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[Scrap]

Why is it that when talking about the greatest Lightheavyweight nobody mentions Ezzard Charles

[ICB]

Why is it that when talking about the greatest Lightheavyweight nobody mentions Ezzard Charles

probably because they forget how good he was at lightheavy i know him as heavyweight and me being from younger generation until few months ago ill be honest i didnt even know he was lightheavyweight all fights i see on tv and ect they show him as heavy and to answer your question its prolly because he doesnt get much exposure to how good he was at lightheavy


and i see charles beat the great charley burley twice

[Kel]

I will just admit that I have never heard of him. He must be before my time or when I was very young (I was born 1981) because I have not really scraped the surface when it comes to older fights apart from the big names at heavyweight. Another name to my list though (I have about 80 to look into) I cant wait to find out about them all when I have the time.

[Lords Gym]

Why is it that when talking about the greatest Lightheavyweight nobody mentions Ezzard Charles

probably because they forget how good he was at lightheavy i know him as heavyweight and me being from younger generation until few months ago ill be honest i didnt even know he was lightheavyweight all fights i see on tv and ect they show him as heavy and to answer your question its prolly because he doesnt get much exposure to how good he was at lightheavy


and i see charles beat the great charley burley twice

I am going to insert a little clip here . Charley Burley -vs- Billy Smith II its just a short clip of some rounds in the fight , enjoy


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[porkypara]

Why is it that when talking about the greatest Lightheavyweight nobody mentions Ezzard Charles

Probolly coz he never won the LH title and he was involved in bigger fights at HW.Oh and he was also the heavyweight champion of the world back when that ment something.

[Scrap]

His resume is out of this world by the time he boxed Marciano he was dieing. Or had the illness that would kill him. Hes an all time great just look at his record.

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Cheers Lords, Ive got the full one I owe you 5cc I got mine with the book

[ICB]

Why is it that when talking about the greatest Lightheavyweight nobody mentions Ezzard Charles

probably because they forget how good he was at lightheavy i know him as heavyweight and me being from younger generation until few months ago ill be honest i didnt even know he was lightheavyweight all fights i see on tv and ect they show him as heavy and to answer your question its prolly because he doesnt get much exposure to how good he was at lightheavy


and i see charles beat the great charley burley twice

I am going to insert a little clip here . Charley Burley -vs- Billy Smith II its just a short clip of some rounds in the fight , enjoy


[youtube=425,350]mj3-TWvgRnw[/youtube]

cc in 24 so finally some footage of great charles burley

[Lords Gym]

Cheers Lords, Ive got the full one I owe you 5cc I got mine with the book

[Scrap]

Theres alot missed out the opponent is Billy Smith hed already beaten him had him down 3 times im told he gave a lot of weight away you can half the speed again its running slow

[amat]

A lot of people think he was at his best at light heavy but he didn't fight enough there. He never fought for the title at light heavy and even with wins over Moore, Burley, Bivins and Maxim, they all came fairly early in his career. Especially the Burley and first Maxim fights. All of his biggest fights, including the last Maxim fight, were at heavyweight. Archie Moore had longgevity in the division and had the bigger wins.

Great fighter though, his fight with Marciano was one of the best fights ever, huge turnaround in that one.