I know the most exciting fighter of today is Manny Pacquiao, and before him it was Arturo Gatti.


But before them?, somebody knows or have a list or something?


If i'm going to start watching fights from old fighters, i would like to start with most exciting ones.

You don't get any better than Gatti...

But generally guys that pop out fights of the year like it was candy are pretty exciting, and the list of those fights dates back to 1922. Here's that list up to 1989:

Password to all downloadable fights: ***********

1920s
1922 -- Harry Greb W 15 Gene Tunney I
1923 -- Jack Dempsey KO 2 Luis Ángel Firpo (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0ZDUWWWF)
1924 -- Gene Tunney KO 15 Georges Carpentier (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=G4SDLQBZ)
1925 -- Harry Greb W 15 Mickey Walker
1926 -- Gene Tunney W 10 Jack Dempsey I (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BCF6N9BJ)
1927 -- Gene Tunney W 10 Jack Dempsey II (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R6LS9W6G)
*1928 -- Tommy Loughran W 15 Leo Lomski (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3AVHGPGE)
1929 -- Max Schmeling KO 9 Johnny Risko

1930s
1930: Jack Kid Berg W 10 Kid Chocolate I
1931: Max Schmeling KO 15 Young Stribling (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PQ5NDPO4)
1932: Tony Canzoneri W 15 Billy Petrolle II
1933: Max Baer KO 10 Max Schmeling (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WUVHA0RW)
1934: Barney Ross W 15 Jimmy McLarnin I
1935: Joe Louis KO 4 Max Baer (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7FX0RKE9)
1936: Max Schmeling KO 12 Joe Louis I (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RA6LJJ6K)
1937: Joe Louis W 15 Tommy Farr (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=X8153ONN)
1938: Henry Armstrong W 15 Lou Ambers I (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UHS84Z87)
*1939: Joe Louis KO 11 Bob Pastor II (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YUB8ZXRF)

1940s
*1940: Ceferino Garcia D 10 Henry Armstrong II (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AYU7ZKTR)
1941: Joe Louis KO 13 Billy Conn I (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WF4I7B2I)
1942: Willie Pep W 15 Chalky Wright I
1943: Beau Jack W 15 Bob Montgomery II
1944: Bob Montgomery W 15 Beau Jack III
1945: Rocky Graziano KO10 Red Cochrane I
1946: Tony Zale KO6 Rocky Graziano I
1947: Rocky Graziano KO6 Tony Zale II
1948: Marcel Cerdan KO12 Tony Zale (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DU41H16Q)
1949: Willie Pep W15 Sandy Saddler II

1950s
*1950: Jake LaMotta KO15 Laurent Dauthuille II
1951: Jersey Joe Walcott KO7 Ezzard Charles III (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VJUYB2SI)
1952: Rocky Marciano KO13 Jersey Joe Walcott I (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P1Q2APZU)
1953: Rocky Marciano KO11 Roland La Starza II (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VGPJ6YYZ)
1954: Rocky Marciano KO8 Ezzard Charles II (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZPIPWL0S)
1955: Carmen Basilio KO12 Tony DeMarco II (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HVI48R4E)
1956: Carmen Basilio KO9 Johnny Saxton II (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R0VLUJXY)
1957: Carmen Basilio W15 Sugar Ray Robinson I (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Y8RP1EVG)
1958: Sugar Ray Robinson W15 Carmen Basilio II (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SW2LIYEM)
1959: Gene Fullmer KO14 Carmen Basilio I (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QIZ7YR42)

1960s
1960: Floyd Patterson KO5 Ingemar Johansson II (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SWKU82YJ)
1961: Joe Brown W15 Dave Charnley II
1962: Joey Giardello W10 Henry Hank II
1963: Cassius Clay W10 Doug Jones (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1CWHQ688)
1964: Muhammad Ali KO7 Sonny Liston I (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UEJTOWAA)
1965: Floyd Patterson W12 George Chuvalo (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=40GLPR3O)
1966: Jose Torres W15 Eddie Cotton (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=J42NP6YB)
*1967: Nino Benvenuti W15 Emile Griffith I (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=25DWR150)
1968: Dick Tiger W10 Frank DePaula
1969: Joe Frazier KO7 Jerry Quarry I (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XEI8CF6N)

1970s
1970: Carlos Monzon KO12 Nino Benvenuti I (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6G4QL0H0)
1971: Joe Frazier W15 Muhammad Ali I (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A45W9CNQ)
1972: Bob Foster KO14 Chris Finnegan (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7YZYMUV5)
1973: George Foreman KO2 Joe Frazier I (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FSC32O3Y)
1974: Muhammad Ali KO8 George Foreman (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q1RWNO85)
1975: Muhammad Ali KO14 Joe Frazier III (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H7LCQYZE)
1976: George Foreman KO5 Ron Lyle (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DK0286A9)
1977: Jimmy Young W12 George Foreman (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LDV1Y2YT)
1978: Leon Spinks W15 Muhammad Ali I (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=79LD8M0Y)
1979: Danny Lopez KO15 Mike Ayala (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PJGMDH68)

