Want to know who are the favorite ‘all-time’ boxer and favorite active boxer of your favorite boxing writer? If you do, check this out:
Michael Marley
“(My) favorite boxer of all time is my friend, my idol, Muhammad Ali.”
“ The best active boxer is Mr. Ring Entertainment, Manny Pacquiao, the Pinoy Idol.”
Muhammad Ali
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Michael Marley is a practicing criminal defense attorney in New York. He writes for BoxingConfidential.com and Examiner.com (New York Boxing Examiner).
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David Greisman
“I don't root for fighters, and so I don't play favorites. But if you were going to give me a choice of a fighters' career set and say, "David, you can only watch this boxer for the rest of your life..."
“All-time, I'd pick Arturo Gatti.”
“Active, I'd pick Manny Pacquiao.”
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David Greisman writes for MaxBoxing.com and BoxingScene.com. He also has written for a major newspaper in Maryland and a daily paper in New Hampshire, covering everything from crime to politics to features to municipal government news. His “The Prices They Pay: Of Warriors and Tragedies” won BWAA writing award (first place - Boxing Column category) in 2008.
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Carlos Arias
“Favorite fighter: Manny Pacquiao is the most exciting fighter in boxing. Pacquiao is guaranteed. Whenever he steps in the ring, something spectacular can happen.”
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Carlos Arias writes for Orange County Register.
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Lyle Fitzsimmons
“My favorite active fighter is Mayweather. I admire excellence. And he is a walking definition. I know a lot of fans are excited by action fighters like Arturo Gatti and Diego Corrales have been, and like Pacquiao is now. I can see why they are attracted to those types, but I admire fighters who are clearly on an all-time level. Guys who fight quality foes and are so far superior that they make it look easy. Mayweather does that. He's fought very good fighters in his career - Corrales, Castillo, Gatti, Judah, Baldomir, Hatton, De La Hoya, Marquez - and beaten nearly all of them by wide margins. To me, that's better than an exciting 10-round fight between lesser-quality athletes.”
“My favorite of all time is Thomas Hearns. His glory days in the sport coincided with the years when I was first starting to pay attention and first starting to become obsessed. He had the perfect frame to fight in several weight classes and I was always impressed that he could beat some foes by sheer KO power, while using his jab and movement to outclass others. And obviously, his fights with fellow greats like Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran and Marvin Hagler are all-time classics. I don't pretend that he's the greatest fighter who ever lived, but he's absolutely my favorite and surely among the top of any generation.”
Thomas Hearns
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Lyle Fitzsimmons is an award-winning 20-year sports journalist, a full voting member of the Boxing Writers Association of America and a frequent contributor to The Sports Network, Stone Cold Sports on the MVN Network (stonecoldsports.com) and several sports radio talk shows throughout the U.S.
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Bart Barry
“Favorite active boxer: Israel Vazquez. He has given himself fully to the sport. He has won the best trilogy of my lifetime - and was in the best fights I saw in 2006 (Johnny Gonzalez), 2007 (Rafael Marquez I & II) and 2008 (Rafael Marquez III). He is a model of humility and decency outside the ring.”
“Favorite boxer of all time: Marvin Hagler. Growing up in Massachusetts, to me Hagler was something of a mythical, god-like creature. He dominated a division for years and did it honestly and brutally. His fight with Thomas Hearns remains the gold-standard of early stoppages. And when Hagler retired, he meant it; everything Hagler did, he meant it.”
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Bart Barry writes for 15rounds.com, BoxingScene.com, and many other boxing websites. He is a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America and has become the premiere web-based boxing writer in the Southwest.
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Mark Whicker
“Mosley is my favorite current boxer, Arguello my favorite all-time.”
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Mark Whicker is a Sports Columnist for Orange County Register.
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