Who is the best "Action Fighter" ever?

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  1. Thread Stealer

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    He's more recent so he'll naturally garner more votes and mentions.

    Saad and Chacon should definitely be seriously considered.
     
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    dempsey
     
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    you must have missed his fight against bonecrusher.
     
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    With Tyson, Trinidad, Morales, and Pacquiao you always got a tension or electric vibe and you just waiting like a ticking time bomb is about to go off because they were so explosive. Dramatic, come from behind victories no doubt Marciano and Gatti.
     
  5. timagen

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    Hagler
     
  6. ianwigley

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    Gatti by a mile. Corrales was ****ing great. Morales? Still Gatti by a long way.
     
  7. ianwigley

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    Not a bad call.

    John Garfield would be good on this subject.
     
  8. PityTheFool

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    Hagler was more the sort to be appreciated by the hardcore fans.
    He only made any sort of crossover in his last few years.Much as I'm a huge fan,his style would not appeal to the casual fan the way Gatti would.
     
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    Hagler is terribly overrated, or should I say, misclassified, as an "action" fighter. That's not to say he was dull, but the Hearns and Mugabi fights have totally distorted people's views on his boxing style.
     
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    Tyson was the best for highlight reel knockouts. I think he has the best collection of exciting KOs, followed by Louis. For two-way action bouts, you go with fighters like Holyfield, Saad, Gatti, Chacon, Morales, etc...
     
  12. ianwigley

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    Misclassified maybe, overrated, never.
     
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    For a second there i thought you were gonna say he is overrated.

    But yeah i didn't love him because he was an action fighter but because he was a complete fighter.
     
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