Name talented boxers that COULD have been GOAT.

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  1. DobyZhee

    DobyZhee Loyal Member

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    Now that's an example of who I was looking for in this thread.

    someone who was an amateur but didn't pan out as a pro. Or a pro who had like 10 fights and either died or sh*t happened..
     
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  2. sportofkings

    sportofkings Boxing Junkie banned

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    GOAT by weigh class or P4P?
     
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  3. Undisputed P4P

    Undisputed P4P esb FBL & FIFA 12 champ Full Member

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    aaron pryor
     
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  4. hent

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    He was 28 when he died(R.I.P). How much more better could he have got? Also how much could he have achieved considering hed most likely have a short prime with the style he had.
     
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  5. KOTF

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    Pre-alcohol Kelly Pavlik
     
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  6. DobyZhee

    DobyZhee Loyal Member

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    either..but more p4p.

    ones you've seen with your own eyes..

    Like for example, some people rates Floyd's talent and skill as THE best ever.

    But I'm pretty sure, there were boxers out there that had just as much athleticism and natural talent as Floyd but they just didn't make it to the next level.

    I'm looking more at the amateur ranks..
     
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  7. cesare-borgia

    cesare-borgia Übermensch in fieri Full Member

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    atg is a better question than goat actually
     
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  8. Kingkazim

    Kingkazim Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Charley Burley. Had he been able to fight for a world title, he would have been one of the greatest fighters of all time and a possible GOAT
    Even Eddie Futch felt that Burley was the best all around fighter he ever saw
     
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  9. SouthpawJab

    SouthpawJab On his way up!! 4-0!! Full Member

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    Mike Tyson...he had the skills and had he not went to prison and stayed with Rooney, he would have had the resume to rival Ali and Joe Louis.
     
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  10. MichiganWarrior

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    Thomas Hearns.


    Blew it against Sugar Ray Leonard. And fought a stupid fight against Marvin Hagler.
     
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  11. elchivito

    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    My bad I was thinkin ATGs, but GOAT if we talkin about that then I take back what I mentioned earlier with the exception of Burley.
     
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  12. Thread Stealer

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    I credit Hagler a lot for switching it up and turning into a bull against Hearns, more so than I blame Tommy. Hearns did try to get some distance and range midway through the first, and especially in the 2nd, but couldn't keep it.
     
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  13. tmsbry

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    Pre-alcohol Pavlik got exposed by Bernard, no way was he all time great material
     
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  14. Kingkazim

    Kingkazim Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Apparently (according to Hearns and Steward) somebody gave Tommy a fat leg massage just before the fight which weakens the leg muscles

    Therefore mentally Tommy thought he had to end it early because his legs would turn to rubber in the late rounds
     
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  15. cesare-borgia

    cesare-borgia Übermensch in fieri Full Member

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    I dont believe hearns could have done anything to keep hagler away from him, at best hagler would slow down and lose the fights on cuts a little later, but he had to much power for hearns to keep him away, the more I watch that fight the clearer it gets hagler would rarely lose this match up.
     
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