Who is/was the biggest risk-taker in the sport? Past and Present.

[boxingfeind]

Danny Garcia definitely.

Also honorable mention Cotto; the dude has fought everyone.

Cotto has avoided a Prime Martinez and Paul Williams,so i would not say Cotto is a honorable mention.

[boxingfeind]

Manny Pacquiao

Look at his résumé and you'll see mostly elite names in the past 10 years sprinkled with a small number of easier fights.

No one else has that list.

List of boxers Pacquiao has avoided:Rafeal Marquez,Tim Austin,Mark too Sharp Johnson,Juan Guzman,Nate Campbell,Juan Diaz,Zahir Raheem,Yuri Foreman,Mosley when he had something left,Victor Ortiz,and Mayweather when pac refused testing.


Most of Pacquiao`s big wins have been fighters who were either weight drained or way past their prime.

[lebrick]

Mayweather of course is the one with the most balls,Outside the heavyweight division,how many fighters out their fighting quality opponents that out weight them by 14-20 pounds.Floyd fought Ortiz coming off a year lay off and Ortiz outweighted him by 14 pounds,and is fast a south Paw and many people were saying Floyd will never fight Ortiz;Floyd fought a blazing fast and skilled Delahoya who out-weighed Floyd by 15-20 pounds and FLoyd came in at 150 on fight night,And Floyd was declining by the time he met Dela hoya;Floyd fought Canelo who out weighed him by 15 pounds and Floyd came in at 150 on fight night,and Canelo is a very skilled fighter,and many people thought Floyd would never take that fight;Floyd at 16 and 0 fought Tony Pep who was 6`1 and with a huge reach advantage over Floyd;Floyd at 17-0 fought Genero Hernandez who was one of the top fighters at super featherweight,many people felt Floyd was biting off more then he can chew because Floyd did not have a lot of experience;Floyd fought Diego Corrales in a fight where most thought Floyd was gonna get ko`ed,Floyd fought Castillo with hurt shoulders in a fight that was a controversial decision,Floyd then gave him an immediate rematch which was very risky for Floyd`s career;And Floyd fought in five weight classes and in every weight class he fought the number one ranked opponent.you can`t say he ducked Pac-juice because in the first negotiations he offered pacquiao 50/50 even though Pac didn`t deserve it but pac turned it down because he didn`t want to take a random drug test;You can`t say he ducked Cotto cause he called Cotto out back in 05 but Arum said Cotto wasn`t ready;You can`t say he ducked overrated Margarito,because Floyd chose to fight fighters who were ranked above him and Margarito got his ass beat by Daniel Santos and Paul williams.

[Dat]

In my opinion:

Present: Miguel Cotto

Past: Roberto Duran

[Weebler I]

Garcia shouldn't get any risk-taking credit for Khan, he was the B-side taking on a chinny opponent coming off an official loss. He fought him in the US too, not the UK so didn't travel.

Cotto and Pacquiao are the A-sides who take a lot of risk and are still willing to fight anyone.

[MBE]

Garcia shouldn't get any risk-taking credit for Khan, he was the B-side taking on a chinny opponent coming off an official loss. He fought him in the US too, not the UK so didn't travel.

Cotto and Pacquiao are the A-sides who take a lot of risk and are still willing to fight anyone.

At the time khans chin wasn't holding up too badly, he survived a prime maidana and garcia was considered one of the weakest champions at any weight. His official loss to pederson left a lot of doubt. Basically hindsight is a wonderful gift but back then khan was on the verge of p4p status so it was a huge risk for garcia.

[Slyboots]

Speaking of Amir Khan, I would say he's one of the bigger risk takers. Sure he never rematched Prescott, but he went on to fight Maidana, Zab Judah, called out Tim Bradley and even offered him 50/50, Lamont Peterson in his hometown, Danny Garcia and most recently was ready to face Devon Alexander before his withdrawl to most likely fight Floyd.

Of course, these risks weren't always worth it, but he sure took them.

[ShamrockXpress]

Someone already said it, Evander 'The Real Deal' Holyfield.

Dwight muhammed qawi x 2
Carlos de Leon
James tillis
Pinklon Thomas
Michael Dokes
James 'Buster' Douglas
George Foreman
Bert Cooper
Larry Holmes
Riddick Bowe x 3
Michael Moorer x 2
Ray Mercer
Mike Tyson x 2
Lennox Lewis x 2
John Ruiz x 3
Hasim Rahman
Chris Byrd
James Toney
Larry Donald
Sultan Ibragimov
Nikolai Valuev

That is the resume of a risk taker.

[boxingfeind]

[QUOTE=Weebler I;13989417]Garcia shouldn't get any risk-taking credit for Khan, he was the B-side taking on a chinny opponent coming off an official loss. He fought him in the US too, not the UK so didn't travel.

Cotto and Pacquiao are the A-sides who take a lot of risk and are still willing to fight anyone.[/QUOTE]

[boxingfeind]

Someone already said it, Evander 'The Real Deal' Holyfield.

Dwight muhammed qawi x 2
Carlos de Leon
James tillis
Pinklon Thomas
Michael Dokes
James 'Buster' Douglas
George Foreman
Bert Cooper
Larry Holmes
Riddick Bowe x 3
Michael Moorer x 2
Ray Mercer
Mike Tyson x 2
Lennox Lewis x 2
John Ruiz x 3
Hasim Rahman
Chris Byrd
James Toney
Larry Donald
Sultan Ibragimov
Nikolai Valuev

That is the resume of a risk taker.

Good point,but the only problem with Holyfield is that he may have been on steroids,considering the fact steroids was delivered to his house,And the fact that he was as strong as fighters who outweighed him by 30-40 pounds.And Holyfield started his career at Cruiser.