Hatton. Who knows? He might have been rubbish without that self destructive streak and giving himself a mountain to climb, every pre fight camp.
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Hatton. Who knows? He might have been rubbish without that self destructive streak and giving himself a mountain to climb, every pre fight camp.
Sonny Liston
The most ungrateful fighter 'ever'.
It came back to bite him in the ass hard.........;D
Put down the 'J & B Scotch' Sonny.
'Ever'
You forgot to put 'ass' in apostrophes.
wouldn't you say Edwin Valero ?
Roberto Duran and James Toney deserve mentions for eating their way into weight divisions they had no business fighting in, and putting on the occasional shitty performance from being under trained.
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Originally Posted by Beanflicker
While I hate to see the great Roberto Duran in the same sentence as James "Fat Ass" Toney, there is a lot of truth to that. Duran had no business ballooning up from lightweight all the way to super middle by the end of his career. His explosive power at lightweight became merely mortal at the higher weights.
However, I have to make an important distinction between the two. Toney ballooned up into the open-ended division that is heavyweight, the trash bin of all those pudgy, blubbery, out-of-shape clowns that think that just because they hit hard, they can compete as heavyweight boxers. I'll say this: Duran at super middle still looked somewhat as an athlete. Toney looked like a sumo wrestler with boxing gloves.
John ContehQuote:
Originally Posted by AdamGB
He was a basket-case.
He was talented but liked the champagne lifestyle not mad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill PaxtomJohn ContehQuote:
Originally Posted by AdamGB
He was a basket-case.
Why would you want a man's mouth on your arse Bill?
Nobody wants to know what you get 'up' to on a 'weekend' ~ Rocky Marciano's roommate's piano tuner 1837
Haha. Your "pet hate".😄Quote:
Originally Posted by AdamGB
Give James his due, he fought and whipped a lot of in shape, scary HWs. Destroyed Holyfield and tore up a 260lb Sam Peter back when he was knocking everyone out, and got robbed on the decision. 25 years, almost 100 fights, middleweight to heavyweight, never stopped, never quit. I think you can mention James' name in the same sentence with anyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by TitoFan
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Originally Posted by Mark TKO
Yes, actually I would at that!
Mike Tyson..
Had he remained focussed and on track, he may have been the GOAT.
We'll never know!
How about George Foreman for fighting the stupidest fight possible against Ali?Quote:
Originally Posted by Beanflicker
He fought stupid most of his fights but very few could take the power.Quote:
Originally Posted by beenKOedHow about George Foreman for fighting the stupidest fight possible against Ali?Quote:
Originally Posted by Beanflicker
Benn did the same thing when he fought Watson.