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?
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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
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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 ;)
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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?
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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
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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
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Originally Posted by DaxxKahn
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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 ;)
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Originally Posted by DaxxKahn
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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
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Going back a long, long way ........ I would like to have seen Goliath of Gath fighting Valuev.
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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 ??
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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?? ;D
PS Jimmy Wilde = Greatest Flyweight of all time !!!
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Originally Posted by BIG H
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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
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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?? ;D
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
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Originally Posted by BIG H
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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
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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?? ;D
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 !!
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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 ! O0
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Marvin Hagler eating his way through the middleweight division like pacman.
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Marciano. So when he fought people from today all the people who say "he wasn't that good and shouldn't be considered great" Could watch him bring valuev down with one shot to the body.
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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 ! O0
I have to agree on that Evander Holyfield is one of the few fighter who's nickname is a perfect match....In his prime he was the Real Deal....He lost a few here and tere but he was always 100% in shape and gave it his all
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I always loved watching Julien Jackson knock people out. I wouldn't mind seeing him back. Edwin Rosario, Wilfredo Gomez, Ricardo Lopez and Terry Norris are others
