If boxing was light-contact...

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  1. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    Bizarre thread, I know.

    Let's say that boxing became like some forms of karate: all blows must be stopped short before heavy contact. Refs only score punches that "would" have done damage if they'd followed through--and only "textbook" punches at that. No looping shots, minimum leverage punches, or arm punches would score. Sorry, George...

    Who would be the "greatest" in each weight division?
     
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  2. VX.Nefarious

    VX.Nefarious Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    at 200+ Haye
    at 135 Marquez

    damn this would be ****in gay, i wouldn't even watch
     
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  3. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    yes it would be:lol: I suppose Terry Norris would be up there.
     
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  4. SteveO

    SteveO MSW Full Member

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    sounds dreadful.

    I'm not really sure.

    Hopkins, maybe?
     
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  5. VX.Nefarious

    VX.Nefarious Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :lol:

    Khan the greatest from 140 to 147
     
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  6. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yeah thats a good one i think he might be the PFP best today if boxing was light contact. Paulie Malinaggi would be another good one.
     
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  7. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    Someone hide this thread so the idea doesn't spread! :tong
     
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  8. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think it's called amatuer boxing in the Olym:sillypics
     
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  9. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No Amatuer boxing is definitley a contact sport:yep
     
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  10. lefthook31

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    This would be worse than wrestling
     
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  11. cross_trainer

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    Byrd would do rather well with these rules.

    We're looking for:

    1) Possibly weak-chinned
    2) Possibly featherfisted
    3) Very elusive

    Fighters, who also have...

    4) Textbook technique
    5) Great accuracy
    6) (Possibly) great handspeed
    7) Good feints (since only clean punches score)



    Come to think of it, Corbett shapes up well under these criteria IF you stipulate that his "textbook technique" can come from 1890's textbooks...
     
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  12. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    :lol:
     
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  13. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Ottke would be remembered a good deal more fondly. As would the prime, pre-slugger version of Cory Spinks.
     
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  14. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Willie Pep would be the greatest p4p boxer ever bar none in this case IMO.
     
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  15. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Slapsie Maxie would be up there; I guess a modern great would be Hector Camacho Snr.
     
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