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Looking back, who were your 5 favourite fighters in your lifetime?

For me.. (37 years old)

Calzaghe
Hatton
Mayweather
Naseem Hamed
Eubank (Sr)
 
jay_mcfc said:
I think Roach has a point in that Fury's 1-2 jab combos were hurting Wilder all fight, had he been more aggressive he could knock Wilder out. But actually Fury was a bit more attacking than most thought he'd be and way more than the Klitschko fight. Either way, absolutely no need for Roach to do that interview and talk in that way in public.
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Agreed, a fantastic job by the kid, however, Roach isn't far off...

Does he even get this fight without the inspiration from Davison? No

What he should of said, if anything at all, is that he'd like to work alongside the camp again, it's there he could of passed down his pearls of wisdom

It all smells of 'ego' to me, Davison has probably had to call him out in private during the camp, which has put Roach's nose even further out of joint..

Make no mistake though, it just shows the talent of Fury to work a great deal of the fight on instinct!
 
Manchester1894 said:
Never seen Pernell Whitaker but a quick Youtube v Chavez - nice boxer!
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Was hard to catch in terms of tv, however, i always managed to get a vhs off the lads in the gym.... he won't be everyone's cup of tea but defensively, nobody comes close, that includes money. He was also robbed by the WBC, as per, in a couple of his fights, the Chavez one was a disgrace, however you'd expect nothing else from the Mexican cartel who run the body
 
Zin 'messiah' Zimmer said:
Was hard to catch in terms of tv, however, i always managed to get a vhs off the lads in the gym.... he won't be everyone's cup of tea but defensively, nobody comes close, that includes money. He was also robbed by the WBC, as per, in a couple of his fights, the Chavez one was a disgrace, however you'd expect nothing else from the Mexican cartel who run the body
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Roy Jones was like that for me. No doubt a great (shouldn't have moved up though) but so hard to actually catch on TV.
 
Manchester1894 said:
Roy Jones was like that for me. No doubt a great (shouldn't have moved up though) but so hard to actually catch on TV.
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An enigma was Jones, to move through the divisions, especially from light middleweight, all the way through to Heavyweight champion, is kind of ridiculous and showed up the division somewhat following the golden period of the 90s.. Taking nothing away from the guy, a superb boxer, however, to reach his goal he was juicing his ass off

This, for me, is why Calzaghe is probably the UK's greatest, alongside Lewis.. sure he was avoided for many years, and who wouldn't after he annihilated Lacy, however, if there is a better in fight tactician, I'm yet to find him!
 
Zin 'messiah' Zimmer said:
An enigma was Jones, to move through the divisions, especially from light middleweight, all the way through to Heavyweight champion, is kind of ridiculous and showed up the division somewhat following the golden period of the 90s.. Taking nothing away from the guy, a superb boxer, however, to reach his goal he was juicing his ass off

This, for me, is why Calzaghe is probably the UK's greatest, alongside Lewis.. sure he was avoided for many years, and who wouldn't after he annihilated Lacy, however, if there is a better in fight tactician, I'm yet to find him!
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Calzaghe for me is top of the British tree. Retiring at the right time is harder than any fight. Shame him and Froch were at different times in their career would have been a barnstormer that.
 
Manchester1894 said:
Roy Jones was like that for me. No doubt a great (shouldn't have moved up though) but so hard to actually catch on TV.
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There was a midweek show on around 10-11 pm in the 80s and 90s with Reg Gutteridge and Jim Watt that used to show the big fights from around the world from the previous week.
All the greats like Whittaker,Chavez and Jones were regulars on it.Was probably my favourite programme of that era.
 
rabby said:
There was a midweek show on around 10-11 pm in the 80s and 90s with Reg Gutteridge and Jim Watt that used to show the big fights from around the world from the previous week.
All the greats like Whittaker,Chavez and Jones were regulars on it.Was probably my favourite programme of that era.
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Was a cracking show that, remember my old man getting me on to it, however, snap shots never really did those fighter any justice... Whitaker as I’d stated was a master craftsmen, his skills were never really appreciated by highlight reels..

I think I’ve posted this before, just read the book for the umpteenth time, but this doc on another of my heroes, jack johnson, is probably the best ever made, which any boxing fan, casual or diehard, should really watch... a true legend given the era his exploits were being tested, however, a trailblazer of unparalleled precedence



 
Top 5 fighters in my lifetime.
Joe Calzaghe the guy was brilliant and a great talent with britttle hands too.
Wayne McCullough he got me into boxing big time. Never ducked anyone.
Steve Collins like above.
Money Maywheater is a no brainer.
Rigondeaux love this guy by far the greatest technical fighter i have seen up close.
 
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