Best Warrior Ever

The best warriors in the sport were the guys from the bare knuckled days up until the 20+ round limit was reduced. These were people that would continue to fight with their eyes hanging out of their socket, with a broken arm, and in an outide ring where it was 110+ degrees. And this was for 20, 30, even 40 or more rounds. I'll have to find a description of one of John L. Sullivan's fights on a barge and post it here. Brutal hardcore stuff. They tried to break each others necks in the clinches in those days... you are absolutely correct

oh my bad then

lou savarese quit too i think.

Three Italians on that list.. Great list.. Can anyone tell me the last time they saw an Italian fighter quit.. ? I cant think of any.. jake lamotta stayed on his stool in his first fight with bob murphy.

Ali Marciano Hagler Leonard Tyson Frazier Foreman Dempsey Holyfield is a truly great fighter, but i have to apologise to his fans when i say that i just never found him truly exciting in the ring

No appreciation for Carmen Basilio in this thread?

Back in my day if a fight went less 50 rounds we demanded our nickel back!.. .......................................interesting

The best warriors in the sport were the guys from the bare knuckled days up until the 20+ round limit was reduced. These were people that would continue to fight with their eyes hanging out of their socket, with a broken arm, and in an outide ring where it was 110+ degrees. And this was for 20, 30, even 40 or more rounds. I'll have to find a description of one of John L. Sullivan's fights on a barge and post it here. Brutal hardcore stuff. They tried to break each others necks in the clinches in those days...

MATTHEW SAAD MUHAMMAD ! Not on anyone's list ? Shame on you all...lol. This guy had every ounce of guts that Gatti does...BUT HE FOUGHT THE BEST IN A BAD-ASS DIVISION....unlike Gatti. That's my "ultimate warrior, right there...

Evender Holyfield Rocky Marciano Arturo Gatti Joe Frazier Jake Lamotta Nigel Benn

I know you're joking about that.. Not the Corrales that cried like a girl in the ring after Pretty Boy smacked him around.. Or the Coralles who beat his wife.. Would a warrior spit out his mouthpiece like that? corrales "cried like a girl" because his corner stopped the fight so he went crazy...he wanted to keep fighting even after being knocked down 5 times = warrior. beat his wife = irrelevant. spit out his mouthpiece like that to be able to keep fighting, and after being knocked down twice, came back and KOed the guy in the same round = warrior. it wouldve been different if he kept spitting out the mouthpiece and then quit, but he spit out the mouthpiece because he wanted to keep fighting, and you know what happened.

Holy, and I didn't even like the guy until he beat Tyson the first time. Cause you werent a real boxing fan. The man had already been diagnosed with an enlarged heart and was told to quit boxing but instead he he decided to go to war every time he was called upon to, just like a true WARRIOR would.

Besides Evander Holyfield, Irish Micky Ward was a warrior to. Also Arturo Gatti even though im not a big fan of his

1. Rocky Marciano 2. Joe Frazier 3. Jake LaMotta 4. Muhammad Ali 5. Marvelous Marvin Hagler 6. Evander Holyfield 7. Harry Greb 8. Rocky Graziano 9. Henry Armstrong 10. George Chuvalo

I'd add Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini Vinny Pazienza

Holy, and I didn't even like the guy until he beat Tyson the first time.

corrales should be on there

He used steroids to get up to HW. But yeah he was a warrior. can u prove this or are u just taking a shot at holyfield?

Another reason why its Holyfield is hes naturally a 185 pound man, and he fought giants.. Men consistently outweighed him by 20 to 30 pounds and had more height than him usually... He is a man who should have been fighting at Cruiserweight, where he would have never lost a fight.. Evander truly is a modern day warrior He used steroids to get up to HW. But yeah he was a warrior.

Holyfield by far.