Will there ever be a fighter like SRR ever again?

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  1. schooling

    schooling Guest

    what's the chances we get fighter as great as this man:smoke
     
  2. LondonRingRules

    LondonRingRules Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It's really hard with boxing as it's not an objective thing to judge like athletics, where you can actually take 2 athletes from different eras and compare them. There's no hard evidence to reveal if someone is actually as good as SRR, so it's all subjective.
     
  3. fruitpunch

    fruitpunch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    We already have one even greater and we are lucky to be alive during his era.

    I'm sure you know I'm referring to the great Raymi

    What light flyweights do you know of that could KO HWs in sparring
     
  4. grumpy old man

    grumpy old man Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Who are you claiming amongst the current era is greater than Sugar Ray Robinson??
     
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    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    Jimmy Wilde? He's pushing daisies tho.
     
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    fruitpunch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Why Ali Raymi of course

    I thought this **** was common knowledge by now :lol:
     
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    fruitpunch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Damn did Wilde ever KO a HW in sparring?
     
  8. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    Even if we are to have fighters of his quality, it's really unlikely they'll reach the frequency (and opposition level) of Robinson and fighters of the past.

    There's little reason to fight so often. How many greats of the last 2-3 decades have that insane amount of fights? J.C. Chavez. Not as many, but James Toney.
     
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    MVC! The Best Ever Full Member

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    Floyd is the closest thing to a SRR in this era. He is pretty close, not there but he isn't that far off.
     
  10. LondonRingRules

    LondonRingRules Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Floyd is no Ali raymi.
     
  11. schooling

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    As much as i like Floyd he is no where near the class of SRR.
     
  12. The Masked Man

    The Masked Man Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No where no near. Only in the minds of mindless Mayweather fantastics:nut
     
  13. tennis

    tennis Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Dura is the closest

    70-1

    Beats srl out of his own prime
    Gives prime Hagler his best fight even though Duran is much smaller
    Beats Barkley

    No one else

    Roy jones was the only other guy in history who could have been but.... You know
    Title defenses against can drivers really really looks and no matter how you cut it
     
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    :patsch
     
  15. ArseBandit

    ArseBandit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Sheer number of professional fights and that good?

    Not in my life time.

    As good of a fighter? Of course there will be.