Who do you consider the greatest fighter of all time?

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  1. Vano-Irons

    Vano-Irons Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Yeah I no he beat Burley, but that was just outside his four year period.

    I wrote an article on the Brit forum about Bivins which can be found here:

    [url]http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=292042&page=59[/url]

    It's about halfway down the page. Have a look round the thread tho, it's got some really good stuff on it.

    Bivins doesn't get the credit he deserves! And it's sickening!
     
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  2. Abdullah

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    I answered between the lines, but for some reason it is kind of messed up. Ok, I think it is fixed now.
     
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  3. Vano-Irons

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    Yeah with Bivins, he did have a few losses, but the majority came at the end of his career. While he was the larger man against Charles, Ezzard does have a good HW resume which cannot be over looked. It's a shame that none of his 'prime' is available. I mean he pretty much battered Charles (knocked him down 8 (?) times), even tho Charles gave him some back.
     
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  4. duranimal

    duranimal Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    SRR.

    Duran.

    Armstrong.

    Ali.
     
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  5. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    A couple of things that stick out:

    -You mention Burley as having out-weighed Bivins by 8 pounds, when the opposite is true.

    -You refer to Charles as "the greatest Light Heavyweight of all time" and a "pound for pound kingpin" at the time Bivins beat him, when in fact at the time he was a somewhat green Middleweight by comparison, along with being the smaller man. I doubt you meant to do this, but it seems to over-glorify the victory, as good as it was.

    Nice effort on the whole, though.
     
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  6. Thread Stealer

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    Mike Tyson, and I base that on nothing other than pure bias.
     
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  7. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :goodGood debating with you.
     
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  8. Whipdatass

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    Muhammad Ali hands down!
     
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  9. Whipdatass

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    Very funny!
     
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  10. Vano-Irons

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    The Burley thing was a genuine mistake.

    But I never said that Charles was considered the greatest LHW ever WHEN Bivins beat him, I merely said that Ezzard is the greatest LHW ever, and that Bivins beat him.
     
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  11. big_AL

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    ali.

    alot of people say robinson without actually knowing anything about him.

    but for the record hes number 2
     
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  12. TAC602

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    I'm a Tyson fan myself, but it makes me cringe when people flatly say things like the one you quoted.
     
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  13. rayhogan

    rayhogan Dont worry Pac, you wont Full Member

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    Maybe Ali? Lol wow. Ali imo is the greatest fighter of all times. Hes fought a harder division in the heavyweight with the resumes of norton, liston, paterson, frazier, young dangerous foreman. And ali 3 wars with fraizer in which In the 3rd fight is easily the top 3 or number 1 greatest fights of all times.
     
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  14. KellBrook p4p#1

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    Kell Brook
     
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  15. Post Box

    Post Box I'm back too, bitches Full Member

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    I don't know as much about this subject as I want to but I do wanna say Greb but I don't think you can tbh. I vote Robinson
     
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