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  1. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The Greatest fighter: Ray Robinson

    The Greatest Boxer: Willie Pep

    The Greatest Defence: Charley Burley

    The Greatest Chin: George Chuvalo

    The Greatest Charisma: Muhammad Ali

    The Greatest Fight: Hagler/Hearns

    The Greatest Round: Hagler/Hearns (Round one)

    The Greatest Moment: Ali lights the Olympic Flame

    The Greatest Journeyman: Pete Buckley

    The Greatest Nickname: James Bonecrusher Smith

    The Greatest Bum: Joe Grimm

    The Greatest Name: Jukebox Timebomb...
     
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    Surf-Bat Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :good Had a beer with Alexis and took pictures. A time I shall never forget.
     
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  3. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    The Greatest fighter: Sam Langford

    The Greatest Boxer: Benny Leonard

    The Greatest Defence: Pernell Whitaker

    The Greatest Chin: Oliver McCall

    The Greatest Charisma: Jack Dempsey

    The Greatest Fight: Duran-Leonard I

    The Greatest Round: Castillo-Corrales I 10th

    The Greatest Moment: Fight of the Century

    The Greatest Journeyman: Jim Braddock

    The Greatest Nickname: James Bonecrusher Smith

    The Greatest Bum: Bruce Strauss

    The Greatest Name: Fahsan 3K Battery
     
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  4. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The Greatest Cheat: Panama Lewis

    The Greatest Promoter: Don King (I feel so dirty, but it is true)

    The Greatest 'What the ****?' Moment: Fanman
     
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  5. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I see if nothing else, we are both Bonehuggers! :)
     
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  6. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Narrowly beats out The Harlem Coffee Cooler...
     
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  7. ripcity

    ripcity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    That's a hard one to argue with. I rembber talking to my parents at dinner about who we thought was going to light the flame. I thought it would be Evander Holyfield who's from ATL and was the reining heavyweight champion.
     
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  8. Guyfawkes

    Guyfawkes Than who was phone?! Full Member

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    Greatest comeback: George Foreman
     
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    The greatest skillset: robinson

    The greatest resume: greb

    The greatest achievement: fitzsimmons

    The greatest p4p boxer in history: any of the above 3.
     
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  10. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    The greatest reinventor of himself...George Foreman.
     
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  11. MadcapMaxie

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    The Greatest Business Man: Muhammad Ali/Comeback George Foreman
     
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  12. greynotsoold

    greynotsoold Boxing Addict

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    One of Jimmy Wilde's nicknames, "The Ghost with a Hammer in his hand" has to be the 'greatest' of all time.
     
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  13. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    The greatest spoiler...the man in my avatar, Sammy "The Clutch" Angott!!
     
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    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    The Greatest Fight: Morales v Barrera 1
     
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    The Greatest Chin that is never called the Greatest Chin: Mike McCallum
     
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