Favorite Boxer

As for my fav boxer, Sugar Ray had a lot of class. Better than the loudmouth Ali! ||thumbs_up.gif' border=0>

roy jones jr ||an_fight.gif' border=0> ||moose.gif' border=0>

Tyson

sugar ray leonard and de la hoya i used to like roy jones but i got tired of his not wanting to fight his better challengers. on the other hand, de la hoya earned my respect. i always thought he was a great business man who would not fight bigger or smaller fighter who were also better. if he had fought wright a few yrs ago, that would hae been a biiger draw than his upcoming fight. so my hat is off to sugar ray and de la hoya. oh, and of course. Rocky Balboa!!||an_roll_laugh.gif' border=0>

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Evander "Real Deal" Holyfield Sugar Ray Leonard ||an_fight.gif' border=0>

Sugar Ray it is boyz! ||thumbs_up.gif' border=0>

"Sugar" Ray Robinson *The Best of all Time* Although this charismatic boxer was born Walker Smith Jr., he is best remembered as "Sugar" Ray Robinson. Born on May 3, 1921 in Ailey, Georgia, his parents moved the family to New York when Sugar Ray was a teenager to escape the prevalent prejudice in the South. It was there, in a Harlem gym, that he was first introduced to boxing. Sugar Ray visited the gym frequently, using a borrowed Amateur Athletic Union boxing card of a friend. The friend's name, incidentally, was Ray Robinson. His natural talent in the ring began to draw attention, and soon crowds gathered to watch Sugar Ray perform. When future coach George Gainford watched him box for the first time, Gainford commented that the young boxer's style and fluid motions were "sweet as sugar." Others agreed, and the nickname stuck. After winning the New York Golden Gloves championship in 1940, 19-year-old Sugar Ray turned pro and never looked back. By 1946, Sugar Ray was the world welterweight champion. His reign included a 91 fight winning-streak. He held the title for five years, and then moved onto acquiring the world middleweight title, which he held five times between 1951-1960. A dominant force in the boxing ring for two decades, Sugar Ray was 38 when he won his last middleweight title. In the mid-1960s, Sugar Ray exited the ring gracefully. "No beefs, George," he told his coach. "Sometimes we got the best of it in the past." Sugar Ray's record was 128-1-2 with 84 knockouts at the pinnacle of his career. Amazingly, in over 200 fights, Sugar Ray was never physically knocked out (though he did receive one technical KO). Altogether, he amassed 109 KOs, and finished with a record of 175-19-6 with two no-decisions. World champion Muhammad Ali called him "the king, the master, my idol." In 1997, The Ring magazine named Sugar Ray "pound for pound, the best boxer of all time." More recently, in 1999, the Associated Press named him both the greatest welterweight and middleweight boxer of the century. ||moose.gif' border=0>

Ooohh, somebody really has a good argument for Sugar Ray, and it all makes sense. ||Peace_5.gif' border=0>

Any body seen Riddick fight?

Oscar "Ringo" Bonavena

Who's that??

He was a heavy weight fighter from Argentina. He boxed all the the great ones like Ali, frazier, Patterson, Ellis. In 1970 he made a huge fight versus Ali, who knocked him out in the 15th round (I saw this one live in TV as a kid). But Bonavena hit Ali to the ground in 9th round. He didnt win his great fights, but he was extremely brave and tough. "youtube.com" has some good videos about that fight. He was murdered in Reno in 1976.

im 21.. my favorite boxer, and idol/role model since ive been about 12 is arturo gatti.. was immediately a huge fan the first time i saw him fight on tuesday night fights.. gatti rules