The Best 1980-2015

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So, I wanted to make a list of the best fighters to have fought from 1980-2015, a span 35 years. This will not include any pre-1980 fights, so for example, Duran's lightweight run is excluded. The criteria I have used is quite simple:

Quality of opponents faced/beaten
World titles won
Longevity and length of reign(s)
Skillset
Entertainment value/style
Impact on the sport
Reaction to adversity

So, here goes.

No. 50 Wilfred Benitez


No. 49 Jermain Taylor


No. 48 Ronald Wright


No. 47 Andre Ward

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No. 46 Nigel Benn


No. 45 Sergey Kovalev


No. 44 David Haye

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No. 43 Virgil Hill


No. 42 Michael Nunn


No. 41 Ricky Hatton


No. 40 Carl Froch

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No. 39 Hector Camacho


No. 38 Alexis Arguello


No. 37 Dwight Muhammad Qawi


No. 36 Michael Moorer

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Winky wright should be higher
way higher
he's better than Hatton, Ward, kov, and Camacho

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Winky wright should be higher
way higher
he's better than Hatton, Ward, kov, and Camacho

I'd agree from a technical standpoint but he lacks in the other criteria, lacks a sustained, genuine world title reign, lacks big wins, unless you count a faded Tito, although he did get the Mosley win twice. He was always good enough to be better but never really made it. I'd love to have him higher cos I liked him.

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No. 35 Azumah Nelson


No. 34 Wilfredo Gomez


No. 33 Naseem Hamed


No. 32 Chris Eubank Sr

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No. 31 Kostya Tszyu


No. 30 Sergio Martinez


No. 29 Miguel Cotto


No. 28 Rid**** Bowe
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No. 27 Vitali Klitschko


No. 26 Salvador Sanchez


No. 25 Ricardo Lopez


No. 24 Joe Calzaghe

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No. 23 Juan Manuel Marquez


No. 22 Mike McCallum


No. 21 James Toney