Thread: Bringing back old fighters

Boxing today is great, but sometimes i feel it lacks some of the excitement of the past. Which fighter would u guys bring back if you could to mix it up with todays fighters and make boxing more exciting.

There are obvious guys like Ali and robinson but who else?

Originally Posted by eagle

Boxing today is great, but sometimes i feel it lacks some of the excitement of the past. Which fighter would u guys bring back if you could to mix it up with todays fighters and make boxing more exciting.

There are obvious guys like Ali and robinson but who else?

excitement wise ??

aaron pryor
thomas hearns
nigel benn
chavez
meldrick taylor

just to name a few

I'd like to Hamed back and fighting Pac. I know he's a fat chump, but prime for prime that fght would have benn an absolute classic (whilst it lasted)

Love to see Herol Grahmam back, with Eubank's chin. Then he would've been one of the great middleweights of the 80s/90s

Originally Posted by BIG H

I'd like to Hamed back and fighting Pac. I know he's a fat chump, but prime for prime that fght would have benn an absolute classic (whilst it lasted)

Love to see Herol Grahmam back, with Eubank's chin. Then he would've been one of the great middleweights of the 80s/90s

Who do you think would have won between Hamed and Pac?

Originally Posted by Realitycheck77

Originally Posted by BIG H

I'd like to Hamed back and fighting Pac. I know he's a fat chump, but prime for prime that fght would have benn an absolute classic (whilst it lasted)

Love to see Herol Grahmam back, with Eubank's chin. Then he would've been one of the great middleweights of the 80s/90s

Who do you think would have won between Hamed and Pac?

I'd have to lean towards Pac, based on the performances against MAB and Morales, although I'm not sure Pac would've beaten either of those 2 in their primes.

Pac Hamed would be a lot closer than most would think imo. Hamed was a lot better than people remember, I am talking about the Brendan Ingle days, when he had a jab and some general boxing acumen.

KO one way of the other, don't see it going past 5 or 6 rounds

Originally Posted by eagle

Boxing today is great, but sometimes i feel it lacks some of the excitement of the past. Which fighter would u guys bring back if you could to mix it up with todays fighters and make boxing more exciting.

There are obvious guys like Ali and robinson but who else?

Heavyweight--Earnie Shavers,Prime Foreman ( show these big boys what real power is all about)

Cruiserweight--Holyfield (best cruiser of them all)

LightHeavy--Michael Spinks (boxing lessons for all)

Super Middle- Prime Jones (clean up time will last about 3 fights)

Middle-- The G-Man Gerald McClellan

Jr Middle--Terry Norris

Welterweight--Tommy Hearns

Jr Welter--Aaron Pryor

Lightweight--Prime Duran--These guys will learn what toe to toe is all about


Jr Light/Super Feather--Alexis Arguello

Featherweight-Salvador Sanchez ( who by the way beat Felix Trinidad SR?...just a little trivia lol)

Super Bantam---Wilfredo Gomez

Bantam-Carlos Zarate


If any one of these guys were in any of their perspective divisions in their prime the whole game would be shaken up

Originally Posted by DaxxKahn

Originally Posted by eagle

Boxing today is great, but sometimes i feel it lacks some of the excitement of the past. Which fighter would u guys bring back if you could to mix it up with todays fighters and make boxing more exciting.

There are obvious guys like Ali and robinson but who else?

Heavyweight--Earnie Shavers,Prime Foreman ( show these big boys what real power is all about)

Cruiserweight--Holyfield (best cruiser of them all)

LightHeavy--Michael Spinks (boxing lessons for all)

Super Middle- Prime Jones (clean up time will last about 3 fights)

Middle-- The G-Man Gerald McClellan

Jr Middle--Terry Norris

Welterweight--Tommy Hearns

Jr Welter--Aaron Pryor

Lightweight--Prime Duran--These guys will learn what toe to toe is all about


Jr Light/Super Feather--Alexis Arguello

Featherweight-Salvador Sanchez ( who by the way beat Felix Trinidad SR?...just a little trivia lol)

Super Bantam---Wilfredo Gomez

Bantam-Carlos Zarate


If any one of these guys were in any of their perspective divisions in their prime the whole game would be shaken up

CC Good list m8

Originally Posted by DaxxKahn

Originally Posted by eagle

Boxing today is great, but sometimes i feel it lacks some of the excitement of the past. Which fighter would u guys bring back if you could to mix it up with todays fighters and make boxing more exciting.

