Top 10 Favorite Fighters of all time

With all the new guys here now, it's worth redoing this, just to learn eachother better. The order of mine has shifted over the years, especially as I've watched more and more guys. Some I've fallen more in love with, and added, others I've fallen out of love with and they're no longer on. Anyway, this is where it currently stands, my top 10 favorite fighters of all time - the top two will NEVER, EVER, EVER change... those are my boys, for life. They put me onto the sport, and they were my heroes when I was a kid.... therefore they forever stay. Benitez and Duran will always remain in my top 5.

All the rest are subject to change, every five years or so.

1. Tyson
2. Roy
3. Benitez
4. Duran
5. Jackson
6. Ali
7. Foster
8. Cervantes
9. Qawi
10. Carlos Ortiz/Wilfredo Gomez tied.

 

No order and i've limited this to fighters i got to witness for some duration of their prime when i was old enough to appreciate it. In other words boxers i not only enjoyed watching, but would normally be cheering for without knowing the result in advance.

Tyson
Jones Jr.
Chavez
Pacquiao
Lomachenko
Toney
Norris
Marquez
Gatti
Golovkin

 

Evander Holyfield
Marvin Hagler
Erik Morales
Marcellus Johnson
Guillermo Rigondeaux
Juan Manuel Marquez
Ronald Wright
Guadelupe Pintor
3xchamp Randall Bailey
Joel Casamayor

 

#10. Evander Holyfield
#09. Leon Spinks
#08. Gerry Penalosa
#07. Carl Thompson
#06. Veeraphol Sahaprom
#05. Marvin Hagler
#04. Erik Morales
#03. Michael Watson
#02. Marvin Johnson
#01. Ezzard Charles

GOAT: Sergio Mora

Picking just ten was actually really hard. I could give you ten per weight

 

God don't do a top ten least favourite

I got called a racist on ESB coz most of my picks are Mayweather-wannabe type POS.

 

Aaron Pryor dropped off my list.

I fuckin looovvvvvedddddd Aaron Pryor when I first started following the sport, but he doesn't really do it for me anymore.

 

My all-time favorites are probably,

1. Kid Gavilan
2. Dick Tiger
3. Barney Ross
4. Henry Armstrong
5. Azumah Nelson
6. Carmen Basilio
7. Fighting Harada
8. Gil Turner
9. Lionel Rose
10. Tony Lopez

My favorite active fighter is probably Juan Francisco Estrada.

 

I'm so proud of my signed photo of Harada.

You can get one quite cheap off @ChrisJS.

 

I don't really have a current favorite that I'm super huge on.

People label me as a Spence fanatic, but Errol is simply my favorite by default because I don't like a ton of current guys.

I'm fans of Spence, Inoue, Crawford, and Regis out of the vets.

My three favorites of the new crop are Teofimo, Ennis, and Berlanga.

There hasn't been a fighter that I was a HUGE, HUGE fan of since Corrales.

 

I specialize in signed photos. Here you can see a fine example in my collection. For only $399.99 i'll let it go. Today only fightbeat special.

 

Has Chris started posting yet? I know I invited him, and it looks like he's registered.

 

Shit look like it was signed by Sadam Ali moments after Munguia smashed his brains.

 

Callum Johnson, Prograis, Usyk, Głowacki, Estrada and Chocolatito are my current favourites.

 

I'm working this corner! You got something to say put up your own merch.

 

The days of being fanatical about a fighter are probably over, due to age.

If Spence got knocked out this year, I wouldn't lose a wink of sleep.

I used to feel physically ill when Mike/Roy lost.

I was also bummed as Hell when Corrales lost the first fight to Casa, and got iced in the Castillo rematch.

I don't have those kind of connections to fighters anymore.

 

I think I'd be little more than mildly upset if one of those guys lost. I was pretty bummed when Johnson lost to Beterbiev though. I just don't have an attachment to current guys.

I almost well up every time I see the ALS Charles advert.

 

I was bummed when Regis lost to Taylor last year. But it's like, I was over it in 20 minutes.

The connections aren't strong enough anymore that I stay bummed.

 

In no order

Tyson
Stevenson
Dave Hilton
Froch
Cotto
Corrales
Fury
RJ back in the days was by far my favorite but went sour on him



Older fighters that i didnt see live (hence less invested in them)
Qawi
Norris
Hearns

 

In no order:

Harold Johnson
Ezzard Charles
Kid Gavilan
Roberto Duran
Alexis Arguello
Salvador Sanchez
Pernell Whitaker
Ricardo Lopez
Donald Curry
Roy Jones Jr

 

Castillo
Rosario
Hagler
McCallum
Chavez
Toney
ODH
Duran
Morales
Pacquiao

 

Non-Philly edition
Azumah Nelson
Samart Payakaroon
Tony The Tiger Lopez
Mike McCallum
Ricky Hatton
Chris Eubank
Jeff Fenech
Vicente Saldivar
Jose Napoles
Gaspar Ortega

 

You can make your Philly edition, its cool .

 

That is why Little Red Lopez will always be my favorite fighter. I will never be 6 years old again and I will never have a hero like that ever again.

 

Lil Red is certainly a worthy fighter to have as your all time favorite. I'm a big fan myself.

Unbelievable puncher, and always came across as a legitimately good guy.

 

I had a chance to meet him 25 or 30 years ago but I was afraid that I would faint.

 

How did that go?

 

I chickened out. There were a lot of people around - it was at the fights- and I really thought that I would faint. Little Red Lopez was the only hero that I have ever had.
He shows up on my 'people you may know' on Facebook but I'm afraid to send him a request. Little Red was my God when I was a kid.

 

I do know where you're coming from but nah, he's still on my list.

 

I used to love Pryor, myself. Then I hated him with a passion. Then I realised that there's no reason to hate him quite so much, and realised how much I love watching him fight and eased off.

Now I'm just unaffected by him, emotionally.

 

Lol I'm still a fan, and he would still make my top 15 favorites.