Top 5 Killer instinct fighters

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  1. Ezzard

    Ezzard Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Dempsey
    Tyson
    Louis
    Leonard
    Charles
     
  2. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    LaMotta
    Galindez
    Basilio
    Muniz
    Qawi

    Scartissue
     
  3. CANNONBALL

    CANNONBALL Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Mugabi
    Duran
    Jaime Garza
    Darren Corbett (certainly at British level, when in the mood was a pretty good finisher)
    Gerrie Coetzee (thoughts on this)
     
  4. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    1-Stanley Ketchel
    2-Mike Tyson
    3-George Foreman
    4-Jack Dempsey
    5-Wilfredo Gomez
     
  5. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    jg you beat me to it...what furies Rocky unleashed !!!
     
  6. Duodenum

    Duodenum Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Here's a fine late career demonstration of "killer instinct by Duran.
    Referee Ron Lipton blew the call the first time Roni Martinez went
    down, but El Cholo knew right away that Martinez was toast, and
    signaled that to the audience in raising his arms. He was right, and
    Lipton was wrong. With only 15 more seconds left in the round when
    action resumed, he got the job done.
    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmnbZQ5S-2Q[/ame]

    Years earlier, Virgil Hill fell down during a title defense against Bobby
    Czyz. The hapless Tony Perez ruled it as a slip, and Czyz, deferring
    to Perez's flawed judgment, failed to follow up an obvious advantage.
    In the ring following the bout, Hill admitted that it was a legitimate
    knockdown, and that he was in serious trouble. Duran would have
    paid no heed to Perez's ruling in that situation, any more than he did
    Lipton's. He knew when an opponent was in distress, and when he
    wasn't. (This quality might make him an excellent referee if he got
    himself into a semblance of decent physical condition.)
     
  7. Nicky P

    Nicky P Jamiva Boxing Full Member

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    1) Joe Louis
    2) Jack Dempsey
    3) Tito Trinidad
    4) Ray Leonard
    5) Tommy Hearns
     
  8. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I did not mention Graziano, Dempsey or Duran on my list because they were already mentioned, but for me Rocky Graziano is the definition of this thread.

    Scartissue
     
  9. Kingkazim

    Kingkazim Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1. Joe louis (best finisher in boxing history)
    2. Foreman
    3. Tyson
    4. Hearns
    5. Pavlik!!
     
  10. DonBoxer

    DonBoxer The Lion! Full Member

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  11. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml63h2oiEoM&feature=feedu[/ame]

    An uncompromising beast.
     
  12. techks

    techks ATG list Killah! Full Member

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    I think Holyfield should at least be mentioned
    Mosley is pretty vicious when he gets his opponent hurt
    Pacquiao
    Armstrong
    Azumah Nelson
     
  13. la-califa

    la-califa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Would a shout out for Rocky go hand in hand with a mention of rival Tony Zale? " The man of steel".
     
  14. Monte Fisto

    Monte Fisto Active Member Full Member

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    foreman
    tyson
    dempsey
    hagler
    liston
     
  15. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    :good