You can bring back any fighter from history into today's boxing scene

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  1. Mind Reader

    Mind Reader J-U-ICE Full Member

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    Ali would be my obvious first choice.

    But Hagler/Hearns/Duran/ Leonard, would be awesome to see any of those fighters in today's scene.
     
    Mind Reader, Sep 16, 2015
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  2. DirtyDan

    DirtyDan Worst Poster of 2015 Full Member

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    Damn, now I know why you hate Cotton, didn't know you had a man crush on the metro***ual.

    Cotton absolutely brutalized and made him quit boxing forever. Was something truly to behold.

    If he had as much GUTS as Cotton, he'd of continue to find success after that beating.

    Not everyone has the heart of a champion like Cotton though. :)
     
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  3. chacal

    chacal F*** the new normal Full Member

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    Wilfred(o) Benítez.
     
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  4. Monogamous STD

    Monogamous STD Ya know, Quasimoto predicted all this. Full Member

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    Wilfredo Gomez?
     
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    FrankinDallas FRANKINAUSTIN

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    :good

    Great choice....the guy fought at 175 in his prime and usually gave away 40-50 pounds and STILL ko'd them. Most white boxers stayed far away from him....Jack Johnson avoided him like the plague.
     
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  6. DirtyDan

    DirtyDan Worst Poster of 2015 Full Member

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    Wilfred Benitez. Wilfredo Gomez.
     
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    chacal F*** the new normal Full Member

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    Sure, my fault :) I meant wilfred.
     
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    deyell MOLECULE FROM HELL. Full Member

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    László Papp. He never had a shot at the world title thanks to the Hungarian socialist government. I would like to see how the three-time Olympic gold medalist fares against today's fighers.
     
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  9. Jake LaMotta

    Jake LaMotta Lights Out Full Member

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    Roy Jones so that he would KO Golovkin, have one of the best fights of all time vs Ward, move up to 175 and KO Kovalev and Beterbiev, and beat Wilder at HW before dropping to CW to beat an aged Lebedev and get 'revenge' for a fight from a past life
     
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  10. aaalbert

    aaalbert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Probably De la Hoya, Barrera, Morales and Marquez. These guys are he reason I love boxing. Would like to see a prime Mosley too.
     
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    Stallion Son of Rome Full Member

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    So he would KO Richar Abril, then proceed to beat Drozd and Usyk?

    Perhaps challenge Wladimir Klitschko as well? :think
     
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    LHW Evander Holyfield
     
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  13. DoubleEdge

    DoubleEdge The king of Kings banned

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    Prime Mike Tyson, Vitali Klitschko, and a clean non slurring prime James Toney
     
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  14. Mind Reader

    Mind Reader J-U-ICE Full Member

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    Lennox Lewis would be a force in today's HW division as well. He would in any era really.
     
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    Mind Reader J-U-ICE Full Member

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    I am a huge Roy fan, but you make that sound a little too easy.:lol:
     
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