Forgetting Who's the Best or Achievements - Name Your Current Favourite 5 Fighters

Forget who is the best etc just focus on the fighters who you have a lot of time for.

Picking only current fighters who's your Top 5?


Here's mine:


Mikkel Kessler.
Miguel Cotto
Sergio Martinez
Andy Lee
Anthony Crolla


I would have had Wlad in there but I think he is overdoing the "I am a gentleman" shtick.

Wlad
Kessler
Quigg
Frampton
Groves

Would have been Froch until recently but do think he has come across as a prize prat in the Groves build up.

Nathan Cleverly
Amir Khan
Mikkel Kessler
Tyson Fury
Floyd Mayweather Jr

Mayweather
Stephenson
Golovkin
Quigg
JMM

Pet peeves............The Smith boys.............Too many ordinary fighters getting too much attention because their Mum and Dad were too frisky.

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:Mayweather
Stephenson
Golovkin
Quigg
JMM

Pet peeves............The Smith boys.............Too many ordinary fighters getting too much attention because their Mum and Dad were too frisky.

Are you aware of Stephenson's shady past or is it everybody deserves a second chance?


Thought you might have had room for Derry.

Rowley wrote:Wlad
Kessler
Quigg
Frampton
Groves

Would have been Froch until recently but do think he has come across as a prize prat in the Groves build up.

Froch would have been a shoe in previously due to how genuine he's been over the years. I don't know why it happened but his weird side has gone into freak overdrive.

Gamboa
Rigo
Mickey Garcia
Groves
GGG

Agree with Truss' pet peeves, though the youngest lad looks a touch good.

Strongback wrote:

Rowley wrote:Wlad
Kessler
Quigg
Frampton
Groves

Would have been Froch until recently but do think he has come across as a prize prat in the Groves build up.

Froch would have been a shoe in previously due to how genuine he's been over the years. I don't know why it  happened but his weird side has gone into freak overdrive.

Yeh, Froch would've had a spot in mine before all the dancing rubbish.

Don't much mind the dancing stuff toppy, will never begrudge a guy making a few extra quid, it is all the desperate craving for megastar status that is beginning to grate with me and how dismissive he is of Groves, as if Groves has a temerity even considering sharing a ring with him. Just does not really suit him. The most frustrating thing for me is having met Froch (albeit briefly) is he is a nice guy really.

Strongback wrote:

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:Mayweather
Stephenson
Golovkin
Quigg
JMM

Pet peeves............The Smith boys.............Too many ordinary fighters getting too much attention because their Mum and Dad were too frisky.

Are you aware of Stephenson's shady past or is it everybody deserves a second chance?


Thought you might have had room for Derry.

Am I picking on personalities or who I like to watch..

Stop being silly and looking for little stupid things all the time..

Rowley wrote:Don't much mind the dancing stuff toppy, will never begrudge a guy making a few extra quid, it is all the desperate craving for megastar status that is beginning to grate with me and how dismissive he is of Groves, as if Groves has a temerity even considering sharing a ring with him. Just does not really suit him. The most frustrating thing for me is having met Froch (albeit briefly) is he is a nice guy really.

To me it was more what the dance show represented: 1) craving for fame and recognition; and 2) being pushed around by his missus who was clearly the one who really wanted to do it. Carl just wanted to be noticed.

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:

Strongback wrote:

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:Mayweather
Stephenson
Golovkin
Quigg
JMM

Pet peeves............The Smith boys.............Too many ordinary fighters getting too much attention because their Mum and Dad were too frisky.

Are you aware of Stephenson's shady past or is it everybody deserves a second chance?


Thought you might have had room for Derry.

Am I picking on personalities or who I like to watch..

Stop being silly and looking for little stupid things all the time..

I was being genuine. Not everybody knows Stevenson did time for running prostitution and assault etc.


When I say favourite I mean fighters that you like from a character point of view. Maybe I should have made that clearer. My picks aren't of the fighters I think are the most interesting to watch.

Fury
Froch
Eubank Jr
Wlad
Choi

Strongback wrote:

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:

Strongback wrote:

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:Mayweather
Stephenson
Golovkin
Quigg
JMM

Pet peeves............The Smith boys.............Too many ordinary fighters getting too much attention because their Mum and Dad were too frisky.

Are you aware of Stephenson's shady past or is it everybody deserves a second chance?


