Greatest 40 fighters of the last 40 years?

[mickey malone]

You might be right.. but i'm taking into account that Foster never lost to any LH, his only defeats were only to Heavyweights. I guess we'll never know!!!

True, and their quality of resume is about the same tbh.. Foster's best wins were against Rondon, Finnegan and a PP Tiger.. Michalczewski's best was Hill, Griffin and Gianvannini, but Dariusz outshines him on quantity.. He was dominant for 9 years and made 23 successful defences.. He's almost up there with Louis lol

[bklynboy]

You know, I've gone over that TOP 10 a bunch of times and EACH time I change the order. I have no idea what my list will look like tomorrow.

Today I have:

1 1. Ali (the number to the left is the OP's number)
2 2. Duran
3 3. Monzon
4 5. Arguello
5 6. Pacquiao?
6 7. Hagler
7 10. Leonard
8 8. Chavez
9 4. Jones
10 11. Whitaker

Interestingly only the TOP 3 have remained the same.

[allupnem]

Having seen fights of Chang and Gushiken on dvds I dont see Chang beating Gushiken or even lasting the distance.

[studentofthegam]

You know, I've gone over that TOP 10 a bunch of times and EACH time I change the order. I have no idea what my list will look like tomorrow.

Today I have:

1 1. Ali (the number to the left is the OP's number)
2 2. Duran
3 3. Monzon
4 5. Arguello
5 6. Pacquiao?
6 7. Hagler
7 10. Leonard
8 8. Chavez
9 4. Jones
10 11. Whitaker

Interestingly only the TOP 3 have remained the same.

Thats extremely high for Arguello. Sentimental?

[tennishero]

1.RJJ
2.Ali
3.Pacquiao
4.Lewis (or 5.Vitali)-interchangable
6.Hamed
7.Watson (wouldve beaten eubank if it wasnt for a freak uppercut that ended his career- and would have had wins over both eubank and benn at their peaks- including a ko of benn)
7.Leonard
8.Foreman
9.Duran
10.hearns
11/12. eubank/benn
13.Haggler
14.bhop
15.Mosley

mayweather would've been top 3 if he wasnt a gutless duck

he aint top 25 as far as im concerned because he aint fought anyone

[TAC602]

Top 40 is difficult because whatever criteria you set out to make, the list inevitably becomes contradictory and you find fighters can flip up and down 10 spots from the debatable arguments alone.

01. Roberto Duran
02. Ray Leonard
03. Muhammad Ali
04. Carlos Monzon
05. Alexis Arguello
06. Salvador Sanchez
07. Jose Napoles
08. Marvin Hagler
09. Pernell Whitaker
10. Thomas Hearns
11. Julio Cesar Chavez
12. Michael Spinks

If Sanchez doesn't fall victim to a tragedy, he has Pedroza unification bout and likely rematch with a more experienced Nelson. If they had happened, then LOOK OUT. And he wouldn't of even left 126 yet. As it stands, he was a phenomenally skilled fighter, beat a high amount of ranked fighters in a short period of time, made 9 title defenses and got wins over Danny Lopez (x2), Wilfredo Gomez and a game, if green Azumah Nelson. All of them are rightfully enshrined in the HOF. Pedroza would've been a fourth.

[Barn]

Top 40 is difficult because whatever criteria you set out to make, the list inevitably becomes contradictory and you find fighters can flip up and down 10 spots from the debatable arguments alone.

01. Roberto Duran
02. Ray Leonard
03. Muhammad Ali
04. Carlos Monzon
05. Alexis Arguello
06. Salvador Sanchez
07. Jose Napoles
08. Marvin Hagler
09. Pernell Whitaker
10. Thomas Hearns
11. Julio Cesar Chavez
12. Michael Spinks

If Sanchez doesn't fall victim to a tragedy, he has Pedroza unification bout and likely rematch with a more experienced Nelson. If they had happened, then LOOK OUT. And he wouldn't of even left 126 yet. As it stands, he was a phenomenally skilled fighter, beat a high amount of ranked fighters in a short period of time, made 9 title defenses and got wins over Danny Lopez (x2), Wilfredo Gomez and a game, if green Azumah Nelson. All of them are rightfully enshrined in the HOF. Pedroza would've been a fourth.

Good list but Muhammad Ali ranks ahead of Ray Leonard for me.

[crold1]

Jung Koo Chang was the most dominant fighter in the history of his division and with 17 divisions, no 38 may infact be underrating him.. His resume crucifies that of Pryor..

Yuh had seventeen defenses, not Chang. Chang beat the better fighters of the two.

[crold1]

Good list but Muhammad Ali ranks ahead of Ray Leonard for me.

I'd have Whitaker third but fine shot. Lists are fun.

[GoogleMe]

Jones and Pacquiao in top 10? Joking right? Above Leonard? :-)