who was the most ferocious?

[Hoggmeister]

obviously every fighter has a level of ferocity, but who was the baddest? for me its a toss up between 3: duran, hagler or tyson. imo those 3 in their primes were the most vicious and relentless men to ever step foot in the ring. all 3 seemed to enjoy crushing their opponents (especially duran). it would be good to hear your thoughts on the subject.

[Kel]

Duran, Hagler and Tyson are very good picks, I'd add Chavez, Dempsey, Foreman and Pryor into the mix.

[kingfrnk]

Hearns Duran, Tyson,

I think hearns had the meanest look though. Its that " im fina fukk you up look".

[holmcall]

Louis was scary becuase he was so deadpanned. Just went out there and slaughtered the opposition and then calmly walked back to his corner. Very scary to watch. Almost like he was a killer robot. LaMotta was ferocious.

[amat]

IMO the guy who sticks out is Aaron Pryor. I think he has a legit claim to be THE most ferocious fighter of all time and moreso then any of the 3 listed he never lost that fire at any point in his career. I remember he got knocked down once I forget by who and he bounced right back up and had the other fighter covering up as Pryor charged back then the ref got in there and issued the count. Was awesome.

[Hulk]

"The Dark Destroyer" Nigel Benn

[Kel]

Louis was scary becuase he was so deadpanned. Just went out there and slaughtered the opposition and then calmly walked back to his corner. Very scary to watc. Almost like he was a killer robot. LaMotta was ferocious.

I loved that about him, he would land one of those huge, short, sharp right hands and turn as his opponent hit the deck and slowly wander back to his cornerIt's classy I think.

[Hoggmeister]

jack dempsey and nigel benn actually came to mind as i was writing the thread. those 2 definately had that non stop action thing and lots of it! see what you mean about joe louis, a bit mysterious was joe, and that must have been unnerving to some.

[THE THIRD MAN]

In terms of sheer terror then it is Liston in the early 60's, Foreman in the early 70's ( remember people actually feared for Ali's life before the Rumble),i have never seen a fighter with such intensity as Duran when he fought Leonard the first time, he was dead set scary and that was part of his psyche. I think Leonard was at times overawed by Duran as much as anything. Sadly this was the last time we really saw the great Roberto Duran at his peak.
Hagler was a menacing figure and Tyson from 1986-1990 was probably the meanest, nastiest, most ferocious fighter ever seen.

[paddy448]

duran bein my favourite ever fighter, was coz of his ferociousness in the ring. unbefuckinleivable. tyson was just as bad. and on the british contingent nigel benn is and will be the most ferocious fighter weve ever seen and for years to come will be. GOOD THREAD

[Spicoli]

The wrecking machine in My Avatar.Dude was a monster for his weight

Terry Norris had a mean streak

[DaxxKahn]

Any coverage I ever seen of Jack Dempsey was pretty scary...The guy changed his expression little and was hitting with bad intentions every time

Vs Willard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VawHgrLvbD4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkuGHimuG9s Firpo footage

The guy was vicious

[Hoggmeister]

i miss nigel benn, itll be a long time till we see another british fighter like him. i was in my early teens when i used to watch his fights live on tv, id tape them and spend all day sunday watching them over and over (same with naz). first time i ever saw that tape of dempsey beating willard i was about 8 years old and i thought it was incredible, and to this day its still the first fight that comes to mind when i hear the word "beatdown".

[Master]

Louis was scary becuase he was so deadpanned. Just went out there and slaughtered the opposition and then calmly walked back to his corner. Very scary to watc. Almost like he was a killer robot. LaMotta was ferocious.

Joe Louis was told not to smile and gloat over the opponent as it would remind the white folk of Jack Johnson.

[mexirican]

gotta go with Tyson. A ferocious stalker to his opponents