Thought you might have had room for Derry.

Am I picking on personalities or who I like to watch..

Stop being silly and looking for little stupid things all the time..

I was being genuine.  Not everybody knows Stevenson did time for running prostitution and assault etc.


When I say favourite I mean fighters that you like from a character point of view.  Maybe I should have made that clearer.  My picks aren't of the fighters I think are the most interesting to watch.

I'm not being funny Mate but it doesn't say that in the thread...........You jumped on my post like you always do......

Just calm down..read my stuff and learn something instead..

TopHat24/7 wrote:To me it was more what the dance show represented: 1) craving for fame and recognition; and 2) being pushed around by his missus who was clearly the one who really wanted to do it.  Carl just wanted to be noticed.

Didn't watch it to be fair top hat, would feel like I was cheating on Strictly.

The no nonsense ones like Kovalov and Golovkin. Why waste time with words when you could be knocking someone out? I feel a bit sorry for Rigondeaux as well. Even though he is a stinker. Hes been horribly promoted and will more than likely make no money from his career despite his talent deserving it. Nobody will even put him on an undercard these days.

catchweight wrote:The no nonsense ones like Kovalov and Golovkin. Why waste time with words when you could be knocking someone out? I feel a bit sorry for Rigondeaux as well. Even though he is a stinker. Hes been horribly promoted and will more than likely make no money from his career despite his talent deserving it. Nobody will even put him on an undercard these days.

I like your style...........actions speak louder than words

I'm a fan of all british fighters so I won't list them.

Great thread, there aren't many fighters that I don't like but here are my favourites...

Juan Manuel Marquez
Nonito Donaire
Miguel Cotto
Floyd Mayweather
Sergio Martinez

In no particular order:

Rigondeaux
Frampton
GGG
Santa Cruz
Lomachenko

Don't understand why Rigo is called a stinker. Granted the Donaire fight wasn't an all time classic, but Rigo did what he had to do. Donaire did absolutely nothing, the knockdown aside, and this seems to get sweep under the carpet. The Marroquin fight was decent. There were about six knockdowns in the Kennedy fight. The way he finished off Ramos was great to watch. The only other time I've seen Rigo disappoint was the Cordoba fight and if I remember that correctly that was more to do with Cordoba than Rigo.

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:

Strongback wrote:

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:

Strongback wrote:

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:Mayweather
Stephenson
Golovkin
Quigg
JMM

Pet peeves............The Smith boys.............Too many ordinary fighters getting too much attention because their Mum and Dad were too frisky.

Are you aware of Stephenson's shady past or is it everybody deserves a second chance?


Thought you might have had room for Derry.

Am I picking on personalities or who I like to watch..

Stop being silly and looking for little stupid things all the time..

I was being genuine.  Not everybody knows Stevenson did time for running prostitution and assault etc.


When I say favourite I mean fighters that you like from a character point of view.  Maybe I should have made that clearer.  My picks aren't of the fighters I think are the most interesting to watch.

I'm not being funny Mate but it doesn't say that in the thread...........You jumped on my post like you always do......

Just calm down..read my stuff and learn something instead..

So you "have a lot of time for" a pimp and a women beater then?

You just picked the best fighters you could think of so you couldn't be accused at a later date of liking a fighter that was a loser.

I remember when you were a big Haye fan when he was winning. Dropped him like a hot snot after Wlad beat him. Same reason you're orgasmic about Floyd now.


You're as transparent as a pane of glass.

Bernard Hopkins
Audley Harrison
Andre Dirrell
Flloyd Mayweather
Chris Arreola

Strongback wrote:

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:

Strongback wrote:

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:

Strongback wrote:

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:Mayweather
Stephenson
Golovkin
Quigg
JMM

Pet peeves............The Smith boys.............Too many ordinary fighters getting too much attention because their Mum and Dad were too frisky.

Are you aware of Stephenson's shady past or is it everybody deserves a second chance?


Thought you might have had room for Derry.

Am I picking on personalities or who I like to watch..

Stop being silly and looking for little stupid things all the time..

I was being genuine.  Not everybody knows Stevenson did time for running prostitution and assault etc.


When I say favourite I mean fighters that you like from a character point of view.  Maybe I should have made that clearer.  My picks aren't of the fighters I think are the most interesting to watch.

