Want to know who’s the favorite all-time boxers and favorite active boxer of your favorite boxing writer? If you do, check this out:
Richard Cloutier
“Favorite active boxer: Lucian Bute (IBF Champ)”
“Favorite boxer of all time: Roy Jones Jr.”
Freelance journalist Richard Cloutier is the Publishing Editor – Canada – of Netboxe.com, an International Boxing Hall of Fame elector, a member – Sanctioning Committee – of Quebec Boxing Council, and an associate member of Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec.
Coach Tim Walker
“My favorite fighter of all time Mr. Emile Griffith. Hands down. When you think raw power, awesome boxing technique, good defense and a general love and exuberance for the sport you have to consider Emile. His record wasn't unblemished but his boxing spirit was. He is, in my opinion, the quintessential boxing story. He was an immigrant to the United States from the Virgin Islands and was discovered totally by accident."
Emile Griffith
"His story goes like this. He lied at the age of 15 to get a job at a hat factory. On one of those really hot days he asked his boss if it was okay that he took his shirt off. The boss told him yes. When he took his shirt off his boss was thoroughly impressed with how physically fit Emile was and basically took him to Clancy's Boxing Gym (Gil Clancy). Emile had no idea that his boss was a former amateur boxer and had never thought of boxing. For the next 2 or 3 months Emile would work half days and then spend 3 to 4 hours in the boxing gym. After only 2 or 3 months of amateur training, he fought in and made it to the finals of the Golden Gloves. The next year he won it. Wow!"
"He won the welterweight title in 1962 when there were only 8 weight divisions and when there was only one championship title (WBA). The WBC came into existence in 1963, IBF in 1983, and WBO in 1988. In fact he won the title after only 4 to 5 years of boxing, total, including amateur and pro. He won the title by knocking out Benny Paret and won two of the three trilogy fights with Paret. Unfortunately, he holds the dubious distinction of having killed Paret in the ring of their 3rd fight. Barring that, discounting the loss of the title to Luis Manuel Rodriguez (he regained the title 3 months later against Rodriguez) he held on to the WBA/WBC welterweight title til 1969. He also was the WBA/WBC Middleweight title by defeating Dick Tiger. However, after killing Paret in the ring he seemed to never go after his opponents with the same fervor. This is very evident in his decrease in knockout ratio despite facing some lesser talent. Still, he is absolutely my favorite. Honorable mentions in that category are Roy Jones Jr, Floyd Mayweather, Sugar Ray Leonard, Sugar Ray Robinson, Ezzard Charles, Archie Moore (very overlooked I think), Muhammad Ali, Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson. I like all of these fighters because each revolutionized the sport in their own way.”
Coach Tim Walker is a contributing writer for Eastsideboxing.com and TheFightCountdown.com.
Ralph Rimpell
“My favorite active and all-time boxer is James "lights out" Toney. Another favorite of mine was the late Diego "Chico" Corrales.”
Ralph Rimpell writes for Iron Boxing.
Brandon Estrict
“My favorite active fighter is Floyd Mayweather, followed closely by Miguel Cotto.”
“My favorite fighter of all time isn't so easy to narrow down. I'm much younger than most writers and journalists so obviously I don't go back to the days of guys like Muhammad Ali, Thomas Hearns, Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Bob Foster, the young George Foreman and so on. That isn't to say I haven't seen plenty of their fights or (I haven’t) researched (about) them, (it’s) just that it'd be sort of generic for me to pick any of those guys when I wasn't alive to see their fights firsthand.”
My all-time faves, based on the guys I've actually seen from the beginning of their careers, are Pernell Whitaker, James Toney, Evander Holyfield, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Shane Mosley, Bernard Hopkins and I'm sure a few more guys I'm forgetting.”
Brandon Estrict writes for DogHouseBoxing.com
Aaron Screen
“(My) favourite active (boxer is) Pretty Boy Floyd, 40-0 his fights are not just fights there events, I myself appreciate the technical skills of the sweet science, no body displays the overall skills like Mayweather do.”
“(My) favourite all-time (boxer) is Roy Jones Jr - the man they call Superman is by far one of the most naturally gifted fighters of all time.”
