Top 20 Fighters Since World War II

[JohnnyRebel]

Lucky for Floyd fans then that all 3 of these prime fighters turned down fights with Floyd when they were prime and Floyd tried to make fights with them.

I guess these guys also didn't know this was true. They must be Floyd fans.

[Mr. Philadel]

Lucky for Floyd fans then that all 3 of these prime fighters turned down fights with Floyd when they were prime and Floyd tried to make fights with them.

I guess these guys also didn't know this was true. They must be Floyd fans.

Damn!!

[Chrismart]

This thread was going well i thought, lot's of interesting posts. until it turned into another Mayweather vs Pacquiao thread. There is already plenty of them on the forum.


Yahoo did their own list not so long ago..i'm not sure if was posted in this thread. Their list was 'best ever' and not 'Since World War II' like the main list in this thread.

The guys voting were :
Jim Lampley, Max Kellerman, Al Bernstein, Steve Farhood, Rich Marotta, Lou DiBella, Chris Middendorf, Tim Dahlberg, Ed Schuyler Jr, Cliff Rold, Kevin Iole.




* The list was made before Mayweather Vs Pacquiao was done and dusted.

[-PBP-]

This thread was going well i thought, lot's of interesting posts. until it turned into another Mayweather vs Pacquiao thread. There is already plenty of them on the forum.


Yahoo did their own list not so long ago..i'm not sure if was posted in this thread. Their list was 'best ever' and not 'Since World War II' like the main list in this thread.

The guys voting were :
Jim Lampley, Max Kellerman, Al Bernstein, Steve Farhood, Rich Marotta, Lou DiBella, Chris Middendorf, Tim Dahlberg, Ed Schuyler Jr, Cliff Rold, Kevin Iole.




* The list was made before Mayweather Vs Pacquiao was done and dusted.

Interesting. Although I think Charles should be in everybody's top 10 but maybe that's just me.

[boxinghead530]

interesting to see floyd ranked so high

guess people are starting to realise how privileged they've been to witness his career now that it's in its twilight

Im surprised Floyds that high too. I don't think its people realizing anything. He's just active, so I think that has something to do with it. I was surprise that JCC was there, even though I think people forget how special he was.(they point to the sweet pea fight who was robbed but it wasn't like sweet pea blew his doors off, it was a close fight that should have went to sweet pea)

Edit note: I just realize this is an year old thread, lol. Anyways I am surprised that Floyd and JJC are on the list.

[Ray Corso]

Manny & Floyd?...Neither one belongs on a top twenty list from 1940's thru the 2000....
Sorry their a figment of todays fans imaginations.
One guy is an undefeated no power runner who picks his opponents. The other an example of how a base pressure fighter can succeed in an era when
playing "checkers boxing" can be lucrative with a great promoter and matchmakers who pull out all the stops.
Their biggest success is at 147 and neither is an ATG fighter at that weight.
Go down to the other classes and be objective and they won't be in the top five spots anywhere.
Were they great in their era? Yes! Can they compete against past greats and dominate? ...........................not to me! They could be top fifteen maybe twenty but at 130 they both are overwhelmed by Ike Williams Bea Jack can't outbox Benny Lenard! Robinson KO's both in the same night at 147.

The greats of this era, right now are not ATG's sorry but their one dimentional
talents and right now thats good enough, against the high skills of fighters who have dimention they get out boxed or beat up and with some BOTH!

What NO Wlad???????? hahahaha he's driving their cab...

[SouthPawHitman]

Why is Joe Calzaghe not on that list? That is mind blowing. Not having Joe on that list destroys its creditability.

And I would have Ezzard Charles higher.

[W1LLPARK3R]

Seems like boxing writers always favor older era fighters. Great fighters all, but for example prime Pac would dazzle Armstrong..Bernard Hopkins would box circles around Ezzard Charles..

[Joe Beamish]

interesting to see floyd ranked so high

guess people are starting to realise how privileged they've been to witness his career now that it's in its twilight

Yeah, according to the list, Floyd is like the 6th best fighter to fight at Welterweight, which feels about right.

[IronDanHamza]

Why is Joe Calzaghe not on that list? That is mind blowing. Not having Joe on that list destroys its creditability.

And I would have Ezzard Charles higher.

Sorry mate but you are never, ever going to see Joe Calzaghe on any of these ATG lists.