There are obvious guys like Ali and robinson but who else?

Heavyweight--Earnie Shavers,Prime Foreman ( show these big boys what real power is all about)

Cruiserweight--Holyfield (best cruiser of them all)

LightHeavy--Michael Spinks (boxing lessons for all)

Super Middle- Prime Jones (clean up time will last about 3 fights)

Middle-- The G-Man Gerald McClellan

Jr Middle--Terry Norris

Welterweight--Tommy Hearns

Jr Welter--Aaron Pryor

Lightweight--Prime Duran--These guys will learn what toe to toe is all about


Jr Light/Super Feather--Alexis Arguello

Featherweight-Salvador Sanchez ( who by the way beat Felix Trinidad SR?...just a little trivia lol)

Super Bantam---Wilfredo Gomez

Bantam-Carlos Zarate


If any one of these guys were in any of their perspective divisions in their prime the whole game would be shaken up

good idea with the list ill do mine

heavyweight= prime mike tyson larry holmes george foreman

cruiserweight= holyfield enuff said

lightheavy= michael spinks and michael moorer was actually great lightheavyweight himself bob foster

supermiddleweight= roy jones nigel benn michael watson

middleweight= sugar ray robinson julian jackson g man

welterweight= thomas hearns ray leonard henry armstrong

jr welterweight= aaron pryor julio cesar chavez meldrick taylor

lightweight= duran pernell whitaker

superfeather= alexis arguello

featherweight= salvador sanchez willie pep sandy saddler naseem

just to name a few

Going back a long, long way ........ I would like to have seen Goliath of Gath fighting Valuev.

Originally Posted by X

Going back a long, long way ........ I would like to have seen Goliath of Gath fighting Valuev.

i would of liked jimmy wilde aswell but cant quite remember what weight he was was he flyweight x ??

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

Originally Posted by X

Going back a long, long way ........ I would like to have seen Goliath of Gath fighting Valuev.

i would of liked jimmy wilde aswell but cant quite remember what weight he was was he flyweight x ??

Y R U putting kisses on yr posts??


PS Jimmy Wilde = Greatest Flyweight of all time !!!

Originally Posted by BIG H

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

Originally Posted by X

Going back a long, long way ........ I would like to have seen Goliath of Gath fighting Valuev.

i would of liked jimmy wilde aswell but cant quite remember what weight he was was he flyweight x ??

Y R U putting kisses on yr posts??


PS Jimmy Wilde = Greatest Flyweight of all time !!!

right comedian arent you :P yea thanks anyway big h my mind went blank there couldnt remember his weight

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

Originally Posted by BIG H

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

Originally Posted by X

Going back a long, long way ........ I would like to have seen Goliath of Gath fighting Valuev.

i would of liked jimmy wilde aswell but cant quite remember what weight he was was he flyweight x ??

Y R U putting kisses on yr posts??


PS Jimmy Wilde = Greatest Flyweight of all time !!!

right comedian arent you :P yea thanks anyway big h my mind went blank there couldnt remember his weight

Yeah, a flyweight from the Rhonddha Valley - he had over 5000 booth fights before he went pro, then became the world champion for a long time.

He was around too long ago for many people to see him or remember him, but he would have brought some much-needed Western interest back into the division nowadays. Thse smaller guys are really really skillful, but don't have much of a kayo punch. Wilde could box beautifully, and he also used to knock welterweights and middleweights stone cold in sparring !!

Prime Holyfield.. Prime Bowe, Prime Lewis, just drive home how bad todays Heavyweights are. just go back and watch some Holyfield classics if you want to see great Heavyweight boxing. Evander was Conditioned like a fighter should be conditioned. Skills, Determination.. all the great things that lack in todays HW fighters !

Marvin Hagler eating his way through the middleweight division like pacman.