I'm not being funny Mate but it doesn't say that in the thread...........You jumped on my post like you always do......

Just calm down..read my stuff and learn something instead..

So you "have a lot of time for" a pimp and a women beater then?

You just picked the best fighters you could think of so you couldn't be accused at a later date of liking a fighter that was a loser.

I remember when you were a big Haye fan when he was winning.  Dropped him like a hot snot after Wlad beat him. Same reason you're orgasmic about Floyd now.


You're as transparent as a pane of glass.

does it matter to you why he likes someone? It certainly doesn't sound like you want to debate it, just stick the knife in as usual

Khan
Fury
Floyd
Groves
Haye

Strongback wrote:

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:

Strongback wrote:

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:

Strongback wrote:

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:Mayweather
Stephenson
Golovkin
Quigg
JMM

Pet peeves............The Smith boys.............Too many ordinary fighters getting too much attention because their Mum and Dad were too frisky.

Are you aware of Stephenson's shady past or is it everybody deserves a second chance?


Thought you might have had room for Derry.

Am I picking on personalities or who I like to watch..

Stop being silly and looking for little stupid things all the time..

I was being genuine.  Not everybody knows Stevenson did time for running prostitution and assault etc.


When I say favourite I mean fighters that you like from a character point of view.  Maybe I should have made that clearer.  My picks aren't of the fighters I think are the most interesting to watch.

I'm not being funny Mate but it doesn't say that in the thread...........You jumped on my post like you always do......

Just calm down..read my stuff and learn something instead..

So you "have a lot of time for" a pimp and a women beater then?

You just picked the best fighters you could think of so you couldn't be accused at a later date of liking a fighter that was a loser.

I remember when you were a big Haye fan when he was winning.  Dropped him like a hot snot after Wlad beat him. Same reason you're orgasmic about Floyd now.


You're as transparent as a pane of glass.

You've lost the plot Mate.. 

Lance wrote:

Strongback wrote:

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:

Strongback wrote:

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:

Strongback wrote:

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:Mayweather
Stephenson
Golovkin
Quigg
JMM

Pet peeves............The Smith boys.............Too many ordinary fighters getting too much attention because their Mum and Dad were too frisky.

Are you aware of Stephenson's shady past or is it everybody deserves a second chance?


Thought you might have had room for Derry.

Am I picking on personalities or who I like to watch..

Stop being silly and looking for little stupid things all the time..

I was being genuine.  Not everybody knows Stevenson did time for running prostitution and assault etc.

When I say favourite I mean fighters that you like from a character point of view.  Maybe I should have made that clearer.  My picks aren't of the fighters I think are the most interesting to watch.

I'm not being funny Mate but it doesn't say that in the thread...........You jumped on my post like you always do......

Just calm down..read my stuff and learn something instead..

So you "have a lot of time for" a pimp and a women beater then?

You just picked the best fighters you could think of so you couldn't be accused at a later date of liking a fighter that was a loser.

I remember when you were a big Haye fan when he was winning.  Dropped him like a hot snot after Wlad beat him. Same reason you're orgasmic about Floyd now.


You're as transparent as a pane of glass.

does it matter to you why he likes someone? It certainly doesn't sound like you want to debate it, just stick the knife in as usual

I don't care but why come to a thread about fighters you have a lot of time for and then post up a pimp and a fighter with more drug allegations around him than any other fighter in the sport.

He just picked winners. Pointless. Everybody else got what the thread was about. I suppose they can read.


Anyone who shows the blind support for Truss you have puts himself in a category. No need to spell it out.

Gentlemen please.

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:

Strongback wrote:

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:

Strongback wrote:

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:

Strongback wrote:

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:Mayweather
Stephenson
Golovkin
Quigg
JMM

Pet peeves............The Smith boys.............Too many ordinary fighters getting too much attention because their Mum and Dad were too frisky.

Are you aware of Stephenson's shady past or is it everybody deserves a second chance?


Thought you might have had room for Derry.

Am I picking on personalities or who I like to watch..

Stop being silly and looking for little stupid things all the time..

I was being genuine.  Not everybody knows Stevenson did time for running prostitution and assault etc.


When I say favourite I mean fighters that you like from a character point of view.  Maybe I should have made that clearer.  My picks aren't of the fighters I think are the most interesting to watch.

