Champs With High Voices

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  1. janitor

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    Ermillo Spalla became a tennor after he retired from boxing.

    He gave Gene Tunney a tough fight.
     
  2. Wiirdo

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    Chico had a really soft voice.
     
  3. OLD FOGEY

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    Let's face it, hardly any boxers had a voice as deep as Rock Hudson.
     
  4. Boxed Ears

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    When I heard him talk for the first time, I think I chuckled a little bit out of surprise.
     
  5. Renofan

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    De La Hoya has a high-pitched voice, almost feminine.
     
  6. Bummy Davis

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    Marciano,Dempsey,Tyson,Duran,
     
  7. Bummy Davis

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    LOL so true and did you ever hear his boyfriend Gomer Pyle
     
  8. Bummy Davis

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    Max Baer,Ernie Shavers
     
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    :lol: Real talk I thought I was the only one who thought that, another fighter who I think is well you know....is Paul Vaden, I saw dudes Facebook page and I think he is also a......
     
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    Jack Dempsey, Marciano, Tyson
     
  11. DamonD

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    Riddick Bowe. After the Golota fights, anyway.
     
  12. Stevie G

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    Barry McGuigan had quite a high voice. Chris Eubank was another one.
     
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    Why does everyone have to pick at Donald Curry? I honestly hope that's not the real case with him, however.
     
  14. prime

    prime BOX! Writing Champion Full Member

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    Interesting topic.

    I can't think of any great champion or top killer puncher with a deep voice! Amazing!

    Perhaps Joe Frazier has the fullest, richest voice of the top heavyweights.

    To add insult to injury, from Duran to Lewis, most ring kings seem to have voices positively in the higher ranges. Embarrassing!

    I guess testosterone alone does not a champion make.
     
  15. reznick

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    Jack Johnson had a voice that was more intimidating than he was