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Re: My Top 15 Pound For Pound Boxers Of All Time by Nobody: 5:57pm On Sep 29, 2015 |
chic2pimp: I agree 100% with you regarding hearns. Hearns alongside hagler,monzon,johnson,ezzard charles,archie moore and Gans will surely make my top 30 |
Re: My Top 15 Pound For Pound Boxers Of All Time by chic2pimp(m): 7:05pm On Sep 29, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo: DefinitelyBro. I think a lot has to do with the era He fought in with likes of Sugar Ray,Marvellous and Duran. He would be viewed as a demi god had He fought in this era |
Re: My Top 15 Pound For Pound Boxers Of All Time by Nobody: 7:12pm On Sep 29, 2015 |
chic2pimp: True. I remember telling someone recently that none of these current crop of boxers would have survived 5 rounds of Hearns/Hagler talkless of Duran.Boxing is more like comedy these days especially the heavyweight category.Pure bullch!t! deontay is bringing back memories though but he can't do it alone. We need like 4 of him to bring back the much needed spark heavyweight boxing use to have |
Re: My Top 15 Pound For Pound Boxers Of All Time by A40(m): 7:14pm On Sep 29, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo:Norton was legit. Took some losses he shouldn't havw |
Re: My Top 15 Pound For Pound Boxers Of All Time by A40(m): 7:15pm On Sep 29, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo:Norton was legit. Took some losses he shouldn't have but the guy could fight |
Re: My Top 15 Pound For Pound Boxers Of All Time by Nobody: 7:16pm On Sep 29, 2015 |
A40: True. he was good but i think he lost his status after those back to back losses against Ali and foreman |
Re: My Top 15 Pound For Pound Boxers Of All Time by A40(m): 10:53pm On Sep 29, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo:The two best fighters of his generation and arguably history. No shame in that! Plus the second loss to Ali was highly debatable chic2pimp:He had been accused of ducking fights for a while so I guess he just felt compelled to do so. Anyone can get a cut eye to be honest and Vitali was leading up till that point. Hearns is massively underrated, Riddick Bowe as well |
Re: My Top 15 Pound For Pound Boxers Of All Time by A40(m): 10:55pm On Sep 29, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo:Hagler woulda killed Mayweather, De La Hoya and Pacman |
Re: My Top 15 Pound For Pound Boxers Of All Time by Nobody: 11:07pm On Sep 29, 2015 |
A40: Lol i agree 101% with you on this. None of these current indomie boxers of this generation would have lasted 5 rounds against hagler. As regards norton's status as a great boxer, i agree with that as well but he definitely won't still make my top 50. Holmes will come ahead of norton in my list |
Re: My Top 15 Pound For Pound Boxers Of All Time by chic2pimp(m): 7:25pm On Sep 30, 2015 |
A40: Most fighters have been accused of judging fights since time immemorial. From Ali to Sugar Ray to Floyd. People will always throw around that accusation.He was definitely leading but guess what it was an unfit and overweight Lennox punches that did the damage. Don't know about Bowe but Hearns man. How can anybody watch that man fight and come to one resounding conclusion?....LEGEND! |
Re: My Top 15 Pound For Pound Boxers Of All Time by A40(m): 11:24pm On Oct 01, 2015 |
chic2pimp:Anyone can suffer a cut. I don't think that's a legit way to end a fight. Not disputing Lennox's greatness though. He beat everybody that mattered in his generation even Riddick Bowe at the Olympics. He was the best fighter of his generation no question about that He wasn't as flashy and flamboyant as Sugar Ray and Roberto Duran so its easy to gloss over his abilities |
Re: My Top 15 Pound For Pound Boxers Of All Time by tuffgongjo(m): 12:36pm On Oct 02, 2015 |
If Marvin Marvelous Hagler ain't n the list then it is shit,as simple as that. |
Re: My Top 15 Pound For Pound Boxers Of All Time by Nobody: 12:50pm On Oct 02, 2015 |
tuffgongjo: Chai Nigerians ooo! So because i don't have hagler in my list then that makes it shyt? shuh Then you might as well say bert sugar's list is shyt for not including Foreman in his top 10 heavyweights list |
Re: My Top 15 Pound For Pound Boxers Of All Time by A40(m): 4:17pm On Oct 02, 2015 |
To be honest i have a hard time taking serious any top 10 heavyweight list without George Foreman in it |
Re: My Top 15 Pound For Pound Boxers Of All Time by Nobody: 5:33pm On Oct 02, 2015 |
A40: That's boxing for you. Even Nat fliescher didn't include foreman in his list but i will give him the benefit of a doubt because he died in 1972 that's the mid part of foreman's career. I'll soon create a thread on the different lists by top boxing historians and see what you guys have to say about it |
Re: My Top 15 Pound For Pound Boxers Of All Time by A40(m): 5:40pm On Oct 02, 2015 |
Aareonakakanfo: To be fair lists are highly sentimental in nature anyway. However Foreman was a two-time champion with an 83% K.O percentage. He fought the best opponents of his time who figured to be among the top 20 heavyweight fighters of all-time and only lost to one. They never had a rematch so we would never know. Maybe his fighting style was not romantic enough but I just think Foreman is up there with the best. The man was a monster |
Re: My Top 15 Pound For Pound Boxers Of All Time by Nobody: 5:44pm On Oct 02, 2015 |
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