Best elite action fighter last 25 years?

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  1. Neil

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    Erik morales. Look at his top 10 or 15 wars and tell me who compares?
     
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    Surely Pacquiao qualifies as an action fighter.
     
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    I base this on entertainment value. I put the top dozen morales fights against Pacquiao fights (excluding their trilogy) as far as entertainment value.

    To be more specific: among elite boxers who has had the most action fights/wars?
     
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    Pac was more exciting to watch than Morales. Prime Pac, obviously. Theres something extra compelling and exciting about an aggressive puncher.

    Morales was no puncher.
     
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    For me it's Morales. Then Gatti, Ward & Salido. Pac is up there too of course.

    Does Holyfield count?
     
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    Ohhhh, you meant MICKEY Ward????

    I almost had a stroke. I thought you were calling Son of Judges an action fighter.
     
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    lol absolutely not the only fight I ever enjoyed from him was Kovalev I. And it was only because he lost and got his ass sat down.
     
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    Jesus of montreal WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    Calling ward elite is probably a stretch though. Probably would go with pacman. Had some wars and is as.elite as they come.
     
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    Corrales probably deserves a mention
     
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    REED:Dan1:
     
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    Whoops. Didn't realize they had to be elite.

    Morales and Pacquiao then.
     
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    Yes!
     
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    Pacquiao and Morales

    It’s kind of a stretch to call Lamon Brewster “elite”, but he was a HW title holder and contender for awhile. He was probably the most exciting HW of this century.
     
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    Excluding the first 2 morales- Pacquiao fights, and other than the 4 fights with marquez i can't think of any other pacquaio war worth rewatching
     
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    Cotto fight was fun before it turned into a mismatch
     
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    Your post asks for "best elite action fighter", not who was in the most wars and additionally which ones have the most replay value.
     
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    So your choice wouldn't be pacquaio if you had properly understood the criteria?

    Among elite boxers of the last 25 years, who was the most consistently exciting action fighter based on number of wars engaged in ?
     
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    No fan of him, and calling hin elite is probably a stretch, but if he qualfy, Gatti is the clear winner
     
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    Aside from the 6 You Noted, You Can't Think of Any???:duck:...

    There's Enough Give and Take in Most Pacquiao Fights That Makes Them Rewatchable in REED's Opinion...Barrera I, Diaz, Cotto, Margarito, Bradley I, Thurman...

    Even His 1-Sided Wins Over Ledwaba, Hatton, DeLa, etc., are Rewatchable...Manny's Aggressive, Athletic, High Volume Manner of Fighting Makes Him Rewatchable and His Power Could END Fights @ Any Given Moment...

    That ='s ACTION...




    REED:Dont:
     
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    But it isn’t like elite fighters usually have a large number of great wars anyway. The JMM and Morales fights alone already put him pretty high up there along elite fighters for really good, competitive, two-way action fights.

    He had a good number of action filled beatdowns as well (Ledwaba, Barrera 1, Morales 3, Diaz, Hatton, Cotto).
     
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    The morales fights are obviously excluded when comparing both fighters resumes of wars.

    I havent ever rewatched any of the aforementioned pacquaio fights aside from live. Except for marquez 1-4. I may have watched the first bradley fight once on television because I won a shitload of money on it
     
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    Properly understood? You moved the goal posts.
     
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    Marquez himself would be a good shout.
     
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    Not at all

    It wasn't explained well enough from the outset I guess but the first post in the topic shows what I was asking
     
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    Excitement is subjective. I never found myself getting excited for an Erik Morales fight.
     
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    Personally, I find watching Morales more exciting than watching Pacquiao. I didn't grew up with both of them though, I just got an old Pacquiao, and go back and rewatch them. I enjoy watching Morales' slugfests more. If you look at their careers outside of their trilogy, I think it's clear who was in more entertaining fights. Pac had the Marquez quadrilogy, Morales has the Barrera series. Outside of those four, or three really, since the third wasn't anything special, I don't think Pac had any fights as entertaining as Morales vs McCullough, Espadas I, Maidana or Chavez.

    Not saying Pac isn't entertaining, he absolutely is. I'm just saying Morales ended up in a lot more great slugfests.

    Also, he wasn't elite, but he was in the last 25 years: Carl Thompson. Everything he did was entertaining. He could make a good fight with Johnny fucking Nelson for God's sake. Also, Carl Froch and Jean Pascal are up there.

    Tanaka? Estrada? Takayama? Yaegashi? Rodriguez? Chocolatito? Donaire? Lots of fun fighters at the lower weights.
     
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    Good call on jean pascal. Had a lot of really fun fights
     
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    Jesus of montreal WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    Even better one on salido. Never in a dukl fight. One of my favorite fighters. Guy was a oure warrior
     
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    Roman gonzalez is a good choice
     
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