In This Era Of Boxing Who Would You Deem The Real People's Champ

Win, lose or draw people turned up to see this guy. Arturo "Thunder" Gatti. Peoples champ.

I can concede Cotto may not be thee peoples champ, but he's a people's champ in my eyes. Just thought id mention his name

sergio martinez...real warrior

agree with those supporting Terrible here fought everybody around almost never in a dull fight cocky guy who backed it up instead of just talking tough still going semi strong far past his best now

People who say Morales didn't consider that Pac's resume is better than Morales's and Pac beat him twice and arguably beat him in the first fight. being the peoples champ is as much what you havent done as what you have done. morales never ducked anyone, pac has. morales never picked on washed up fighters with big names, seems like thats almost all pacquiaos has been doing as of late. morales never tricked ignorant mainstream fans into buying crap fights at the expense of the sport like pacquiao has against margarito, mosley, clottey etc. pacquiao is far away from being the peoples champ, closer to the opopsite acctually. ppl laugh at BHop being mentioned but hes far closer imo, in the end it comes down to other fighters than him as well though. JMM, froch and morales are all excellent picks, personally i gotta go with glen johnson though. hes any boxing fans dream come true and a real champion, not titlist but champion.

Morales and JMM. Margacheto had all the makings of one with his heart and style before..well you know,. Pacman is the Pactards champion, not the peoples. I'd put Froch in the running too, costant underdog that comes out on top.

How is this even a debate? Carl Froch all day long if we're talking about "People's Champ" in this era. Just look at the guys recent run Pascal, Taylor, Dirrell, Kessler, Abraham, Johnson, Ward. Not to mention he would have fought Slapzaghe if the he didn't duck Froch. No doubt Morales has the overall better resume but right now Froch deserves his props.

De La Hoya, Sergio Martinez, Marquez, and Morales spring to mind.

People who say Morales didn't consider that Pac's resume is better than Morales's and Pac beat him twice and arguably beat him in the first fight. Morales was toying with Pac all night long. He even gave Pac a chance to Knock him out but Pac just couldn't do it. I blame the clitoris gloves lol

morales or for me jmm. both of them are awesome warriors, I was f'n pissed last saturday my girlfriend was like what the hell is wrong with you after the decision and o i went in on the bull**** jmm has put up with pacquiao decisions

People who say Morales didn't consider that Pac's resume is better than Morales's and Pac beat him twice and arguably beat him in the first fight.

manny is the true peoples champ imo

floyd mayweather jr... and bernard hopkins.

Funny I'm watching the Maroles/Barrera first fight, and the topic starter's call on Erik Morales made me think... Definitely Morales... I've never doubted or hated on Morales, all he does is fight! No complaints, no surrender, no excuses.

erik el terible, nobody except a couple of ricans have i heard say something bad about this warrior

one doesnt exist.

Erik Morales> Carl Froch. Morales only fought that young undefeated kid in his last fight because Lucas Matthysse pulled out and Marcos Maidana declined. Those two are no pushovers.

hell yeah Looks like Erik Morales Is deemed the "People's Champ" aint no one like him, You hit him he gets mad and comes for that ass

Morales fought better opposition that every one you mentioned and frankly it's really not even close lol agreed. morales is the man.

I DARE somebody to list a more daunting and challenging string o' fights: Pascal, Taylor, Dirrell, Kessler, Abraham, Johnson, Ward, and then either Kessler again or Bute. . . Morales was an excellent champion in his time. . . He proved he still has something left, but his work rate was atrocious against Maidana, and he lost. . . Before that he fought nobodies. . . He also refused to fight Amir Khan. . . He's picking and choosing fights he can win. . . or has a good chance. . he knew all along he had a better chance to beat maidana than he did other big names at 140. . . he's carefully picking his fights, NOT a sign of people's champ. He LITERALLY just CHERRY PICKED a belt?! LOL he won it via "vacancy" against a journeyman type boxer. . . WBC "set him up" to win along with golden boy. . How is that people's champ?! LOL x 1000. . . Morales fought better opposition that every one you mentioned and frankly it's really not even close lol