If you could have watched 12 fighters from across the spectrum of the ages,live and in the best ringside seat,who would they have been? N.B. Not which fights,just which dozen fighters would you most like to have had the privilege of watching in a fight ,"up close and personal?" Ill take a stab at it, though my choices may alter tomorrow! In no order: Jack Dempsey Joe Louis Harry Greb Muhammad Ali Ray Robinson Stanley Ketchel Sam Langford Jack Johnson Bob Fitzsimmons Joe Walcott Benny Leonard Roberto Duran Yeah,I'll change it later!
The Motor City Cobra, Mike Tyson, Dempsey, Pep, SRR, Frazier, Ali, Rafael Marquez, Arguello, Marciano, Pac Man, Aaron Pryor
If I had a time machine the last thing I would want is to watch fighters I've either watched fight live or those where very clear film exists. My list would thus include only fighters where I would walk away learning something. Sullivan Corbett Fitzsimmons Jeffries Johnson Dempsey Tunney Greb Ketchel Langford Gans B Leonard
John L. Sullivan Bob Fitzsimmons Tom Sharkey Jack Dempsey Harry Greb Sam Langford Joe Gans B Leonard Joe Louis Charley Burley Ike Willians Sugar Ray Robinson
John L Sullivan Bob Fitzsimmons George Dixon Sam Langford Harry Greb Jack Dempsey Benny Leonard Joe Louis Henry Armstring Freddie Steele Carlos Monzon Muhammad Ali
the Usual Suspects don't interest me, they get plenty of regurgitated attention. there's Far, Far too many unsung hero's worth the same praise. Joe Gans Jack Dillon Ace Hudkins Bobby Dobbs Len Johnson Len Harvey Jack Casey Sonny Jones Jim Brady Ron Richards Fred Henneberry Theo Medina Robert Villimain Haugan Camacho a few hundred others.
The problem is that we don't have good footage of many of the usual suspects. Otherwise, Joe Goddard and Unknown Winston.
I'ts a valid point and I was going to include John L Sullivan Joe Gans As it is I've chosen 7 of the old timers.
