Name a fighter and their top 3 performances

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  1. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Not sure if Shavers I should be there myself, but I'm confident in picking the other two.
     
  2. booradley

    booradley Mean People Kick Ass! Full Member

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    I thought Addie's intention was to explore some lesser known fighters and/or fights, but so far, with just a few exceptions, most of the stuff guys posted is quite well known. I'll go with the lesser known/forgotten classics theme.

    Denny Moyer:
    Emille Griffith II
    Benny Paret
    Robinson II

    Bronco McKart
    Winky Wright I
    Aaron Davis
    Raul Marquez (I'm listing this because there is a quality copy on You Tube, and this 2008 fight between two old warriors is absolute proof you don't need great fighters to make good fights. You need good match making.)
     
  3. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    :good Preferably.
     
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    natonic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Oops, I guess on the first read many of us were preoccupied trying to determine what the side dish was on the side of Bjork's head.
     
  5. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    haglers '3
    1. tommy hearns
    2. mugabi
    3. hamsho II
     
  6. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Turpinr, interesting that you listed the Mugabi fight.

    What are your opinions on Leonard vs Hagler?
     
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    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    i'm a firm believer that a long established champ has to have his title ripped away from him and not stolen.it didn't happen in that fight.leonard probably pipped hagler but the way he left a bad taste.
    what do you think ??
     
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    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    i think haglers win over sibson was a good un' too.sibbo was no mug
     
  9. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    I think Leonard had no business being competitive with the long reigning Middleweight champion of the world but I had him winning 7 of the 12 rounds.

    People often point at the Mugabi fight as evidence for Marvin Hagler having significantly slipped.
     
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    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    the ring magazine at the time had that fight at 50/50.i didn't agree, the marvellous one didn't either:twisted:
     
  11. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    My father has since told me he expected Mugabi to beat Hagler.
     
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    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    he was certainly bangin' em over, wasn't he.then fell apart after he met hagler.
     
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    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Probably a case of Hagler ruining him. That fight was savage.
     
  14. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    mugabi would have ruined a lot of middles that night but hagler is the No.1 for me
     
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    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    Lennox Lewis

    1. Tommy Morrison

    Yes, Tommy wasn't all that, he had a massive left hook and a seriously shaky chin.... but Lewis belted him something rotten. Lennox at his absolute best around 1996.

    2. Andrew Golota

    I think at the time Golota was regarded as the new ''Baddest Man on the Planet'', and was wiped out inside a round.

    3. Hasim Rahman II

    The last punch sounded like a bomb going off..... Rahman not being all that is offset by the fact that he sparked Lennox in the first fight.