holyfield (even though he should retire already)
2- Gatti
3- Mayorga
4- Monte Barrett
5- Juan Manuel Marquez

This award goes to Mayorga.

In no particular order

Nigel Benn
Evander Holyfield
Arturo Gatti
Mayorga
Barrera

Byrd
Holyfield
Rahman
McCline
Tyson....(Not a favorite,but he does have the heart of a champion)

Byrd
Holyfield
Rahman
McCline
Tyson....(Not a favorite,but he does have the heart of a champion)

Tyson used to have great punching skills and very good head movement.

I do not think he ever displayed any heart. :cool:

1. Byrd
2. Rahman
3. Ruiz
4. Holyfield
5. McCline

Holifield--Will fight till the end
Trinidad-- will always come forward and pressure
Mayorga--Crazy, no style,great chin but no brains
Ali--The best
Ward---Enough said
Gatti---Enough said

you have to have heart when you have 6 times more losses than wins

Reggie Strickland Reggie Buse/Raglin A Heavyweight United States Indianapolis, IN, USA 1987 - 2004 65 wins-268 losses- 17 Draws out of 268 losses he was ko only 26 times, Hugo Pineda and Ed White are a few known names

1 Oscar De La Hoya
2 Vitali Klitschko
3 Erik Morales
4 Chris Byrd
5 Fernando Vargas