Name me a fighter, who, when...

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  1. Brixton Bomber

    Brixton Bomber Obsessed with Boxing banned Full Member

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    They hit the big time/money fights, after facing legit challengers, still faced the very best at their best and never shied away from a legit challenge?
     
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  2. Unforgiven

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    It's never happened.
     
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  3. JohnThomas1

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    I'm a bit of a Hagler critic but he would be pretty close to fitting this criteria.
     
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    I'm guessing lots of great fighters, perhaps the majority of them, "never shied away" from a tough challenge, but that's what managers are for.
     
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  5. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Mike McCallum comes to mind....Hearns, Hagler, SRL would,t fight him
     
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    Mike McCallum wasn't even a ranked middleweight until after Hagler retired.
     
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  7. reznick

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    What about Ali?

    He sometimes asked opponents to fight other people, but he seemed to fight everyone.
     
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  8. williams7383

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  10. Frankel

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    You gotta be joking.. Lennox Lewis avoided every heavyweight contender throughout the 1990s who was "At the top of their Game" Bowe 93 & 95, Foreman 94-97, Witherspoon 95, Tyson 96, Hide 95, Moorer 97, Holmes 92/3, Sanders 00, Ruiz 98-01, Brewster 99-02, Byrd 02, Wlad 0-03, Vitali rematch and many other top contenders. Lewis chose to fight, Mavrovic, Akinwande, Jackson, Morrison (hiv), Botha, Briggs, Rahman, McCall, Fortune, Butler, Bruno between 1992 - 99 all lower class fighters who were all exposed and over the hill.
     
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    Ali
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    Although not always champions but never ones to sit and idly wait to be given a shot at a title, Saoul Mamby and Juan Laporte never shirked a challenge while they were occupying top contender status. Their non-title fight roster would embarrass many a champion.
     
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  14. Brixton Bomber

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    Like Andre Berto?
     
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