My ten greatest heavyweights

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  1. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I can't tell you my age, BUT my social security number is in ROMAN NUMERALS !
     
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  2. edward morbius

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    Gee, and on cold mornings I feel old.
     
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  3. Addie

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    My list would probably consist of 10 different versions of George Foreman.
     
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  4. Jorodz

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    burt, you're so old when you were young, rainbows were in black and white
     
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  5. Jorodz

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    and 1 version of winona ryder
     
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  6. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    She doesn't feature as a fighter, only as an instructor.

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  7. edward morbius

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    At least he isn't so old that he remembers when thunderstorms were silent.
     
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  8. bodhi

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    Welcome :hi:


    Neither is guesswork, Billy. ;)
     
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  9. MRBILL

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    All I'm saying is, a resume is like a plated certificate on some managers wall in his office.... It don't mean **** to me until I see him operate.... I've known lotsa' bookworms who can't turn a screwdriver in the field, but they are certified smart and are managing workers, etc.... I despise bureaucracy and wind-bags..... In the field, I'll take a top-notch mechanic over a bullshitter any day at work.....

    MR.BILL:deal:bbb
     
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  10. McGrain

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    :lol:
     
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  11. bodhi

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    Yeah, because resume is just paper work. :lol:
     
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  12. Stevie G

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    Welcome to the forum,Edward.
     
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  13. edward morbius

    edward morbius Boxing Addict Full Member

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    "It don't mean **** to me until I see him operate"

    When will you ever see Sullivan operate?

    I am going by historical rating only. Sullivan must have been good in his day or he wouldn't have dominated the heavyweight division for ten years. That is what I go by.
     
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  14. SA Boxing fan

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    I really feel for Liston, most underrated HW of all time IMO. True, Ali made him look like a bum...But Come on, Ali was as fast as a MW. Just the wrong fight for Liston. IMO Liston would have beaten everyone apart from Ali and Louis. FACT: Ali would make most of the greats look like bums.
     
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  15. burt bienstock

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    Welcome Edward : You post that History teaches that Dempsey is rated "so low,is because he did not meet the best fighters [plural] of his time ".
    Not factual- Aside from Harry Wills,[though they did sign for a bout],Dempsey fought about everyone feasible in his reign. Langfoird, McVey,were old in the tooth,mid to late thirties, and Harry Greb was a
    middleweight [though the greatest fighter of his times].And fighting Greb was a no-win situation for the Mauler. So E,Dempsey as TOUGH a fighter in history, followed his braintrust Jack Kearns and Tex Rickard ,who brought riches for Dempsey. So truly it was Harry Wills alone,that Dempsey did not hook-up with 1918-23. Events later proved that Wills,most likely would have lost to Dempsey as Jack Sharkey and Paolino Uzcudun,beat the avoided Harry Wills...
     
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