The Great Ones

[mex fighter]

kimba is shitting on fighters like carbajal and chiquita gonzalez.

what a baffoon!

[El tanke]

kimba is shitting on fighters like carbajal and chiquita gonzalez.

what a baffoon!

Kimba just took a dump, and Roberto "Mako" Leyva was flushed down the toilet.

[El tanke]

good post man .....I cant stop laughing at his list, its like shocking

LOL, I mean even Camacho Sr ranks higher than Calderon, in the puerto rican rankings.
I wasnt trying to be mean or anything, but anyone who ranks JMM or Calderon or Calzaghe as one of the best of the last 35 years, is out of his mind.

[mex fighter]

bricans list will always include the "chin checkas"

[Goyo]

Ivan Calderon is actually a worst choice than JMM.
Im not trying to pick a fight or anything, but you are puerto Ricar, right?
I can understand you having Trinidad in there, I actually thought about him, but you honestly rate Calderon over Gomez or Benitez?
And in terms of greatness you rate Calderon and Calzaghe over Julio Cesar Chavez and Mike Tyson? mmm

no mate, i was born and raised in Hemet, california

[Lefthooker]

YOU DO REALIZE WE ARE TALKING 1975-PRESENT. RIGHT?

OOPS! Just saw that...my bad.
I was looking at the original list from Gutteridge...I found it wanting.
Now I have to reevaluate...I'll get back to you.

[Rabid Kimba]

[Rabid Kimba]

Kimba just took a dump, and Roberto "Mako" Leyva was flushed down the toilet.

[Rabid Kimba]

Lol at lefthooker its 1975 onwards buddy, goyo his just lost in his own world ivan calderon bahahaha is all i can say to him lol, rabid you know it my list cant be beat, im still waiting for your reply to my earlier post about why i picked oscar.

I'm not talking to you until you remove that tranny wearing faggot off your list...

[El tanke]

no mate, i was born and raised in Hemet, california

Whats your background Gregorio? hispanics dont call each other mate, thats for sure. lol

[Goyo]

Whats your background Gregorio? hispanics dont call each other mate, thats for sure. lol

my father is from NSW and my mother is from apple valley!

[Michael Matos]

Ivan Calderon is actually a worst choice than JMM.
Im not trying to pick a fight or anything, but you are puerto Ricar, right?
I can understand you having Trinidad in there, I actually thought about him, but you honestly rate Calderon over Gomez or Benitez?
And in terms of greatness you rate Calderon and Calzaghe over Julio Cesar Chavez and Mike Tyson? mmm

Saw Calderon fight live once. He was brilliant. Couldn't crush a grape but the man could flat out Box. Brilliant.

[Michael Matos]

Guteridge wrote in his introduction the following.

"I selcted them because I found them the most entertaining and interesting, because I enjoyed watching them in action either "live" or on film."

I didn't want to turn it into an endless ranking type thread. It's more about the fighters you liked and followed and admired for whatever reason.

[battlingsiki]

Duran
Leonard
Salvador Sanchez
JC Chavez
Hagler
Arguello
Hagler
Wilfredo Gomez
Finito Lopez

9 is not enough man!

[Lemus]

Narrowring the list down to 9 is certainly very difficult. There have been alot of great and really good fighters over the last 35 years. I was born in 75, so my list would probably leave out figthers who were in their primes prior to 1985, as that is around the time I really started to be interested in boxing. Sorry to change the criteria but I never saw Sal Sanchez, or prime Duran, Spinks, etc aside from youtube clips. Keeping in mind the goal would be to sell books, I would try to find fighters that were not only great fighters, but also had a big impact on boxing not only because their skills, but also due to their popularity, charisma or personality. My list would be as follows.

JC Chavez
Roy Jones jr.
Bernard Hopkins
Oscar de la Hoya
Marvin Hagler
Ray Leonard
Evander Holyfield
Mike Tyson
Felix Savon

[Michael Matos]

Narrowring the list down to 9 is certainly very difficult. There have been alot of great and really good fighters over the last 35 years. I was born in 75, so my list would probably leave out figthers who were in their primes prior to 1985, as that is around the time I really started to be interested in boxing. Sorry to change the criteria but I never saw Sal Sanchez, or prime Duran, Spinks, etc aside from youtube clips. Keeping in mind the goal would be to sell books, I would try to find fighters that were not only great fighters, but also had a big impact on boxing not only because their skills, but also due to their popularity, charisma or personality. My list would be as follows.

JC Chavez
Roy Jones jr.
Bernard Hopkins
Oscar de la Hoya
Marvin Hagler
Ray Leonard
Evander Holyfield
Mike Tyson
Felix Savon

Well thought out.

[Rabid Kimba]

Felix Savon was an amateur beating up on bums and kids...heck...he retired at 33...as an amateur.

Not one pro fight.

Seriously...this is the cream of the crop of his opposition:Olympic Games 1992

• Defeated Krzysztof Rojek (Poland) RSC 2
• Defeated Bert Teuchert (Germany) 11-2
• Defeated Danell Nicholson (United States) 13-11
• Defeated Arnold Vanderlyde (Netherlands) 23-3
• Defeated David Izonritei (Nigeria) 14-1

1996

• Defeated Andrei Kurnyavka (Kyrgyzstan) 9-3
• Defeated Kwamena Turkson (Sweden) RSC 1
• Defeated Georgi Kandelaki (Georgia) 20-4
• Defeated Luan Krasniqi (Germany) walkover
• Defeated David Defiagbon (Canada) 20-2

2000

• Defeated Ojemaye Rasmus (Nigeria) 18-3
• Defeated Michael Bennett (United States) 23-8
• Defeated Sebastian Köber (Germany) 19-8
• Defeated Sultan Ibragimov (Russia) 21-13

Pan American Games 1987

• Defeated Julio Sanchez (Puerto Rico) RSC 1
• Defeated Michael Bentt (United States) 5:0
• Defeated Juan Antonio Díaz (Argentina) KO 2

1991

• Defeated Tom Glesby (Canada) AB 1
• Defeated Shannon Briggs (United States) RSC 1

1995

• Defeated Angus Lewis (US Virgin Islands) KO 1
• Defeated Santiago Palavecino (Argentina) RSCH 1
• Defeated Lamon Brewster (United States) AB 2

Besides, if you are going to list THE Cuban heavyweight amateur boxer...mention Teofilo Stevenson instead.


Yeah, it's nice to give some kudos to an amateur boxer...but seriously...Felix Savon don't belong here...

[Rabid Kimba]

...especially not over someone like Lennox Lewis (who is not on Lemus' list).

[Lemus]

It's about what would make a more interesting story, not who was a better pro. I'm a big fan of Lennox Lewis, but personality wise, he is a bit of a dud. I don't think he would make a better story than Felix Savon. Trying to dissect Savon's amateur career, analyzing his skill set and trying to determine how those skills would have translated as a pro would be much more interesting to read. Stevenson was in his prime pre 85, before my time viejito.

[Rabid Kimba]

[Goyo]

stevenson was owned by an obese russian

[Mexican Eagle]

stevenson was owned by an obese russian

pa mi que al goyo le gusta que le hagan en el hoyo?

[Goyo]

pa mi que al goyo le gusta que le hagan en el hoyo?

fictional, much like your entire life.

[mex fighter]

pa mi que al goyo le gusta que le hagan en el hoyo?

a como eres hechador!

[El tanke]

a como eres hechador!

ufffff que decente!

[mex fighter]

lee entre las lineas, we!