Top 10 Fighters P4P Last 40 Years?

[frankenfrank]

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.

put michael spinks against norris' or byrd's opposition and get your answer

[mickey malone]

put michael spinks against norris' or byrd's opposition and get your answer

I take it you mean Terry Norris?

[NChristo]

put michael spinks against norris' or byrd's opposition and get your answer

It's who you think is the best p4p, not who fought the better opposition :P.

[Hitman Hodgson]

In no order:

Pernell Whittaker
Roberto Duran
Aaron Pryor
Tommy Hearns
Ray Leonard
JCC
Floyd Mayweather
Ricardo Lopez
Pacquiao
Roy Jones Jr

[frankenfrank]

It's who you think is the best p4p, not who fought the better opposition :P.

spinks at about 6'2" was naturally bigger than norris , norris at 5'9" and not a big puncher even for his size , faced size differences spinks would not have met even if he fought vitali klitschko , and despite spinks' impressive and meaningul win over cooney , and 2 close fights against holmes , norris outpointed mccall , took tony tucker the distance twice in 2 close fights , lost the first and won the second , took akiwande the distance , took golota the distance , won against greg page and renaldo snipes , all of these are fights against much much bigger men than the bulked norris. spinks never met such adversity , he would not have been considered as good as he is had he fought all of these , and vitali klitschko too , poor norris.

[GJC]

McCall always blew hot and cold and whether Norris beat him is debatable.
Tucker again hot and cold Norris beat him just after mighty Bruce Seldon did.
Akinwande is rubbish but if you class fighters by size then yes he is a world beater.
Take the 2 Bowe fights out of Golota's resume and he is decididly average.
Page and Snipes were shot.
You forgot that he Ko'd Billups in Billups 1st fight for what its worth.

So on the fact that he survived against some BIG fighters and occassionally beat a poor or shot BIG fighter you rate Orlin Norris above SweetPea?

[erikmorales]

Heres mine

1 - Roy Jones jr
2 - Sugar ray leonard
3 - Lennox Lewis
4 - Julio cesar chavez
5 - Floyd mayweather jr
6 - Marvin Hagler
7 - Oscar de la hoya
8 - Evander Holyfield
9 - Winky Wright
10 - Roberto duran

[pacmanny1]

70s
1- Duran
2-Ali

80s
1- Leonard
2- Spinks
3- Hearns
4- Hagler
5- Holmes

90s
1- Whitaker
2- Jones

00s
1- Pacquiao
2- Floyd

[BigStereotype]

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

It's almost like you're trying to look ******.

1. Sugar Ray Leonard
2. Roy Jones, Jr.
3. Marvin Hagler
4. Pernell Whitaker
5. Manny Pacquiao
6. Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
7. Tommy Hearns
8. Mike Tyson
9. Larry Holmes
10. Evander Holyfield

EDIT: Just checked and Duran's debut was in 68, so he's off.

[Joeyzagz]

The OP said debut 1970 or after!

My list and criteria:


1. Sugar Ray Leonard (Best Welterweight)
2. Marvin Hagler - (Best middleweight)
3. Lennox Lewis - (Best Heavyweight)
4. Floyd Mayweather Jr- (Best P4p)
5. Joe Calzaghe- (Best Supermiddleweight)
6. Manny Pacquiao - (2nd best p4p)
7. Mike Tyson- (2nd best Heavyweight)
8. Roy Jones Jr- (best LHW)
9. Pernell Whitaker- (2nd best welterweight)
10. Bernard Hopkins (2nd best middleweight)

The winner of 4 and 6 will shoot to number 1 on my list.