Top 10 Fighters P4P Last 40 Years?

[HaglerSteelChin]

Who do you regard as the top 10 P4P fighters of the last 40 years 1970-2010?

* Fighter's professional debut can't be earlier than Jan 1, 1970


Off the top of my head i have SRL, Whitaker, Pacquiao, Chavez, Roy Jones, Salvador Sanchez, Hagler, Holmes, Hearns, Holyfield.

[GJC]

Good list there, maybe throw Michael Spinks, BHop and Benetiz into the mix?
Couldn't believe you missed Arguello then checked when he made his debut!

[Joey Giardello]

Who do you regard as the top 10 P4P fighters of the last 40 years 1970-2010?

* Fighter's professional debut can't be earlier than Jan 1, 1970


Off the top of my head i have SRL, Whitaker, Pacquiao, Chavez, Roy Jones, Salvador Sanchez, Hagler, Holmes, Hearns, Holyfield.

1.Ray Leonard
2.Roy Jones Jr
3.Pernell Whitaker
4.Julio Cesar Chavez
5.Marvin Hagler
6.Salvador Sanchez
7.Floyd Mayweather Jr
8.Michael Spinks
9.Larry Holmes
10.Thomas Hearns

[cotto16]

Who do you regard as the top 10 P4P fighters of the last 40 years 1970-2010?

* Fighter's professional debut can't be earlier than Jan 1, 1970


Off the top of my head i have SRL, Whitaker, Pacquiao, Chavez, Roy Jones, Salvador Sanchez, Hagler, Holmes, Hearns, Holyfield.

1.Ray Leonard
2.Pernell Whitaker
3.Manny Pacquiao
4.Julio Cesar Chavez
5.Roy Jones Jr
6.Marvin Hagler
7.Evander Holyfield
8.Larry Holmes
9.Salvador Sanchez
10.Michael Spinks

[HaglerSteelChin]

Good list there, maybe throw Michael Spinks, BHop and Benetiz into the mix?
Couldn't believe you missed Arguello then checked when he made his debut!

Yes arguello began in the late 1960's, i don't think any of those fights are on film? I think the earliest fight of arguello that can be found is his fight with Marcel and even that fight is not well circulated.

[sonnyboyx2]

Who do you regard as the top 10 P4P fighters of the last 40 years 1970-2010?

* Fighter's professional debut can't be earlier than Jan 1, 1970


Off the top of my head i have SRL, Whitaker, Pacquiao, Chavez, Roy Jones, Salvador Sanchez, Hagler, Holmes, Hearns, Holyfield.

nice list but Sanchez would not make my list although the others would.

[Rolling Stone]

Past 40 Years

1.Sugar Ray Leonard
2.Roy Jones Jr.
3.Pernell Whitaker
4.Julio Cesar Chavez
5.Marvelous Marvin Hagler
6.Floyd Mayweather Jr.
7.Bernard Hopkins
8.Evander Holyfield
9.Michael Spinks
10.Larry Holmes

[frankenfrank]

1. Mike Tyson
2. James Toney
3. Manny Pacquiao
4. Ray Leonard
5. Marvin Hagler
6. Roberto Duran
7. Hector Camacho
8. Chris Byrd
9. Orlin Norris
10. Roy Jones

honorable mention that maybe should have been in this list : Jorge Fernando Castro , Reggie Johnson , Marlon Starling , Ike Quartery , Jose Luis Lopez , Aaron Davis , Shane Mosley , Ronald Wright , Julio Cesar Chavez , Pernell Whitaker , David Tua

[GJC]

1. Mike Tyson
2. James Toney
3. Manny Pacquiao
4. Ray Leonard
5. Marvin Hagler
6. Roberto Duran
7. Hector Camacho
8. Chris Byrd
9. Orlin Norris
10. Roy Jones

honorable mention that maybe should have been in this list : Jorge Fernando Castro , Reggie Johnson , Marlon Starling , Ike Quartery , Jose Luis Lopez , Aaron Davis , Shane Mosley , Ronald Wright , Julio Cesar Chavez , Pernell Whitaker , David Tua

You don't think Michael Spinks is in the top 20 best fighters over the last 40 years but you have Norris and Byrd in your top 10?
It's a view I guess.

[bklynboy]

Who do you regard as the top 10 P4P fighters of the last 40 years 1970-2010?

* Fighter's professional debut can't be earlier than Jan 1, 1970


Off the top of my head i have SRL, Whitaker, Pacquiao, Chavez, Roy Jones, Salvador Sanchez, Hagler, Holmes, Hearns, Holyfield.

I tend to make lists like this by first putting down every one I can think of who might belong there and then weed it down. I must admit I don’t pay attention to the lower weights so there is no one here lighter than Featherweight.

Second, apologies to the TS, but I’m going to include Alexis Arguello and Roberto Duran as *I* consider them to fighters from 1970+.

My TOP 5 in no particular order, and yes it's way more than 5 :-)

Sugar Ray Leonard
Roberto Duran
Alexis Arguello,
Bernard Hopkins
Roy Jones Jr.
Julio Ceasar Chavez
Marvin Hagler
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Manny Pacquiao

And rounding out the TOP 10

Michael Spinks,
Larry Holmes,
Sweet Pea Whitaker

Honorable Mentions

Aaron Pryor
Tommy Hearns
Wilfred Benitez
Evander Holyfield
Felix Trinidad
Mike Tyson

(haven't seen them, as said above I don't particular watch the lighter weights -- but they were/are dominant)

Ivan Calderon
Ricardo Lopez