1. brandan rios
2. jake lamotta
3. muhammad ali
4. carl froch
5. micky ward
6. joe frazier
7. james tony
8. chuck wepner
9.arturo gatti
10. rocky marciano
Theres been some tough boxers in the history of boxing but heres my list:
1) Antonio Margarito
2) Jake Lamotta
3) Marvin Hagler
4) Arturo Gatti
5) James Tony
6) Carlos Monzon
7) Arthur Abraham
8) Evander Holyfield
9) David Tua
10) Glenn Johnson
1. Duran
2. Chavez Sr
3. Lamotta
4. Frazier
5. Marciano
6. Gatti
7. Mickey Ward
8. Ali
9. James Toney
10. Foreman
1. Marciano
2. Liston
3. Lamotta
4. Frazier
5. Ali
6. Chuck wepner
7. Booger t
8. Booker t
9. Fat man randy savage
10. Frank the serenity now costanza
1)Micky ward
2)Arturo gatti
3)Muhammad ali
4)Manny Pacquiao
5)Timothy Bradely
6)Ruslan Provodnikov
7)Juan manuel Marquez
8)Rocky Marciano
9)Naseem Hamed
10)Joe Frazier
In no order:
Carmen Basilio
Tommy Farr
Wayne McCullough
Harry Greb
Marvin Hagler
Glen Johnson
Sugar Ray Robinson
Jake Lamotta
Ted Kid Lewis
Roberto Duran
Brandon Rios is your #1 toughest fighter of all time? Really?
Just for reference; Jake Lamotta started boxing in the same weight division as Brandon Rios but Lamotta actually became an undisputed champion in middleweight. Lamotta has 4 early stoppage losses, 3 at old age [at middleweight, 1 against Sugar Ray Robinson] and another early stoppage against a lightheavyweight with 48 wins 47 knockouts in Billy Fox [and it was a tko].
I would like to see how Brandon Rios would do against a lightheavyweight with half of those ko's, the equivalent of him fighting Sergey Kovalev.
Lamotta was only ever floored in his last few fights against lightheavyweights
Brandon Rios! his must be Sally Eckbach's yahoo answers account. Number 1 of recent times for me is Marco Huck. Timothy Bradley deserves a shout for still swinging wildly when he was out on his feet versus Provo.
All time probably Muhammed Ali.
you dumbass you put brandon rios, James toney
mickey ward carl froch chuck wepner and arturo Gatti
damn your stupid
Why has no one even mentioned Harry Greb-The man fought the latter part of his career blind in one eye and didn't even tell anyone. They don't come any tougher than Greb. Depending on who one would ask the answer might be the greatest of all time but very few can argue that there were any tougher than Greb, and he beat 18 hall of fame fighters.
Rocky Marciano---never lost a fight
Muhammad Ali---stopped just once in his last fight after an ill-advised comeback
Jim Jeffries-----same as Ali
Sugar Ray Leonard----same as Ali
Sugar Ray Robinson----stopped only once when he retired on his stool due to heat exhaustion
Kid Gavilan---never stopped in 30 career losses
James Toney---fought from middleweights through heavyweights and was never stopped in his few losses
Marvin Hagler---never stopped in his few career losses
George Foreman---stopped only once (by Ali ) in his illustrious two stints at heavyweights separated by 20 years
Joe Frazier----lost only to Foreman (twice ) and Ali (once ) by TKO in the heavyweight division's strongest era.
Honorable Mentions:
Hector Macho Camacho---never stopped/kayoed in only his six career losses while fighting from 130 lbs through the super middleweights meeting the likes of hard punchers Boza Edawrds, Rafael Limon, Julio Cesar Chavez, Edwin Rosario, Oscar de la Hoya, Tito Trinidad, Ray Boom Boom Mancini, Greg haugen, Jose Luis Ramirez, Vinny Pazienza, Roberto Duran, and Sugar Ray Leonard, many of whom he even beat,
Bernard Hopkins---thus far, he hasn't been stopped (legally that is ) but he may yet meet Krusher Kovalev, Adonis Stevenson and/or Beibut Shuemenov at LHW..,
Pancho Villa--never stopped in only his four career losses in 88 fights while fighting at flyweight ( where he was world champion at the time of his death ) and bantamweight
Joe Calzhage--also retired unbeaten as super middleweight and light heavyweight champion but he was never tested by top fighters still in their best prime.
my list whats yours
1. brandan rios
2. jake lamotta
3. muhammad ali
4. carl froch
5. micky ward
6. joe frazier
7. james tony
8. chuck wepner
9.arturo gatti
10. rocky marciano
I'm really bad at making lists so I won't try but I'd just like to add that the old school fighters seemed much more tougher than today's fighters to me, especially when you consider the conditions e.g. were less health precautions, smaller gloves, more likely to encounter someone with "loaded" gloves... etc.
Is that list 'in no particular order'?