I'm not being funny Mate but it doesn't say that in the thread...........You jumped on my post like you always do......

Just calm down..read my stuff and learn something instead..

So you "have a lot of time for" a pimp and a women beater then?

You just picked the best fighters you could think of so you couldn't be accused at a later date of liking a fighter that was a loser.

I remember when you were a big Haye fan when he was winning.  Dropped him like a hot snot after Wlad beat him. Same reason you're orgasmic about Floyd now.


You're as transparent as a pane of glass.

You've lost the plot Mate.. 

I have a plot.

You're just one lost soul, swimming in a fish bowl, year after year.

Gary Sykes
Kid Galahad
Carl Frampton
Scott Quigg
Jazza Dickens

Struggled with this - world scene is devoid of characters or likeable stars. Like Fury, too. And Chisora. Their honesty cracks me up.

Floyd
GGG
Froch (I actually like him, because he delivers - most of the time anyway...)
Pascal
Stiverne

Martinez
Froch
Pacquiao
Mathysse
Ojay Abrahams

Mr Bounce wrote:Floyd
GGG
Froch (I actually like him, because he delivers - most of the time anyway...)
Pascal
Stiverne

I like Stiverne, hes been seriously underrated and overlooked since beating Arreola

Favourites all time:

Tommy Hearns
Joe Frazier
Nigel Benn
Lennox Lewis
Felix Trinidad

hazharrison wrote:Favourites all time:

Tommy Hearns
Joe Frazier
Nigel Benn
Lennox Lewis
Felix Trinidad

Lewis
Eubank
Morales
Hopkins
Sanders

Froch (for his fight all comers, home or away attitude)
JMM
Martinez
Cotto
Mattysse

Strongback wrote:

Lance wrote:

Strongback wrote:

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:

Strongback wrote:

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:

Strongback wrote:

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:Mayweather
Stephenson
Golovkin
Quigg
JMM

Pet peeves............The Smith boys.............Too many ordinary fighters getting too much attention because their Mum and Dad were too frisky.

Are you aware of Stephenson's shady past or is it everybody deserves a second chance?


Thought you might have had room for Derry.

Am I picking on personalities or who I like to watch..

Stop being silly and looking for little stupid things all the time..

I was being genuine.  Not everybody knows Stevenson did time for running prostitution and assault etc.

When I say favourite I mean fighters that you like from a character point of view.  Maybe I should have made that clearer.  My picks aren't of the fighters I think are the most interesting to watch.

I'm not being funny Mate but it doesn't say that in the thread...........You jumped on my post like you always do......

Just calm down..read my stuff and learn something instead..

So you "have a lot of time for" a pimp and a women beater then?

You just picked the best fighters you could think of so you couldn't be accused at a later date of liking a fighter that was a loser.

I remember when you were a big Haye fan when he was winning.  Dropped him like a hot snot after Wlad beat him. Same reason you're orgasmic about Floyd now.


You're as transparent as a pane of glass.

does it matter to you why he likes someone? It certainly doesn't sound like you want to debate it, just stick the knife in as usual

I don't care but why come to a thread about fighters you have a lot of time for and then post up a pimp and a fighter with more drug allegations around him than any other fighter in the sport.

He just picked winners.  Pointless.  Everybody else got what the thread was about.  I suppose they can read.


Anyone who shows the blind support for Truss you have puts himself in a category.  No need to spell it out.

Why do you take life so seriously???........You're getting hot over nothing Mate.......

hazharrison wrote:Favourites all time:

Tommy Hearns
Joe Frazier
Nigel Benn
Lennox Lewis
Felix Trinidad

Take out Lewis and you got four pleasers there.............My list is..........

Curry
Bramble
Holmes
Chavez
Mayweather

When I'm not swimming in a fish bowl year after year going........ glub glub glub......... 

Lance wrote:

hazharrison wrote:Favourites all time:

Tommy Hearns
Joe Frazier
Nigel Benn
Lennox Lewis
Felix Trinidad

Lewis
Eubank
Morales
Hopkins
Sanders

I was always a Barrera and Benn man.

My favourite 5 at the no are
Truss
Strongback
Lance
Mayweather
Garcia

Haha

Donaire
Guerrero
Molina
Matthysse
Maidana

I find myself routing for Floyd more these days than I used to and also quite like Danny Garcia's attitude so both narrowly miss out.