Who is your favorite fighter in history?

[Barn]

Alrighty 1924 - 1929, i grabbed a handfull of names from this time period, and during these years they were at there prime, and ranked in the top 10 in there respective divisions...i grouped a few together, since it was common for these fighters (especially welter/middleweight/heavyweight) to fight eachother. In my opinion, there is not a single name between 2006 - 2012 (6 year period) that would have any chance in beating the fighters listed... I named a few that are possible future HOF's that were active during 2006-2012.... Maybe some exceptions, like i think Klitschkos could have held there ground, and possibly beat SOME of the Heavyweights...but thats being generous.

Heavyweight/Light Heavy
Jack Dempsey (HOF)
Gene Tunney (HOF)
Kid Norfolk (HOF)
tommy Loughran (HOF)
Tommy Gibbons (HOF)
Bob Fitzsimmons (HOF)
Max Schmeling (HOF)



Middleweight/Welterweight
Harry Greb (HOF)
Les Darcy (HOF)
Tiger Flowers (HOF)
Mickey Walker (HOF)
Jackie Fields (HOF)

Other Divisions
Kid Chocolate (HOF)
Benny Leonard (HOF)
Panama Al Brown (HOF)


2006 - 2012
Floyd Mayweather
Manny Paquiao
Vitali Klitschko
Bernard Hopkins
Andre Ward
Sergio MArtinez
Juan Manuel Marquez
Miguel Cotto
Shane Mosley

Klitschko's would easily beat everyone on your HW list.

[PAC-BOY]

Gatti! Enjoyed watching Gatti fights!

[Scott9945]

Alrighty 1924 - 1929, i grabbed a handfull of names from this time period, and during these years they were at there prime, and ranked in the top 10 in there respective divisions...i grouped a few together, since it was common for these fighters (especially welter/middleweight/heavyweight) to fight eachother. In my opinion, there is not a single name between 2006 - 2012 (6 year period) that would have any chance in beating the fighters listed... I named a few that are possible future HOF's that were active during 2006-2012.... Maybe some exceptions, like i think Klitschkos could have held there ground, and possibly beat SOME of the Heavyweights...but thats being generous.

Heavyweight/Light Heavy
Jack Dempsey (HOF)
Gene Tunney (HOF)
Kid Norfolk (HOF)
tommy Loughran (HOF)
Tommy Gibbons (HOF)
Bob Fitzsimmons (HOF)
Max Schmeling (HOF)



Middleweight/Welterweight
Harry Greb (HOF)
Les Darcy (HOF)
Tiger Flowers (HOF)
Mickey Walker (HOF)
Jackie Fields (HOF)

Other Divisions
Kid Chocolate (HOF)
Benny Leonard (HOF)
Panama Al Brown (HOF)


2006 - 2012
Floyd Mayweather
Manny Paquiao
Vitali Klitschko
Bernard Hopkins
Andre Ward
Sergio MArtinez
Juan Manuel Marquez
Miguel Cotto
Shane Mosley

How did Bob Fitzsimmons get on a list from the late 1920's?

[Nekronicle]

hahah oops, copy pasted his name from youtube , Fitzsimmons vs Jim Corbett video i was trying to post in another thread....but in my defense, Fitzsimmons was listed in the Ring Ratings in 1926

[Scott9945]

hahah oops, copy pasted his name from youtube , Fitzsimmons vs Jim Corbett video i was trying to post in another thread....but in my defense, Fitzsimmons was listed in the Ring Ratings in 1926

Those couldn't have been current ratings because Fitzsimmons died in 1917.

[Anthony342]

1. Rocky Marciano
2. Joe Louis
3. Sugar Ray Robinson
4. Marvin Hagler
5. Miguel Cotto
6. Julio Cesar Chavez
7. Mike Tyson
8. Evander Holyfield
9. Lennox Lewis
10. George Foreman

Sonny Liston
Muhammad Ali
Sugar Ray Leonard
Joe Frazier
Floyd Mayweather
Manny Pacquiao
Arturo Gatti
Marco Antonio Barrera
Diego Corrales
Bernard Hopkins
Roy Jones
Larry Holmes
Aaron Pryor
Alexis Arguello
Felix Trinidad
Oscar De La Hoya
Michael Nunn
James Toney
Kevin Kelley
Mikkel Kessler
Sergio Martinez
Andre Ward
Joe Calzaghe
Mike McCallum
Nigel Benn
Ray Mancini
Carlos Monzon
Jack Johnson
Paul Williams
Shane Mosley

These are guys I was always either excited or always found it a pleasure to watch. And when they finally retire, I'd even throw in the Klitschkos. A handful of those guys are still active, but I mostly pick retired boxers.

[SBleeder]

Those couldn't have been current ratings because Fitzsimmons died in 1917.

Hey, if Darren Morris can be ranked in the WBO 168-pound rankings a year after he's dead, then certainly Ruby Robert can be rated posthumously.

[jabsRstiff]

11) Bob Foster
12) Azumah Nelson
13) Evander Holyfield
14) Diego Corrales
15) Alexis Arguello
16) Roberto Duran
17) Carlos Zarate
18) Joe Frazier
19) Jeff Fenech
20) Orlando Canizales

[12TRIBEsRiSe]

mayweather, joe gans!, james toney salvador sanchez

SRR
W. Pepp
Hearns
RJJ
Bowe
Ike Williams
R. Lopez
M. Carbrajal
Juan Zurita
Tyson
Sweet Pea
Foreman

[nachorjj]

Roy Jones Jr