Fearless boxers that never ducked anyone

Darnell Boone. If you really want to talk fearless, this guy loses most of his fights yet still fights the best guys in boxing. If that isn't a no fear attitude idk what is. Adonis Stevenson x2, Sergey Kovalev x2, Andre Ward, Marco Antonio Periban, Edwin Rodriguez, Erislandy Lara, Brian Vera, Curtis Stevens, Jean Pascal, among other undefeated guys on their way up. As far as successful boxers i'd go with Cotto. He not only fought the best (Mayweather and Pacquiao) but he also fought some really good fighters when he could have taken soft touches (Trout and Clottey) and everyone in between were always solid opponents. Also major kudos for the 1st Margarito fight. Cotto was a major draw and loved by everyone in the sport, he could have fought anyone at that time and taken home a good paycheck but he dared to be great and took on the most feared man in the sport at the time

amir even told bradley to grow some balls in front of his face if any of u can remember

amir khan almost got knockout by everyone due to facing most of them threats

i would say Oscar Dela Hoya the dude fought all your favorite and famous boxer then & now. If Pacquiao didn't retire him he would have fought Cotto or Margarito. The famous guys from then and now he fought. Julio Cesar Chavez, Pernell Whitaker, Hector Camacho, Felix Trinidad, Shane Mosley, Gatti, Fernando Vargas, B-Hop, Mayorga, Mayweather & Pacquiao. Mayweather & Pacquiao wouldn't be famous right now if they haven't fought the Golden Boy. On the contraire. Pacquiao would still be king back home with or without Oscar. Mayweather on the other hand wouldn't be much more than a boring fool looking for attention. Oh wait, he still is. :lol1:

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Of recent times Oscar was the first name I thought of when I saw this question.

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Say what you want about the man. But Oscar Dela Hoya fought EVERYONE! Win lose or draw the guy fought them all..

khan, broner, malignaggi, pacquiao, cotto, garcia, matthysse, provodnikov, alexander all fit the bill. thurman looks to be the part as well.

pacquiao fears no man and duran obviously 40 million says you're wrong

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Yeah, and instead fought the guy that beat the ****e out of Gonzalez, took his title and knocked him out twice. If someone had decided to fight Marquez after he knocked Pac out, would you accuse him of ducking Pac? I don't think so. He fought the guy that beat Gonzalez twice for the title. Duran fought and beat Guts Ishimatsu before he went on to beat Gonzalez twice. They had been trying to set up a fight between Gonzalez and Duran in 1973 but Duran and his team walked away from the fight. The Cervantes fight....that one I can understand. It's really one of the very few fights in Durans career that could have happened but didn't. Both in their primes, though in different weight classes. Would have been a great fight, and while Duran wanted it, and I'm sure Cervantes did too, and there was lots of talk of it in the mid to late 70's, Duran ended up taking a different route and taking bigger fights. He would have beaten Cervantes pretty clearly, just too much of everything, but it would have been good. But you know that it ended up being about money and Durans promoter/manager rather than any different fight that Duran wanted. Duran walked away from that fight, not Cervantes. He didn't have to fight him, but he had plenty of fights at that weight by that point and it was the biggest fight for him. Andre Ward has never ducked any one. :lol1:

Gerald McClellan wasn't afraid of anyone and I don't believe he ever ducked anyone. Just look at what he did to Julian Jackson twice, says it all really. Oh, good one. In fact he was so fearless that he fought Nigel Benn in England with a stadium filled with drunk hooligans. He walked into that arena supremely confident, in fact overconfident.

Marvin Hagler #1 ....flew to England to beat Minter with his racist fansa there...pelted by beer bottles...fought Mugabe Hamso Lenoard on their own turf. Imagine someone like Floyd flying to the uK against Khan or the Filipines like Manny to take their title, in their home country from them. They dont make them like Marvelous anymore

DeMarcus Corley.

Well keeping it current, although i'm not in love with his boxing skills or have him as a favorite, or even think he has won all of his fights, I would have to say Carl Froch. He's fought every one and I can't really think of any fighter who he has avoided. For every "Froch is avoiding Ward" post, he did indeed fight Ward regardless if he is avoiding a rematch. I think Bradley, if he hadn't ducked Khan would have been up there as well. Andre Ward has never ducked any one. I honestly can't reasonably say that Bernard Hopkins ducked any one. It is in my opinion that Floyd Mayweather Jr has never ducked or dodged any opponent, despite the popular belief and the label that Arum stuck on Mayweather. I think that Mayweather's beef with Arum backfired because in the eyes of many fans, it appears that Floyd ducked a bunch of TR fighters like Margarito, Cotto, and Pacquiao, when in reality he/Haymon just doesn't want to do business with Bob Arum. Eliminate Arum/TR and put all TR fighters in GBP and I am sure Floyd would have fought them all. Juan Manuel Marquez, despite currently being called a ducker at 40 years old for not wanting to fight Provodnikov because it will not do anything for his legacy, I see something seriously wrong with boxing fans calling this man a ducker when from 2008-2013 this man has fought Ring champ Casamayor, #1 ranked Juan Diaz, jumped up 2 divisions to fight Mayweather, went back down to fight Diaz and Katsidis, went back up to fight Pacquiao twice, in the trilogy we was predicted to get steamrolled, then he KO's Pacquiao in the 4th fight and fights a close fight with Timothy Bradley. How can you call a fighter like that a coward or cherrypicker or ducker? Boxing fans are the real cowards. Erislandy Lara takes on all comers. Molina, Williams, Martirosyan, Angulo, Trout. Called out Pirog, Martinez, Golovkin, rejected by all 3. Lastly, I agree that Cotto has fought everyone.

malignaggi tops my list. dude would fight anyone if the price is right. fought cotto on his prime and went 12 rounds with a broken jaw. Malignaggi agreed. The fact that he has to fight guys with absolutely no punching power is even more amazing. Just think about that. He doesn't have that ace under his sleeve. He has to pretty much grind it out and try to win a decision.

Gerald McClellan wasn't afraid of anyone and I don't believe he ever ducked anyone. Just look at what he did to Julian Jackson twice, says it all really. Yeah, his habitual **** tap was always a little disconcerting though.

Gerald McClellan wasn't afraid of anyone and I don't believe he ever ducked anyone. Just look at what he did to Julian Jackson twice, says it all really.

he had a fractured cheekbone not a broken jaw. and no boxer at this level fears anyone, its the promoters and managers who are looking after their investments. if you have it in you to fear another man you will never reach world level, you have to overcome countless "boogeymen" to reach this level. Yeah, it's funny when people talk about fighters ducking a fight. No fighter, particularly at the world level, decides to duck a fight. Most would take any fight, any time, whatever the circumstances. It's all about what the promoter and manager are willing to allow. If they have a team unwilling to take risks, they'll get that silly title of 'ducker' which is absurd. The fighters, while having some input, really just allow the team to take of that stuff and they just ignore it and fight.