1980s
1980: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO14 Yaqui Lopez II (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GFUTTMQI)
1981: Sugar Ray Leonard KO14 Thomas Hearns I (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VX9Z4GCV)
1982: Bobby Chacon W15 Rafael Limon IV (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FM5QCFM0)
1983: Bobby Chacon W12 Cornelius Boza-Edwards II (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XLK2MPAU)
1984: Jose Luis Ramirez KO4 Edwin Rosario II (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QV09OAQ4)
1985: Marvin Hagler KO3 Thomas Hearns (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZUMIV5QX)
1986: Stevie Cruz W15 Barry McGuigan (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NK3HWY3L)
1987: Sugar Ray Leonard W12 Marvin Hagler (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YNXNSEG7)
1988: Tony Lopez W12 Rocky Lockridge I (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VSWJJLF8)
1989: Roberto Duran W12 Iran Barkley (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=M8Z01C6D)

heres a popular exciting fighter link with floyd pacquiao morales and gatti


http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=190775



the results are great, check it out homie

chronologically ordered :
marciano , hagler , tyson , tua .
i know there is a hole between marciano and hagler , but i have to decide between bonavena and frazier , i really need to see their fights and bonavena's fights especially.

erik morales, easy

chronologically ordered :
marciano , hagler , tyson , tua .
i know there is a hole between marciano and hagler , but i have to decide between bonavena and frazier , i really need to see their fights and bonavena's fights especially.

David Tua - Exciting fighter?

Battling Bob Satterfield - The most Exciting fighter ever

Matthew Saad Muhammad had a slew of exciting back-and-forth fights in the late 70s/early 80s. So did Bobby Chacon.

Matthew Saad Muhammad had a slew of exciting back-and-forth fights in the late 70s/early 80s. So did Bobby Chacon.

Carmen Basilio was always exciting.

Carmen Basilio was always exciting.
so was erik morales homie

so was erik morales homie

Morales was a badass, I always enjoyed watching him too. :fing02:

Tyson has to be 80s, 70s I say Frazier, 90s I say DLH, 00s I say Manny.

Carmen Basilio was always exciting.

yes.. Basilio was a very exciting fighter and crowd favourite

In the 50's my pick for the most exciting fighter has got to be Gil Turner, the guy had some of the craziest wars I have seen, just an all action fighter in every sense of the word.

For the 60's a guy who delivered many excellent technical wars was Lionel Rose, the most exciting slick boxer-type I've watched fight by a mile.

The 70's was owned by Danny "Little Red" Lopez, he was in so many up-down fights and staged many dramatic comebacks.

The 80's I would give to Bobby Chacon for his two FOTY winning fights with Limon and Boza Edwards as well as his fights at lightweight with Mancini (though it's kind of hard to watch if you're a fan of Chacon) and his war with Frias.

The 90's I would give to Evander Holyfield, his fights with Bowe, Dokes, Stewart and Cooper are some of my favorite HW fights ever.

00's are probably the hardest era for me to choose just because I have seen more fighters in this era then any other but if I was forced to make a choice it would be Manny Pacquiao. He delivers exciting performances in almost everyone of his fights, he really takes it upon himself to get people their money's worth come fight night.

this is pricessless

So many guys that people forget about. Bobby Chacon, Limon and Edwards were all in non stop wars as was Little Red. Iran Barkley had about a million classic wars with guys like Eddie Hall, Robbie Sims, Duran, and many others. Gatti and Ward of course; not their three fights only but many of their others. Fighting Harada was in many great fights. He was just like Pacquiao is today. Always gave a great fight.

Marquez, Morales and Barrera all gave many great fights with Morales being the standout; I think Morales is probably the pick of all of those guys though including Pacman. The amount of real wars he was in was staggering; Chavez, McCullough, Hernandez, Pac x 2, Barrera x 3, Chi, Diaz, Zaragoza.

That heavyweight contender guy from ten years ago...can't remember right now. Holyfield, Chiquita Gonzalez, and a big forgotten guy and one of my favourites. Jung Koo Chang! Man, his wars were amazing. What a rabid little psycho he was.

Fletcher, Hilton, too many.

A guy who many wouldn't think about as a guy with many exciting wars was Kennedy MicKinney; his fights with Barrera, Ncita and Jones are absolute classics.

I don't really think Tyson is the type of guy for this thread. His fights were more based on expectancy as to when the KO would come and how, not whether it would. He was in many exciting fights but they weren't genuine excitement as it was more based on one sided KOs with that expectancy factor.

