I'm sure there are others, but these guys stand out
Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Leonard
Roy Jones Jr
Floyd Mayweather Jr
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Fighters who had the most control of their careers
I'm sure there are others, but these guys stand out
Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Leonard
Roy Jones Jr
Floyd Mayweather Jr
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Yeah good list, I would agree with that.
People talk about how spoiled athletes are today, but they forget Sugar Ray Robinson was no angel himself. He was by all accounts a very shrewd businessman and resorted to a lot of questionable behaviour like agreeing to a pay off for a fight, then showing up the day of and demanding more money from the promoter or he wouldn't fight.
David Lemieux = Future MW Champ and P4P King
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Joe Frazier
George Foreman
Larry Holmes
Bob Foster
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He was owned by a bunch of old white guys involved with the Cloverlay corporation I thought.
David Lemieux = Future MW Champ and P4P King
Cunt of a Mod. Fact.
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Beat Audley Harrison. Started his pro career as fighter/promoter with £1m in his sky from the BBC.
3-Time SADDO PREDICTION COMP CHAMPION.
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Beat me to it. On the march to his historic march to the WBF world title.
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Yancey 'Yank' DurhamHe was owned by a bunch of old white guys involved with the Cloverlay corporation I thought.
*} Made 'all' the decisions for Joe Frazier. But there was a mutual agreement.
*} Joe was never forced into anything.
*} Remember, he {Joe} walked away from the WBA Tournament in 1967.
Cloverlay, Inc. > Was not a bunch of 'old white' guys.
They were a Philadelphia-based community organization of businessman, small business owners,
church groups and local individuals who formed a medium-sized 'syndicate' to back Joe Frazier's
early career.
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Odd, they're all black Americans. What about the rest of the world?------------------------------------------------
Joe Frazier
George Foreman
Larry Holmes
Bob Foster
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The irony is that arguably the most charismatic and outspoken fighter ever, Muhammad Ali had as little say on his career decisions as anyone could get.
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What Do Mean By 'Odd'.Odd, they're all black Americans. What about the rest of the world?------------------------------------------------
Joe Frazier
George Foreman
Larry Holmes
Bob Foster
George Chuvalo controlled every aspect of his career.
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First Frazier and now Chuvalo.What Do Mean By 'Odd'.Odd, they're all black Americans. What about the rest of the world?------------------------------------------------
Joe Frazier
George Foreman
Larry Holmes
Bob Foster
George Chuvalo controlled every aspect of his career.
You need to take this on the road and do standup.
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Nobody puts 'Baby' in a corner.First Frazier and now Chuvalo.What Do Mean By 'Odd'.Odd, they're all black Americans. What about the rest of the world?------------------------------------------------
Joe Frazier
George Foreman
Larry Holmes
Bob Foster
George Chuvalo controlled every aspect of his career.
You need to take this on the road and do standup.
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This kind of odd. One Canadian, one Brit, no Mexicans, no French, no Japanese, no Spaniards, no Central or South Americans, no Cubans, no Puerto Ricans, no Aussies, no Italians, no Africans, no Filipinos, and no Russians. It's just not what I expected.What Do Mean By 'Odd'.Odd, they're all black Americans. What about the rest of the world?------------------------------------------------
Joe Frazier
George Foreman
Larry Holmes
Bob Foster
George Chuvalo controlled every aspect of his career.
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You're a Funny Guy.This kind of odd. One Canadian, one Brit, no Mexicans, no French, no Japanese, no Spaniards, no Central or South Americans, no Cubans, no Puerto Ricans, no Aussies, no Italians, no Africans, no Filipinos, and no Russians. It's just not what I expected.What Do Mean By 'Odd'.Odd, they're all black Americans. What about the rest of the world?------------------------------------------------
Joe Frazier
George Foreman
Larry Holmes
Bob Foster
George Chuvalo controlled every aspect of his career.
I haven't seen your list of African Boxer who controlled their careers............ Idi Amin.
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Jack Dempsey had enough control of his career to avoid fighting a whole race.Odd, they're all black Americans. What about the rest of the world?------------------------------------------------
Joe Frazier
George Foreman
Larry Holmes
Bob Foster
All's lost! Everything's going to shit!
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