Your All Time Favourite Boxers Based On Personality?

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  1. young griffo

    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Smokin Joe- Brave, honourable, humble. A mans man and a fighters fighter.

    Big George- An inspirational example of how a change of mindset can lead to wonderful life altering things.

    Reggie Johnson- https://www.ringtv.com/393733-best-ive-faced-reggie-johnson/ Enough said. Total class.

    Alexis Arguello- The epitome of sportsmanship.

    Ali- Polarising to an extent (especially early in his career) but became a figure for good in the world and deserves credit for that. We need someone like Ali now.
     
  2. red cobra

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    Besides Floyd Patterson, I've always admired, and had some sympathy for Eddie Machen...I'll always admire his fearlessness vs a prime 1960 monster named Sonny Liston.
    Jimmy Young of course is a boxing hero of mine...the master of George Foreman in his cool, understated way..
    Young was the low keyed, "anti badass" who made the behemoths, i.e., Foreman, Norton, Lyle, Cooney and Ali look so foolish.
    Harold Johnson and Ezzard Charles were both classy, cool guys...and so was Harold's successor, Willie Pastrano...I mean, who could not like "Willie the P"?
    Billy Conn, Tommy Loughran, and Billy Graham...3 class acts...and great, great boxers...
    This brings me to The Great Untouchable Nicolino Locche...who seemed to me to be a real wizard, much in control of his magic defensive powers.
    Gene Tunney...much maligned and disliked for a myriad of reasons..but to me one of the greatest boxers of history'
    Nino Benvenuti and Emile Griffith have always been favorites of mine...both a credit to the sport of boxing...
    I'll probably think of more.
    To defy and enrage just about everyone, I'll add the great Carlos Monzon to my list because he was the "Clint Eastwood of boxing"...and not because he had a warm and fuzzy personality like Duran and Tyson have.
     
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  3. red cobra

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    I know I've left a few out...so I'll be back with some more good guys of mine....like Joey Giardello, Dlck Tiger and Gene Fullmer.
     
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  4. Showstopper97

    Showstopper97 The Icon Full Member

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    George Foreman
    Lennox Lewis
    Sugar Ray Leonard
     
  5. red cobra

    red cobra VIP Member Full Member

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    Max Baer
    Tony Galento
    Tony Zale
    Benny Leonard
    Gene Tunney
    Jack Dempsey
    Marcel Cerdan Greatest
    Willie Pep
    Rocky Graziano
    Jackson Johnson
    Sugar Ray Robinson
    Ali
    Holmes
    Ezzard Charles
     
  7. JamesLightsOutToney

    JamesLightsOutToney Respect to all boxers Full Member

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    Don't know all about him but I always liked Joe Frazier s tenacity and will
    Pernell Whitaker is also a good one. I like how confident he was, witty and playful enough to be fun without being an attention wh...
    GGG among the current ones, for being the nice humble guy who turns out to be a wrecking ball in the ring
    And of course my man James Toney because he is funny af
     
  8. Eddie Ezzard

    Eddie Ezzard Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Blimey. I always liked Reggie Johnson but hadn't realised what a nice guy he seems to be.

    I'd add Arguello too. Then my usual staples - Charles, Patterson, Spinks M, Billy Graham, Joey Giardello, Michael Watson, Johnny Owen.

    As a Brummie in the UK, one of our own - near enough - is 90s middleweight Richie Woodhall. What a lovely humble gentleman he always appears to be.
     
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  9. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Sergio Martinez ...Miguel Cotto ...Evander Holyfield...Corey Spinks
     
  10. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Chris Eubank ... The Klitschko brothers
     
  11. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Michael Spinks is the most laid back person I’ve ever seen on television
     
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  12. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    All good picks ....I don’t really go for “ Tough Guys” or “ Bad Asses “
     
  13. red cobra

    red cobra VIP Member Full Member

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    Good pick.
     
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  14. red cobra

    red cobra VIP Member Full Member

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    EE, glad to see Graham and Giardello...2 guys who I wish showed up here at least as much as Carnera.
     
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