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Best fighter in the NHL currently?

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I've seen various Chara fights and due his size he is nearly impossible to win. Iginla is also decent fighter when he has to. In today's NHL guys like Reaves and Engelland rank high simply because there aren't many of their kind left in the league.
 

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McHockeyfan91 said:
My first time I saw Brian Boyle fight, I wondered how he could be so bad for how big he was, when he got demolished by Theo Peckham
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Peckham is really tough though. That is not a good judge of Boyles ability. Obviously he is going to get beat down by Pecks
 
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lol @ anyone saying boyle is a bad fighter. when he was a bolt he would legitimately pick people up with one hand and punch them with the other.
 
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DominicBoltsFan said:
lol @ anyone saying boyle is a bad fighter. when he was a bolt he would legitimately pick people up with one hand and punch them with the other.
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I want to see video of this...

He's absolutely a bad fighter. According to DYG, he is 9-14-10 in fights. His last 3 fight wins he fought Travis Zajac (0-4-2) & Colton Sceviour (0-7-4) and Steve Ott (23-48-51) - He has never, ever won a fight against a guy with a winning record, or a legitimate "fighter"

He's bad.
 
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Sheppy said:
I think people grossly overrate Chara. He will throw two punches, and then wrestle everyone to the ground.
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well at 40 and nothing left to prove ....sure.
but lets not forget there still is a reason why some wont go with him either. THN did a piece on that just a couple of years ago.


 
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Any answer other than Ryan Reaves is wrong. He's the best out there right now... He's got a fairly impressive fight card as well with guys like McGrattan (Champ for many years), Peluso, Scott, Bordeleau, Bissonette, Mashinter, Rechlicz, Thornton, McIlrath, Boll, Neil, etc.

Definitely the top dog right now. That said, his card over the last few seasons hasn't been too impressive due to the above guys basically being phased out of the game.
 
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Sheppy said:
I think people grossly overrate Chara. He will throw two punches, and then wrestle everyone to the ground.
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Yep.
I've seen Chara maul many people but I don't think I've ever seen him beat anyone up in the traditional sense.
He's not a good fighter but he's effective because he's too big to hit (can't reach him).
When you want highlights of his fights, you need to turn off the sound so you want watch objectively without his hype-man Edwards yelling about how amazing he is.
You'll also notice that despite his size, he tends to jump players in a lot of this fights.

If he would have fought any of the other giants like Scott, Boo, Belak, etc they would have destroyed him.

I can't blame him for not fighting those guys though. It would be stupid for him to take himself off the ice (being a #1 back then) for the sake of taking a 6 minute a night guy off.
 
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Sheppy said:
He's neck and neck with Reaves, but i just have Reaves ahead due to activity and overall fight card. I'd love to see them go though, surprised it hasn't happened yet to be honest.
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No doubt. It would be a good tilt for sure.. Reaves definitely seems to be the best "true enforcer" left anymore.
 

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Adam McQuaid has to be in the conversation, he rarely loses a fight. Reaves is probably #1 though.
 
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McQuaid is top 5 right now I'd say. Here's who i have that play on a regular basis.

The Clear #1-2
Ryan Reaves
Milan Lucic

The Rest (No Particular Order)
Michael Haley
Kurtis MacDermid
Adam McQuaid
Dalton Prout
Luke Witowski
Josh Manson
Matt Martin
Wayne Simmonds
Chris Stewart
Kevan Miller
Cody McLeod
 

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Bieksa with two KOs this year - he's Top-10 imo. He has faced off against plenty of heavyweights - more than his fair share considering he played most of his career in the top-4.
 
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Siludin said:
Bieksa with two KOs this year - he's Top-10 imo. He has faced off against plenty of heavyweights - more than his fair share considering he played most of his career in the top-4.
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He's not top 10 or even that close really. Also, he didn't knock anyone out. He had two super man punches against two scrubs... I can't justify putting him ahead of anyone in the list i made. Which heavies has he fought? I could be missing something.

He has a very inflated record, in my opinion.
 
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Sheppy said:
He's not top 10 or even that close really. Also, he didn't knock anyone out. He had two super man punches against two scrubs... I can't justify putting him ahead of anyone in the list i made. Which heavies has he fought? I could be missing something.

He has a very inflated record, in my opinion.
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He fought Simmonds to a draw and Simmonds is on your list
 
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