In the 80's Chacon's numerous wars with Limon, and Edwards, plus Frias, Mancini (not sure it wss that much of a war really as one sided as it was), Roach etc was more than Tyson in my opinion.

Barkley's knock down, drag out wars with Olijade, Duran, Williams, Hall, Simms, Hearns, etc were all throughout the 80's.

Barrera/Morales/Marquez are all more exciting than Pacquiao in my opinion.

Barrera/Morales/Marquez are all more exciting than Pacquiao in my opinion.

By far..........

I rate Pacquiao as an immensely exciting fighter. A little less so of late, as he's been trouncing the opposition with little return fire, but even allowing for that, how can you not love a super-fast, power-punching, defensively-deficient fighter who marks up, cuts, swells, & never stops throwing?

He's absolutely ahead of Marquez & Barrera (exciting fighters in their own right), & really only second on that list above me to Morales.

I rate Pacquiao as an immensely exciting fighter. A little less so of late, as he's been trouncing the opposition with little return fire, but even allowing for that, how can you not love a super-fast, power-punching, defensively-deficient fighter who marks up, cuts, swells, & never stops throwing?

He's absolutely ahead of Marquez & Barrera (exciting fighters in their own right), & really only second on that list above me to Morales.

I think Pac's immensely exciting too. But Marquez, Barrera and Morales, oh man. They're special. Really, really special. Pacquiao's had some crackers, but his most exciting fights were against those Marquez and Morales, I'd say. The other good Pacquiao fights have almost been like Tyson fights, where you just watch for a sick performance more than a back and forth. But look at Morales-Ayala. That was a whoopin. Just as dominant as Pacquiao-Margarito. But didn't it feel less like bull**** and more like "oh man, he is just crushing this guy!" Or Marquez-Katsidis. That was another beatdown. But they still had a lot of back and forth action. I feel like Pacquiao has so outpaced his competition that the fights are too predictable. "Oh, look at that. He slipped another punch and bounced another three punches off of Margo's face. Whoopee."

And I just like those guys and their styles more.

thanks for the fights

90s is Hamed and 00s is Gatti

Whitaker was the most exciting fighter of my generation.

Whitaker was the most exciting fighter of my generation.


I enjoy the sweet science as much as anybody but Pernell had quite a few boring fights

I enjoy the sweet science as much as anybody but Pernell had quite a few boring fights

I agree to some extent, but at his best he was an absolute marvel and I still love to watch him, I'm pretty sure that poster is not a fan of "toe to toe" and is particularly into chessmatches.

Theres no exement like a big Tyson fight, sheer unadulterated Violence and a sick KO all but gaurenteed

Tommy Hearns was very exciting, Tito Trinidad too with his huge punch and shakey chin.

Gatti was in the best fights ive evr seen, watched the Wilson Rodriguez fight again last night and it might be even better than the Ward classic

Marquez and Barrera are real exciting, Morales a little more so

Pacquaio and Mosley are good shouts

U can get excited watching Dempsey tear into someone even now

Roy Jones brought a different type of excitement

Prince Naz Hammed needs to be mentioned he was excitement personified

And also a shout to a young Ricky Hatton before all the mauling

and one of my personal favourites Salfords Jamie Moore, never in a bad fight

Cannot believe i forgot The Dark Destroyer Nigel Benn!
AND The Hawk Aaron Pryor! Those dudes Brought It! :boxing:

Cannot believe i forgot The Dark Destroyer Nigel Benn!
AND The Hawk Aaron Pryor! Those dudes Brought It! :boxing:
Benn's a good call. Category being exciting as oppossed to best the likes of Graziano and Saad should rank highly. Satterfield and Shavers fit the profile too.
Ideal mix is a lot of agression with punching power coupled with a dodgy chin and questionable stamina

Benn's a good call. Category being exciting as oppossed to best the likes of Graziano and Saad should rank highly. Satterfield and Shavers fit the profile too.
Ideal mix is a lot of agression with punching power coupled with a dodgy chin and questionable stamina

Hit like a freight train, but could be knocked out by a cool breeze.

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Smokin' Bert Cooper

G.O.A.T.

I definitely think Marquez *****s on Pacman as the most exciting fighter of today.

Michael Kasditis is an honorable mention as well.

Hit like a freight train, but could be knocked out by a cool breeze.

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His lack of chin adds to his excitment.

He did take some good hard shots throughout his career and keep coming.

That shot Charles hit him with was a good shot, too. Not suprising he went down from that. Charles power is underrated IMO.

1970s- Frazier
1980s- Tyson
1990s- Hamed, Gatti, Holyfield (when he was on)
2000s- Barrera, Morales, Pacquiao