The Greatest fighter our your era?

[Cambria]

Mike Tyson, I grew up thinking he was the best boxer of all time.

Agreed, Iron Mike for me.

[jabsRstiff]

It's when you all were finally GROWN UP, that you realized Mike Tyson is no where near the best fighter of all time.

[JUYJUY]

Tyson easily, you'd have to be a ****** to suggest that the Catskills Tyson wasn't the closest thing to invincible that we've ever seen in a boxing ring.

[jabsRstiff]

Tyson easily, you'd have to be a ****** to suggest that the Catskills Tyson wasn't the closest thing to invincible that we've ever seen in a boxing ring.

You need to be more than just "invincible" over a VERY SHORT time period, JUYJUY, in order to be truly great.

This man failed, & disgraced himself at times, in his biggest tests.

Donald Curry, from '84 - '86, was the most awesome fighter I have ever seen, BUT.....because he was unable to sustain his excellence, I refuse to call him a great fighter.

[tino]

It's when you all were finally GROWN UP, that you realized Mike Tyson is no where near the best fighter of all time.

so true
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[JUYJUY]

Donald Curry, from '84 - '86, was the most awesome fighter I have ever seen, BUT.....because he was unable to sustain his excellence, I refuse to call him a great fighter.

Mark Breland and Donald Curry, weren't those two expected to overtake the likes of Henry Armstrong, Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Leonard? I hear Breland and Curry were expected to have an awesome rivalry, Breland really was absolutely awesome in the amateurs and Curry was just the ****. Shame really.

[TheEvilSaint]

my era's best fighter was

Evander Holyfield.

[jabsRstiff]

Mark Breland and Donald Curry, weren't those two expected to overtake the likes of Henry Armstrong, Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Leonard? I hear Breland and Curry were expected to have an awesome rivalry, Breland really was absolutely awesome in the amateurs and Curry was just the ****. Shame really.

Yes, it was looking that way.
Difference was that Curry was so much more successful as a pro....& had beaten a stream of excellent fighters.
He unified the 147 crown by KOing Milton McCrory....in one of the most devastating performances in history.

Breland had taken a somewhat easy path to the crown...& was exposed by Marlon Starling, whom Curry twice defeated.

Do you remember Breland's amateur days ?
Wow, he was something then. That was back when amateur boxing was prominently featured on network T.V.
I remember how exciting it was knowing Breland was fighting. He was that incredibly rare thing, an amateur KO artist.

[pinkpanther]

Well my era is the one that is happening right now, so I gotta go with Floyd Mayweather.

Understandable shout re Mayweather, but more interested in your August predictions: I give Reid a big shout against Lacy, Robin has been on the rough end of some terrible decisions in his career perhaps most notably when he boxed circle round Sven Ottke in Germany and got robbed. Also Calzaghe fight was so close to call and he didn't get the rub. I'm a firm beliver that the guy has real quality so don't be suprised if he takes Lacy out.

[SonnyG8R]

I'm 38 and have been a boxing fan since 1973.

I've seen a lot of great boxers in that time but the greatest would have to be Muhammad Ali.

After him I would put:

SRL
Roberto Duran
Alexis Arguello
Pernell Whitaker
Julio Cesar Chavez
RJJ
Michael Spinks
Marvin Hagler
Thomas Hearns
etc.