If you could bring back 5 boxers from any division in history, who would they be?

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  1. Dynamito_2012

    Dynamito_2012 Active Member Full Member

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    So, if you could bring back any 5 boxers from any era or weight class, who would they be?

    And these guys are in their prime when you bring them back, and at their natural weights. And you can also pick 2 or more guys from the same division if you want.

    For me:

    - Naseem Hamed (Featherweight)
    - Mike Tyson (Heavyweight)
    - Marvin Hagler (Middleweight)
    - Roberto Duran (Lightweight)
    - Julio Cesar Chavez (Light Welter)
     
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  2. tays001

    tays001 ESB ELITE SQUAD Full Member

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    (heavyweight) Mike Tyson

    (supermiddle) Joe Calzaghe

    (Welterweight) SRR

    (Feather weight) Sal Sanchez

    (Light weight) Roberto Duran
     
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  3. Hatesrats

    Hatesrats "I'm NOT Suprised..." Full Member

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    Featherweight: Salvador Sanchez
    Lightweight: Roberto Duran
    Junior Welterweight: Julio Cesar Chavez
    Welterweight: Thomas Hearns
    Middleweight: Marvin Hagler
     
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  4. JMP

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    Mike Tyson
    Ray Leonard
    Thomas Hearns
    Roberto Duran
    Jose Napoles
     
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  5. herbzg

    herbzg Euro-Level Athlete Full Member

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    I would bring back all the Euro-level athletes who never got a chance to compete in the professional ranks due to restrictions. Athletes like Ali, Leonard, Robinson, would have been in journeymen in an era where top European athletes competed.
     
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  6. masterorder19

    masterorder19 Active Member Full Member

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    ssr(welter)
    archie(light heavy)
    ezzard(light heavy)
    hagler(middle)
    burley(middle)
     
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  7. JMP

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    How do you see a Senchenko-Hearns matchup going at welterweight in their primes?
     
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  8. dyna

    dyna Boxing Junkie banned

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    Joe Gans
    Charley Burley
    Nikolai Valuev
    Langford
    Greb

    GOAT list.

    Srr ducked Burley, so why anyone would pick Sugar above Burley is (not really) beyond me. Sugar had that big ego with him going which made him well more known.
    But if Sugar considers you the greatest p4p boxer ever, it means you belong with the big boys.

    Eddie futch , the great trainer, called Burley "the finest all-around fighter I ever saw."
     
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  9. Hatesrats

    Hatesrats "I'm NOT Suprised..." Full Member

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    :lol::rofl
     
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  10. herbzg

    herbzg Euro-Level Athlete Full Member

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    Euro-level athletes are trained to fight and beat taller fighters. Hearns never fought a European athlete of Senchenko's calibre. I believe Senchenko would cause Hearns significant trouble.
     
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  11. LeftHook95

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    Mike Tyson(HW)

    Carlos Monzon(MW)

    Marvin Hagler(MW)

    Sugar Ray Robinson(WW/MW)

    Roberto Duran(LW)

    There are obviously some more fighters up to ten more that i would bring back but those five spring to mind right now.
     
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  12. Hands of Iron

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    Pernell Whitaker
    Roberto Duran
    Julio Cesar Chavez
    Ike Williams
    Benny Leonard
     
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  13. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    Gimme just 5 of the murderers row and i'm good.
     
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  14. BagsWithDust

    BagsWithDust Well-Known Member Full Member

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    :deal pure goat

    To answer thread i would want:
    Mike Tyson
    Marvin Hagler
    Fernando Vargas (i think he takes anyone at 154 today)
    Meldrick taylor
    Prime Roy Jones
     
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  15. assasin

    assasin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    ooh, ooh, i like this...

    Carlos monzon ( Middleweight ) my second favorite fighter.

    Wilfredo gomez ( Superbantemweight ) my third favorite fighter.

    Salvador sanchez ( featherweight ) because he went far too soon.

    Joe calzaghe ( supermiddleweight ) to **** andre ward up, and to see all the posts from the ward tards after joe has completely destroyed him. would be beautiful.

    Jimmy wilde ( flyweight ) i know people don't usually watch the the really small guys, but with wilde about, you most definitely would.
     
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