The Great Whites of the last 30 years

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  1. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    In no particular order

    -Wlad Klitscko
    -Vitali Klitscho
    -Gerry Cooney
    -Francesco Damiani
    -Ruslan Chagaev
    -Gerrie Coetzee
    -Tex Cobb
    -Tommy Morrison
    -Nikolay Valuev
    -Sultan Ibragimov
    -Andrew Golata
    -Oleg Maskaev
    -Francois Botha
    -Corrie Sanders


    Did I miss any?
     
  2. PLBUDDY

    PLBUDDY New Member Full Member

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    Tomasz Adamek
    Dariusz Michalczewski
     
  3. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Heavyweights....
     
  4. Monstar

    Monstar The Future.. Full Member

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    damn, when you got Valuev on your list....you know your people aint doin that well

    another note, no Calzaghe?...seeing as he's the only actual "great" out of them (well Tszyu as well) i'd figure he'd be 1st on the list
     
  5. cpnasty

    cpnasty Fight Fan 83 Full Member

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    Why just heavyweights?
     
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    cpnasty Fight Fan 83 Full Member

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    Heavyweights!!
     
  7. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    **** the word great has lost a lot of value.
     
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    Nevermind then forget what I said
     
  9. MasterFlo

    MasterFlo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The line great white hope makes no sense anymore since Wlad and Vitali are easily the best HW's out there and will be for years to come.
     
  10. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I'm basically looking at heavyweights. Otherwise the list would be drastically different of course. Names like Ray Mancini, Barry McGuigan, Sean O'Grady, Greg Haugen, Vinny Pazienza, Joe Calzaghe, a numerous others would have to be on there.
     
  11. nutter

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    bump
     
  12. cpnasty

    cpnasty Fight Fan 83 Full Member

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    :-(

    C'mon, he's talking about heavyweights.
     
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    nutter Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yeah, only realised after I put my post in:patsch
     
  14. Asterion

    Asterion Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Since 1980:

    1. Wladimir Klitschko
    2. Vitali Klitschko
    3. Gerry Cooney
    4. Tommy Morrison
    5. Oleg Maskaev
    6. Ruslan Chagaev
    7 Nikolay Valuev
    8 Sultan Ibragimov
    9. Andrew Golota
    10. Alex Povetkin
    11. Joe Mesi
    12. Corrie Sanders
    13. Gerrie Coetzee
    14. Randall Tex Cobb
    15. Frans Botha
    16. Pierre Coetzer
    17. Francesco Damiani
     
  15. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Yeah that basically sums it up I think.