Top 5 current favorite fighters

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  1. Xplosive

    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

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    Mine:

    1. Chad Dawson: Still my fav despite the Pascal set back.
    2. Maravilla
    3. Kessler
    4. David Lemeuix
    5. Maidana

    Honorable mention: Brandon Rios, Sillakh(just became a fan after his fight last week), Mike Jones, Bute, Tavoris Cloud, Lucas Mattyhse.
     
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    Manny Pacquiao
    David Lemeiux
    Juanma
    Tavoris Cloud (I love cats who can crack!)
    Sergio Martinez


    Honorable mention: B-Hop, Glenn Johnson, Eddie Chambers (I still like this kid!)
     
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    Jake WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    Donaire
    Segura
    Dawson
    Gamboa
    Martinez

    Roughly in that order.
     
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  4. Damien

    Damien Undisputed Champion

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    All of the guys I like seem to be on their way out or close to it.

    Pac
    Mosley
    Raf Marquez
    Wlad
    Tall Paul
     
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  5. Neil

    Neil tueur de grenouilles

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    tough to make lists like this when guys like holyfield, morales, casamayor and wright wont retire.

    as far as relevant guys i like

    juan marquez, tim bradley, randall bailey, guillermo rigondeaux, joseph agbeko
     
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  6. Jake

    Jake WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    Good point on Morales, and especially if (pray for miracle) he beats Maidana.

    Wright was one of my favorites, but it's impossible to consider him active. His last fight was two years ago and all he's done since then is pull out of fights.
     
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    Damien Undisputed Champion

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    i didn't realize he had any fans. he seems like a total prick.
     
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  8. Neil

    Neil tueur de grenouilles

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  9. Neil

    Neil tueur de grenouilles

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    true, but i doubt we've seen the last of wright in a boxing ring. he'll hang around for one last six figure payday
     
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  10. Xplosive

    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

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    Randall Bailey is no longer relevant.
     
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  11. Neil

    Neil tueur de grenouilles

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    he's pretty much as relevant as he ever was. still a top 10-15 contender in two divisions.
     
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  12. Ramonza Soliloquies

    Ramonza Soliloquies "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    Utterly classless fighter, too.
     
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    Ramonza Soliloquies "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    #1 - Rafael Marquez (with a bullet, & always will be)

    #2 - Juan Manuel Marquez

    #3 - Evander Holyfield

    #4 - Manny Pacquiao

    #5 - Juan Diaz (Unpopular around these parts, I know)
     
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  14. Bob N Weave

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    1. Martinez
    2. Pac
    3. Bradley
    4. Wlad
    5. Nonito
     
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    classier than oscar delahoya
     
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    Abraham
    Gamboa
    Darchinyan
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    These muffugas are all out for blood !

    Funny how 2 years ago Pavlik was topping everyone's list, now he's dropped off the list completely and this Martinez guy has suddenly showed up in his place.
     
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  17. Ramonza Soliloquies

    Ramonza Soliloquies "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    Casamayor was a grub. It was the highlight of 2008 when Marquez completely mooted the scrap of relevancy Casamayor was clinging to.
     
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    Pacquiao
    Donaire
    Martinez
    JMM
    Juanma
     
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    december 6th, 2008 was more enjoyable and highlight worthy
     
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    Hardly surprising. An entertaining Casamayor fight rolled around about as often as a blue moon. Marquez rescued us from ever having to see him again.
     
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    Sticking to relevant guys in or close to their primes only

    Mayweather Jr
    Nonito
    Cotto
    JMM
    Khan

    The one guy whose fights I will never miss is Floyd Jr. I don't care what you think of him as a person, he is a rare fighter & in the squared circle he's truly something special to watch.
     
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    were you entertained when he damn near committed homicide on katsidis?
     
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    Slice N Dice Big stiff idiot

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    Manny Pacquiao
    James DeGale
    Nonito Donaire
    Carl Froch
    Amir Khan
     
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  24. Ramonza Soliloquies

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    He lost on points to Freitas :lol:
     
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    My faves are in my sig. Add Donaire, too.
     
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    My favorites to watch are often the best fighters. In that regard, Pacquiao, Mayweather and Donaire top my list right now.

    Having a tough time with the last two. I still really like Paul Williams. David Lemieux is very cool, too. The Marquez brothers. Love me some Gamboa.
     
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    steve_dave Hard As Fuck

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    I'll always be a Sugar Shane fan, steroids or not.
     
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    Yeah true. If Floyd was still active he would make my list for sure
     
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    I still like Pavlik but his pair of wins over Taylor was the last time he's done anything of note in the ring. He drank away his career and brought disgrace to his division with the scrubs he faced while holding the middleweight crown ransom for more than two years.

    Martinez, OTOH, is a guy that brings class to the sport. His fights are generally entertaining and is a guy that everyone wants to see because of how he carries himself in and out of the ring.

    I admit, he grew on me in the past couple of years and not all of it has to do with winning. He's just a class act. Put the two together and it's pretty easy to like the guy.

    Tim Bradley and Nonito Donaire fall in the same category, as far as I'm concerned, although I've always been a Nonito fan.
     
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    Also, "this guy Martinez suddenly showing up in his place" might have a little something to do with the fact that he beat Pavlik. :lol:
     
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