favourite old time boxer

[roberto duran legend]

Sugar Ray Robinson, he laid down the blue print for the modern day boxer,
the man was a genius.

[DavilaJones]

Willie Pep is another favourite of mine though I was very dissapointed by his record padding. He fought very very good opposition then he went on fighting bums for...well to his credit he survived a plane crash and still kicked a lot of ass

[Sand Man]

The Great John L is my favorite, not only for his bluff and bravado in the ring, but his antics out of the ring. Can you imagine John L storming into a bar and scowling "I can lick any sonuvabitch in the house!" and waiting for a response that never came? Classic! (read up one one man who did push back on him - Quebec strongman Louis Cyr. Great story). Closely following John L is James Jeffries, cause I think he was the bravest man in the world to come out of his undefeated retirement, with no warm up fights, and face the best HW boxer in the world under the race relation conditions of those times. He had to know he would lose that fight, but took it anyway. And I'll argue with anyone that Jeffries in his prime could have beaten Johnson in his prime, 'cause I think he would have.

[FinitoElDinamita]

Billy Conn

[Mars_ax]

I grew up reading Bios about Jack Dempsey. It's hard to say how good he really was, certainly one of the best of his era. It must have been something to have been Heavyweight Champion of the World during the Roaring 20's in America.
So Dempsey is easily, my favorite old time boxer.

In more modern times my favorite has become George Foreman, he was a great fighter, and he's an even better human being. I can't think of a better role model then "Big George" for young black men to emulate, and he's been far more successful as a businessman then he ever was as a boxer.

[Hulk]

Archie Moore vs. Yvonne Durell is worth watching. So is Rocky Graziano vs. SRR.

Hard for me to watch black n white fights otherwise tho.

[Master]

Archie Moore vs. Yvonne Durell is worth watching. So is Rocky Graziano vs. SRR.

Hard for me to watch black n white fights otherwise tho.

Joe Louis looks cool in Black and white

[jon09]

Sugar Ray Robinson, he laid down the blue print for the modern day boxer,
the man was a genius.

Same for me; Ray was the ultimate entertainer in and out of the ring and never ducked anybody in 200 fights. A true legend.

[Dark Lord Al]

Rocky Marciano , you got to love a guy who says the following before every fight.

" Im going to throw as many punches as I can , as hard as I can , for as long as I can"

He may not have been a classic boxer but he was a top guy.