Who is the greatest Inside fighter of all time

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  1. dmar5143

    dmar5143 New Member Full Member

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    you realy cant pick a best.duran armstrong basilio marciano chavez sr are just a few of many that excelled at that.
     
    dmar5143, Jun 3, 2012
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  2. Nightcrawler

    Nightcrawler Boxing Addict Full Member

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    except for the steroids, still damn good inside fighter
     
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  3. Zopilote

    Zopilote Dinamita Full Member

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    Duran, Chavez, Armstrong.
     
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  4. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    who doesn't / didn't take them ? it barely counts if at all .
     
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  5. Nightcrawler

    Nightcrawler Boxing Addict Full Member

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    fair enough if that's what you think. don't think it help toney at all to be honest
     
    Nightcrawler, Jun 3, 2012
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  6. joebeadg

    joebeadg Well-Known Member Full Member

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    all good picks, except bows, but how bout Dwight Braxton!!! Jimmy Young also good inside
     
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  7. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    Pedroza
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    Quite likely Duillio Loi and Eddie Perkins as well

    Michael Watson and Winky Wright both very good without being flashy.same with most of the better Mexican boxer-punchers.

    A fair few fighters with potentially top notch infighting technique that didn't bother to linger there much as well.McCallum, Lora, Gregory, Conteh, even Eubank at times though he sometimes fought pressuring fighters like the inside was hte last place he wanted to be.
     
    lora, Jun 3, 2012
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  8. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Certainly for a tall heavyweight. Eddie Futch really sculpted a gem when he trained Bowe. What a waste of talent and skill.:patsch
     
    ETM, Jun 3, 2012
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  9. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Inside fighting, like all boxing, is a combination of offense and defense.

    Dempsey and Bowe had porous defense on the inside. I don't think either qualify.
     
    Seamus, Jun 3, 2012
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  10. Nightcrawler

    Nightcrawler Boxing Addict Full Member

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    any love for joe frazier?
     
    Nightcrawler, Jun 4, 2012
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  11. Ricky42791

    Ricky42791 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arekKXBuA-0[/ame]

    Jack Dempsey ****ed people up on the inside
     
    Ricky42791, Jun 4, 2012
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  12. Brownies

    Brownies Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Amen to that. Watching a prime Toney stand in front of a guy and dissect him on the inside is one of the most beautiful thing we've seen in this sport (to my eye). Steroids aside, it is surprising to see how clean James has always been... for such a trash talker. That is why I pick him over a guy like Hopkins.

    On steroids, I'm an idealist kind of guy and to me everyone are clean until proven otherwise... you can also call that supidity. I'll always enjoy rewatching old Toney fights, but he was proven guilty at one point and you won't see me try to excuse him. I want boxing to be clean and the least I can do about it is not support known cheaters.
     
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  13. tliang1000

    tliang1000 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Tough one. Joe Frazier was pretty good at in fighting. So was Tyson.
     
    tliang1000, Jun 4, 2012
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  14. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Tyson was not very good inside. He was good mid-range. Inside, he could get tied up easily or forced to tie up.
     
    Seamus, Jun 4, 2012
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  15. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Yea.

    Tyson was often the one doing the tying up. He wanted to rest inside.
     
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