Whom Are Your 10 Greatest Living Fighters?

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  • DeeMoney
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    #11
    Originally posted by Willow The Wisp
    Can't restrain myself.........

    1. Roberto Duran
    2. Sugar Ray Leonard
    3. Manny Pacquiao
    4. Julio Cesar Chavez
    5. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
    6. Wilfredo Gomez
    7. Thomas Hearns
    8. Roy Jones Jr.
    9. Carlos Zarate
    10. Bernard Hopkins

    Near miss:

    Michael Spinks
    Oleksandr Usyk
    Ruben Olivares
    Larry Holmes
    ​Lennox Lewis
    Evander Holyfield
    Wilfredo Benitez
    Mike Tyson
    Damn, good call on Gomez, I wiffed on that one and totally forgot about him and Zarate.

    Gomez would make mine and Zarate just on the outside

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    • max baer
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      #12
      Originally posted by DeeMoney

      Spinks greatness is due to his work at Lt Heavy. Arguably makes the Mt Rushmore of Lt Heavyweights, I rank him mostly due to his work as a Lt Heavy. Not by getting knocked out in the last fight of his career to a prime HOF heavyweight while fighting above his best wt class.
      that's fair enough!

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      • The D3vil
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        #13
        Duran
        Leonard
        Hearns
        Mayweather
        Pacquaio
        Jones Jr.
        Holyfield
        Chavez Sr.
        Lewis
        De La Hoya

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        • Mr Mitts
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          #14
          Duran
          Leonard
          Hearns
          Chavez
          Holmes
          Spinks
          Pacquiao
          Mayweather
          Usyk

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          • JAB5239
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            #15
            Duran
            Leonard
            Pacquiao
            Gomez
            Mayweather
            Jones
            Chavez
            Holmes
            Hearns
            Lewis

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            • max baer
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              #16
              lewis
              calazaghe
              chris eubank snr
              tyson
              fury
              .....i'll need to think a bit more!

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              • Anomalocaris
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                #17
                Such a tough question.

                The names that immediately spring to mind are Duran, Leonard, Hearns, Jones, Lewis, Pacman and Money ( cannot stand him but a great fighter).

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                • solidman
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                  #18
                  I would have Duran number one for sure. Here's my list;

                  1. Roberto Duran
                  2. Sugar ray Leonard.
                  3. Julio Cesar Chavez.
                  4. Mike McCallum.
                  5. Azumah Nelson.
                  6. Felix Trinidad.
                  7. Floyd Mayweather.
                  8. Oscar De La Hoya.
                  9. Evander Holyfield.
                  10. Mike Tyson.

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                  • DeeMoney
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                    #19
                    Interesting enough, if you tabulate all those completed top 10s (well, one only had 9) heres what it looks like so far:
                    Fighter Pct
                    Mayweather 100%
                    Chavez 86%
                    Duran 86%
                    Leonard 86%
                    Hearns 71%
                    Jones Jr. 71%
                    Pacquaio 71%
                    Holyfield 43%
                    Gomez 43%
                    Holmes 43%
                    Lewis 43%
                    Spinks 43%
                    De La Hoya 29%
                    Hopkins 29%
                    Tyson 29%
                    Usyk 29%
                    Lopez 14%
                    McCallum 14%
                    Nelson 14%
                    Trinidad 14%
                    W. Klitschko 14%
                    Zarate 14%
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                    • GhostofDempsey
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                      #20
                      Duran
                      Pacquiao
                      Leonard
                      Hearns
                      Chavez
                      Barrera
                      Lewis
                      Jones Jr
                      Crawford
                      Morales

                      Honorable mentions: Oscar, Trinidad, Holmes, Holyfield, Calzaghe, Gomez.

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