“Didn’t he almost invent the concept of Pound for Pound? Back when Roy was the real Roy he was simply untouchable, barely losing a minute never mind a round. His combination punching and hand speed was that of a world class featherweight.”
Aaron Screen is a young contributing writer for SecondsOut.com and UltimateBoxingResults.com.
Tony Nobbs
“Floyd (is my favorite active boxer). He is the best. A marvelous boxer.”
“(My favorite all-time boxer is) Lionel Rose. Why? 19 year old world champ, came from an Aboriginal settlement to conquer the world. Beat Hall of Famer Fighting Harada for the title in a great fight. Lionel was beautiful to watch.”
Lionel Rose
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Tony Nobbs writes for The Fist, Australia’s leading boxing magazine, and EastSideBoxing.com and World Boxing Foundation media correspondent (Australia).
Frank Gonzalez Jr.
“My favorite fighter of all time... is a hard question to answer since there were so many fighters I thought were great. I'll say Marvin Hagler, a great warrior who ducked no one. Mohammad Ali, the great stylist HW who beat everyone in his era that was worth fighting. Currently, I'd go with Rafael Marquez and Israel Vazquez, two guys who fought great battles against each other; both have great boxing skills and can slug it out just as good. Also Glen Johnson, who has beaten many greats of his era even though he was robbed by the Judges, Johnson was always humble, didn't talk crap and never pretended he was the best but said he wanted to fight the best.”
Frank ‘Sharkie’s Machine’ Gonzalez Jr is a contributing writer for BraggingRightsCorner.com, DoghouseBoxing.com, and EastSideBoxing.com.
Jason Petock
“The question of who is my favorite active boxer is a difficult one. I have several fighters that I like to watch and many of them have contrasting styles, as well as personalities. Also, sadly many of the fighters that I really enjoy watching in the ring have either retired or met their demise tragically (RIP - Arturo Gatti, Vernon Forrest). But the answer to this question is actually fairly simple when I consider it.”
“My favorite active fighter is Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins (49 - 5 - 1 / 32 KOs). He is crafty, brilliant, skilled, elusive, and extremely tactical in the ring. He has all the tools in his arsenal and for him to still be fighting at 44 years of age and putting on performances like he did against Kelly Pavlik (which was nothing short of amazing) is a true testament to this great and fascinating boxer of our era.”
“My favorite boxer of all time is "Iron" Mike Tyson (50 - 6 - 0 / 44 KOs). He was a true throwback and simply incredible in the ring. He brought with him a modern display at the time of the ferocity of Jack "The Manassa Mauler" Dempsey (62 - 6 - 9 / 51 KOs), and he ran through the Heavyweight Division like a freight train, leaving fighters in his wake. He will always be the best of this generation, and no matter his troubles and turmoil outside of the ring, we can all appreciate his victories and performances in it.”
Jason Petock contributes writings to DoghouseBoxing.com.
Thomas Hauser
“(My) Favorite (boxer) of all time is Muhammad Ali.”
Thomas Hauser is the author of 34 books including 'Muhammad Ali: His Life And Times'. In 2005, he was honored by the Boxing Writers Association of America, which bestowed the Nat Fleischer Award for career excellence in boxing journalism upon him. He was the first Internet writer ever to receive the honor. Thomas describes writing for Secondsout.com as a chance to 'explore new frontiers and deliver cutting-edge material to website readers'.
PH Burbridge
“My favorite active fighter is Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao is the type of fighter I prefer watching because he delivers excitement and he’s also a class act in and out of the ring.”
“He deserves our respect for his willingness to step into the ring with much bigger, world class fighters and he is clearly unmatched in that regard in modern boxing.”
“My favorite boxer of all time is Julio Cesar Chavez. Julio at one time in his career was 87-0 with 75 KO's and ranked as the P4P #1 fighter which says it all. He and Manny have a great deal in common. Perhaps no two fighters in history have meant more to their countries than these two.”
“Julio and Manny are my two favorite fighters of the last 20 years.”
PH Burbridge writes for EastSidbeBoxing.com.
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