who is the best professional boxer of this modern time?
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Right now, I would have to say Floyd Mayweather, Jr. He is fighting all of the big name opponents and beating them. His opponents were no slouches such as: Angel Manfredy, Arturo "Thunder" Gatti, Sharmba Mitchell, Jose Luis Castillo, and Diego Corrales. He is also slated to fight Zab Judah this April and also Ricky Hatton by the end of the year. There is no doubt that he is the best boxer out there right now, pound-for-pound. He will fight anybody, anywhere, anytime.
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Muhammad Ali (Cashes Clay).  That was an easy question.
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Chuck Liddel is the ultimate fighter.  Tyson was good in his day and his day has gone.  Iceman is the man of war for today.  He rocks.
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No doubt in my mind on this one at the moment it is Manny "The Pacman" Pacquiao.
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Honestly...I think that it will not happen until a young up-and-comer named Daniel Marchica gets a few more wins. He is going to be the next big thing, and the person to bring back boxing's popularity.
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Could be Barry Migugan of Nazeem... possibly Cooper as he has Ali beat had he not had to change gloves!
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Damn!  You have Pernell Whitaker, Roy Jones Jr, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Sugar Ray Leonard, Sugar Ray Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Hector 'Macho' Camacho, Meldrik Taylor...  Vitor Belfor?  Choose one.  :)
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pele, maradone, u know... the greats\n\nas of the current generation, kahn, ronaldihno, and christiano ronaldo
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. is a huge favorite going into the fight. He's not only undefeated, he's the current pound-for pound champion. Mayweather surpasses Judah in speed, skill and power. I'm not sure what Judah could do to win, but if he does it'll be a huge upset in the boxing world.
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Although toney might be the best skilled hw boxer right now, and valuev may be the most physically imposing, i have to say my current favorite is lamon brewster. He has true heavyweight power (as evidenced by his comeback stoppage of klitchko and quick knock out of golota) and he clearly has a lot of heart (fighting sergei with a detached retina from round 1 and nearly pulling out a decision). The amazing thing is is even though he is an american heavy, he really has recieved very little pub and needed to win the fight he lost in part because of injury. Its pretty disappointing as he really could have launched if he won a few more fights consecutively.
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The best "boxer" is Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather, Undefeated and already attained the status of champion in 4 different weight classes, more to come stay tuned. I assumed you meant the "world" as in guys that are still fighting and still alive. If that was wrong, my apologies.\n\nIce Ice (let me guess Your Vote for Greatest Rap Artist Ever would go to Vanilla??) \n\nThe question states "the world's best" which should lead one to believe a fighter who is currently fighting. But then you get critical and say PBF doesn't match up to the greats like Sanchez, Leonard, Chavez etc The question isn't asking for comparison to legends. \n\nNow here is the tricky part why do you compare PBF to legends from boxing history, then turn around and pick PacMan. Do you mean to say that PacMan is on par with all those guys you mentioned?? It sure looks that way to me. PacMan is one of my favorites but not that great. I noticed that all you do is go around trying to put others opinions down. But its only a sign of your own inability to give props to your choices or your opinions that leads you to chastise others who don't share your views. \n\nAn opinion is unique to each person, it can't be judged as "right" or "wrong". If I asked, What's the best tasting ice cream? I'd get 100s of answers but none are wrong BUT, ALL ARE RIGHT to that person.
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michael tyson. he's a boxer with the greatest record and a model for up coming boxers.
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I agree with you completely. Lennox Lewis is the greatest champion and the greatest boxer in the history of this sport. First he had an excellent amateur career that he crowned with an Olympic gold medal in 1988, and as a professional he was in my opinion the greatest heavyweight champion ever to step foot in a boxing ring. He defeated every opponent he ever faced in his career (McCall and Rahman by a way of rematch) and he had all the attributes that a perfect heavyweight boxer is supposed to have - starting from basic height, weight and strenght advantage in almost every match to perfect technique, awesome knockout power and most importantly unprecedented boxing talent that he has been showing throughout his career.\nAli, Fraiser, Liston, Foreman, Holyfield, Tyson, Klitschko brothers and so on are all great heavyweight boxing champions but none of them is a match for Lennox in my opinion.
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I think boxers who jab are good boxers\n\nhijab with the left... hijab with the right... then a left upper cut...\n\n"DOWN GOES frazier!"
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Jack Johnson was a great boxer. Ali is overrated. He is just a popular guy world wide.\n\nPretty boy Floyd may be the best ever when it is said and done!\n\nFelix Tito Trinidad is my favorite though.  Always a man even in defeat!
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I agree Marvin Hagler had the best chin in boxing, the only time he got wobbled was against Hearns for a split second in the first round of their terrific fight and he went in with some decent punchers. He was never knocked down properly the only time he took a count was when he slipped against Roldan.
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I guess it would be Muhammad Ali, but it's hard for me to tell because on tv they usually just show his later fights and I don't get to see him much when he was at the top of his game.\n\nMy personal favorite, though, is Jack Dempsey.