Please DEFINE best P4P meaning clearly ?

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  1. janitor

    janitor VIP Member

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    On a side note guys, I did a masters degree in palaeontology.

    The talk in the pub on a friday used to be questions like:

    "What would win a fight between a Smilodon and a Dimetrodon".

    We agreed that the p4p hardest contemporary mammal was the honey badger.
     
  2. El Bujia

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    Throw in Jules Winnfield among the top 5 and I think we're good.
     
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    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    A Badger is a fierce animal, definitly p4p the hardest. You corner a Badger, no matter what your size your getting a whipping.

    The Harry Greb of the animal kingdom.
     
  4. janitor

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    It might well be the case.

    I havn't seen the quote.

    What I do know is that Greb wanted to fight Dempsey more than anything in the world, and he would rather have fought him and got beaten up than never know if he could beat him.

    I honestly think that Dempsey was more afraid of Greb than he was of Harry wills.
     
  5. Pachilles

    Pachilles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I know Pacquiao was at the weight when fighting and not simply giving weight away. But from what i've read on here, Harry Greb's style sounds very similar to Pacquiao's style. Maybe thats the style. Was Langford also a short arsed swarmer only with power instead of speed?
     
  6. Pachilles

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    What about the Wolverine? Technically a badger on steroids
     
  7. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Apparently he was about as well-rounded a fighter as they came during his era, with long arms disproportionate to his short, stocky torso.

    Greb could be compared to Pacquiao in a way, albeit a much better in-fighting version with lesser power.
     
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    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Nah, a badger has the fighting heart.
     
  9. Pachilles

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    Badger has p4p spot then...

    ...Wolverine gets the Bad Mother****er top spot

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ4tyowlVUM[/ame]

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhriA89qg5Y&feature=related[/ame]
     
  10. PetethePrince

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    Which is why P4P doesn't take into account accomplishment and achievements/resume. It's more about the skills, and those skills can't proven through your opposition. But not reflected by your opposition.

    That's why it's different to the Greatest Fighters Ever. Correct? That's my understanding.
     
  11. PetethePrince

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    Or GREATER fighter. Exactly!
     
  12. janitor

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    We have another contender.

    Honey badgers weight about 24lbs, which is not much more than my cat.

    One is on record as killing a leopard, and another caused a cape buffalo to bleed to death by mauling its nose.

    When the attack humans, they jump up and bite the genitals, hanging on to the death.
     
  13. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    I've seen Badgers chase big dogs away. Funny as hell.

    But its a brutal method of attack they have.
     
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