Biggest "forums darlings"

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by Homericlegend03, Aug 22, 2025.

  1. JohnThomas1

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    That's the greatest thing I've seen since the Holmes - Wells footage was found the other week.
     
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    Haters gotta hate mate. If they bottled it all up and didn't let it out some of them would be statistics.
     
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    I've just read this thread for the first time, having let it marinate for a while before entering. It's everything i thought it would be :lol:
     
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    It’s good fun, for sure. :lol:
     
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    :thumbsup:
     
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    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Why would Wlad be scared of a boxer who's shorter, smaller, slower and less powerful than him?
     
  7. Homericlegend03

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    That's what im saying Wlad legit made a whole career out of beating guys like that
     
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    I don't really see that about Timmay Spoon. Sorry.
    The most ridiculous forum darling I have seen is probably Ali. This Nigerian cruiserweight who was a decent fighter but he has people constantly calling him the GOAT, and that he beats Liston, Foreman, Frazier, frigging everybody, like it's something he actually did. I just don't get it. Not now, not ever.
     
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    Ricardo Lopez
     
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    Can you explain why you think why? I dont know much about him.
     
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    Man_Machine Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He legit got his arse handed to him by guys who were Foreman's size, too.
     
  12. NoNeck

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    And Foreman didn’t get his ass handed to him by fighters Wlad’s size because he avoided them like the plague.
     
  13. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Of course, I'm not saying I got Wlad as a firm favorite, but I don't see him being scared either.
     
  14. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Were there a lot of fighters like that tho in the 70's and 90's?
     
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  15. Jason Thomas

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    I don't think names like Sonny Liston or George Foreman belong on this thread. They were great fighters who were champions.

    It is the overrated contenders who deserve mention.

    Cleveland Williams--why he is rated so high by many remains a head scratcher to me. Body beautiful? The Fact that his record is so vacant one can fill it in anyway one wants?

    Eddie Machen and Zora Folley--two decent contenders who consistently lost to the best. I guess their over rating is due to their being "stylish" boxers.
     
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