Fighter of the Decade (1980s)-redone

[Bozo_no no]

I went with Tyson. I'm not going by opposition, I was looking at how much they dominated. I know you can't tell me that Sugar Ray Leonard dominated his opponents more than Tyson did. I know all the "Tyson had the weaker opponents" comments are going to come in, but hey a pro is a pro, and Tyson dominated all his opponents out-powering them.*


*on a side note Leonard did dominate by out-boxing his opposition, I will give him that.

lol, LOOK at the WORLD of difference in opposition.

And Leonard was jumping weight classes to do it.

This poll is ******ed with all the votes Tyson has. It's strictly popularity, because his level of compeition, acheivment, and the fact he fought 5 years in the 80s show how absurd it is that he's leading.

And Marvin Hagler isn't even an option.

[ag512bbi]

I'm going with Leonard. Yeah Tyson and Hagler are Definitely close but Leonard's fight were ALL HBO or Pay-per View. Bigger money fights.

[THE REAL NINJA]

it's paz ....pazienza .....vinny paz ....paz man ...pazmainian devil

[whdempsey]

It's a shame Aaron Pryor A) couldn't fight a world class fighter his own size to earn recognition or B) wasn't about 80 pounds heavier.

[Yogi]

Why isn't Hagler included in the poll?

****, if you were going by who was ranked as the #1 p4p fighter in the sport for the longest time during that decade, Hagler wins this EASILY. From 1983 until he lost to Leonard in '87, he sat at the very top of the p4p rankings (Tyson, in comparision, was #1 in 1988 & 89 only), and that's a five year stretch...half of the whole friggin' decade.

Yet he's not even one of the options?

[TOPitBull]

Ask someone if they can name a boxer from the 1980's, and they'll say Tyson. If you don't like to hear that it's a popularity contest and Tyson isn't **** compared to Leonard, well too bad because it largely is based on popularity. And for accomplishments; Tyson was the youngest heavyweight and took the boxing world by storm with his first round knockouts. The fighter of the 80's goes to Tyson followed closely by Leonard.

I can knock out half the guys Tyson KO'd

Weak competiton my friend.

Leonard was the man. And so fun to watch too.

[The Wire]

Sugar Ray Leonard is one of the greatest fighters of all time, and on ability, standard of opposition faced and desire (coming back to beat Hagler) you've gotta go with SRL