Top 10 best amateurs of all time

[#1Assassin]

dan cov and pies have alot off good shouts and ill add Kostya Tsyzu his career in the pros is well highlighted but in the ams he was sensational very fast hands,punch variation,defence and smooth combos.There a few vids on youtube off him in the ams best one is his world championship final against Vernon Forrest

forrest is a beast too. beat shane mosley to make the olympics and then went the distance in a competetive fight with kostya stzyu after spending 3 straight days laid out from food poisoning.

[#1Assassin]

I know Mark Breland is considered the best American amateur. He didn't do too well in the pros though.

he did great in the pros!

he didnt live up to the expectations after his amateur career but as high as they where who can blame him? he fought and beat some very good fighters and was world champion twice back when it meant a whole lot more than it does today. he retired with 30-something wins and only 3 losses, again he did very well.

[any craic lad?]

forrest is a beast too. beat shane mosley to make the olympics and then went the distance in a competetive fight with kostya stzyu after spending 3 straight days laid out from food poisoning.

Agreed Vernon was excellent too in the ams he was giving Tsyzu alot too handle in the first and made KT work for it in the 2nd and 3rd

[NVSemin]

Felix Savon - Never turned pro.
Guillermo Rigondeaux - You know the rest
Mark Breland - Turned pro, very good welter.
Vasyl Lomachenko - On the new 'semi-pro' circuit currently 5-0/6-0 I believe.
Laszlo Papp - Turned pro, retired undefeated with a record of 27-0
Teofilo Stevenson - Never went pro.
Joel Casamayor - Multi weight world champion
Pernell Whitaker - ATG one of the top lightweights to ever live, multiple weight world champion.
Mario Kindelan - Never went pro
Nino Benvenuti - Very good middleweight fought Tiger, Monzon etc

I'm sure somebody deep in boxing history could answer better but off the top of my head that is what I've got.

I can add to this list

Sugar Ray Leonard - Olympic champion 1976
Roy Jones Olympic champion 1988
already mentioned Kostya Tszue - Top world contender
Andre Ward - Olympic champion 2004
Oleg Saitov - 2 times Olympic champion, bronze due to loss to Ward in 2004
Aleksei Tishchenko - 2 times Olympic champion

Last, but definitely not least

Cassius Clay at that time

[Mikhnienko]

I can add to this list

Sugar Ray Leonard - Olympic champion 1976
Roy Jones Olympic champion 1988
already mentioned Kostya Tszue - Top world contender
Andre Ward - Olympic champion 2004
Oleg Saitov - 2 times Olympic champion, bronze due to loss to Ward in 2004
Aleksei Tishchenko - 2 times Olympic champion

Last, but definitely not least

Cassius Clay at that time

Saitov was a WW he lost to Bakhtiyar Artayev in the 2004 Olympics who went on to win Gold and the Val Barker.

[DAN916]

Are you considering guys that spent years as a amatuer eventually to just be beating on guys with a lot less expierence as best?