Name me a boxer in their prime, who never cherry picked.

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  1. SgrRyLeonard

    SgrRyLeonard Active Member Full Member

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    Muhammad Ali.
     
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  2. Imperial1

    Imperial1 VIP Member Full Member

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    Does that summarize Holyfield as a cherry picker considering his body of work ?
     
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    andrewa1 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Oh, come on! Ali fought more top 30 ATG's than any HW in history, but he fought some real nobody's in his title fights too! Coopman was one of the maybe 5 worst defenses all time for a top 15 ATG HW champ. Wepner, Dunn, Evangalista weren't too much better.
     
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    Butter bean.... He ate the full tree rather than pick the cherries
     
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  5. Chiko_Tech

    Chiko_Tech Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Trinidad He even give Winky a million of His purse to accept the fight.
     
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    Roberto Duran.
    Always fought top opposition, even out of prime
     
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    Ali.
     
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    BagsWithDust Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I want to say Pernell Whitaker and Erik Morales
     
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    :lol: good one :good
     
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    Joe Frazier?
     
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    devon2 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I'd agree if he didn't fight Terry Daniels and Ron Stander after Ali
     
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  12. alakran

    alakran Boxing Addict Full Member

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    only legit chrry that Floyd has might be Guerrero and this one other than that its just hating
     
    alakran, Aug 4, 2015
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  13. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Surely Roy had a handful of names that fit that bill.

    :smoke
     
    Rumsfeld, Aug 4, 2015
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    David Zygwicz was the single worst title defense in history for any HW ATG top 20. DZ never beat any name whatsoever, not even a shot one. He'd lost a few times and only beat fighters with losing records, literally. His boxing license was suspended once before he fought Frazier for not appearing to know how to defend himself.
     
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    See response above.
     
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