2) bradley
3) lebedev
4) maidana
5) abraham (would have been higher years back but his heart has been less aparrent recently)
1) Amir Khan: He has too much heart. He never backs down from a fight.
2) Tim Bradley: His last fight showed how much heart he has.
3) Brandon Rios
4) Carl Froch: What can you say he fights with his heart
5) Sergio Martinez: hurt and dropped in the 12th round of The Chavez fight instead of holding he went toe to toe with Chavez showing his heart.
It's difficult to contradict your list. Malignaggi should probably be in there somewhere, and maybe Carson Jones??
Amir Khan is a cert
Bradley is a cert
Maidana is a cert
I could probably list another ten potential candidates after that - All would have similar credentials to Lebedev / Abraham ect.... Even Lee Purdey deserves a mention, he was going nowhere fast against Alexander, yet still never give up.
Not in any particular order I'd say
Malignaggi- gets bombed by everyone but always keeps going
Khan- see above
Maidana- the guys a terminator. he took everything Ortiz and khan threw at him. Always a warrior
Rios- if margarito was still fighting I'd choose him but rios is very
Similar. He will walk through everything to land his own.
Froch- you can see that he suffers from nerves occasionally, but that's why he's on my list. He has huge courage, has faced everyone and travelled to their territory to do it too.
1. Rios and Alvarado ( tie )
2. Hopkins--already grandpop, he shunned no top fighter form 160 through 175 lbs. including many almost half his age and who are reputed to be KO punchers.
3. Bradley--his stand versus Pacquiao and especially Provodnikov in his last fight showed that.
4. Michael Farenas--he continued to pursue his dream of landing a world title at 130 lbs. notwithstanlding tough luck draw with Uchiyama and loss to Yuri Gamboa, two of the best of the division.
5. Carl Froch-- enuf said.
i'd throw in marco huck & ola afolabi
1) kahn
2) bradley
3) lebedev
4) maidana
5) abraham (would have been higher years back but his heart has been less aparrent recently)
