List all members of the "lost generation of the 80s"

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  1. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic Who is ready to suffer for Christ (the truth)? Full Member

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    So Pinklon Thomas, Trevor Berbick, who else?
     
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    BoxingFan2002 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Greg Page, Whiterspoon, Dokes...etc
     
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    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Page, Witherspoon, Thomas, Dokes, Smith, Tubbs, Tucker, Bey, Biggs.
    All had great ability, much better talent than what's parading around today at the championship level ( Yes,Usyk included)
    But because of drugs or simply laziness didn't live up to their ability...
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  4. SouthpawsRule

    SouthpawsRule Active Member Full Member

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    I'd put 50 bucks on Smith getting outboxed by Deontay.
     
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    Mandela2039 Philippians 2:10-11 Full Member

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    Wouldn't go that far but saying Smith had more talent that Usyk is absolutely insane
     
    Mandela2039, Jul 25, 2025
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  6. themaster458

    themaster458 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    This guy is just an Usyk hater
     
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  7. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Don't forget James "Broad Ass" Broad!
     
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  8. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Holmes
    Spoon
    Page
    Dokes
    Coetzee
    Weaver
    Thomas
    Berbick
    Smith
    Tubbs
     
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  9. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic Who is ready to suffer for Christ (the truth)? Full Member

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    Can you explain this a little so I can understand your logic?
    Holmes?
     
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    Jeff Sims, Renaldo Snipes, Bernardo Mercado, Stan Ward although he was late 70's as well, Leon Spinks, John Tate, Marty Monroe, Scott LeDoux he was 70's as well but got his title shot against Holmes in 1980.
     
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  11. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Every family has that “perfect kid.”
     
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  12. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Kind of a slap in the face of the USA amature boxing team that actually was lost in the plane crash.
     
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  13. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic Who is ready to suffer for Christ (the truth)? Full Member

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    Yes. The Americans and many others did not participate in the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

    It's even less clear to me now :D
     
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  14. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    I was talking about the plane crash of U.S. am boxers, although I guess they technically weren't Olympians.
     
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