toughest fighter ever.....

Marvin Hagler
Matthew Saad Muhammad
Carmen Basilio

 

Lew Jenkins proclaimed to be the toughest man to ever walk the earth. Had the worst training regiment, smoked, drank, screwed, partied all night, no sleep. He even said that he never learned how to fight, he was just brought up tough enough to beat some greats and hang in there with other greats. Fought a lot of lightweight fights but was really a featherweight.

 

Great book:good

 

I live in an area surrounded by hundreds of real badass mother****ers if this **** constitutes being a "tough" man. :---(

Completely irrelevant criteria.

 

Frazier comes to my mined. You need to be tough to be able to get up after being bombed by a prime Foreman so many times

Barney Ross was as tough as they come

 

Harry Greb comes immediately to mind, but, I would like to mention Billy Miske,anyone wanting to know why, should catch the thread on him, via the website named after him.

 

Some outsiders of Germany:

Bubi Scholz - he had a very fragile body, broke his hands, arms, cheekbones, chin, nose, ribs regularly. Although got TBC in his prime, the doctors said he is finished, he came back to celebrate his biggest successes.

Eckhard Dagge - he often made his trainer mad because before get going he needed a good beating. He often would spend the first few rounds with not much but blocking punches with his face to warm up.

Johann Willhelm "Rukelie" Trollmann - http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=22604&more=1

 

from the uk....owen moran, tommy farr, freddie mills, ted 'kid' lewis, jock mcavoy, benny lynch.

 

Angel Robinson Garcia deserves a mention. A guy who was actually pretty talented, ended up being a journeyman because he was more than happy to go and fight greats in there own backyard for a pittance with next to no time to properly train and having to make his own way over to fights on long public transport journeys.

 

Chuvalo

 

I like Archie Moore, Marciano, Lamotta, Chuvalo, and Ali.

Fritzie Zivic sounds like a champ.

 

When did I say anything about growing up around tough people makes you one of the toughest fighters? Jenkins was a tough fighter period. That's what this thread is about.

 

Harry Greb, period. End of thread.

 

Tony Galento is worthy of a mention

 

How could I forget BARNEY ROSS.

One of my favorites without question.