Micheal Nunn

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  1. ELECTRIC GURU

    ELECTRIC GURU Active Member Full Member

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    How highly do you rate Micheal Nunn and why?
     
  2. Brake it down

    Brake it down Member Full Member

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    The only fighter that makes it competitive vs roy
    He beats calzaghie
    He beats g man
    Beats benn
    Beats Eubanks
    Beats Collins
    Beats froch
     
  3. PityTheFool

    PityTheFool Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Quite highly,but the faded version got a gift against John Scully.

    Surprised "Second To" never achieved more than he did.Always think of Mark Breland when I think of Nunn.
     
  4. SJS19

    SJS19 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I should probably get to know about him, as my own re-collection is him being KO'd by James Toney.
     
  5. PityTheFool

    PityTheFool Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I could cheat and go and look,but didn't he have a weird skinny neck?

    Answers on a postcard
     
  6. SJS19

    SJS19 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  7. PityTheFool

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    He had a fabulous run that had the likes of Kalambay,Curry and Starling with very little filler.
    In fact,**** it.I'm gonna go check...

    In order,and all one after the other too,
    Tate
    Roldan
    Kalambay
    Barkley
    Starling
    Curry

    Then lost to Toney.How's that for a run of wins?
    That's a ****ing stonker of a winning run.Very rarely do you get a fighter taking that level of opponents one after the other these days.
    Good shout EG.
     
  8. dbouziane

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    I feel like he's very under appreciated on here. He was an excellent fighter and a h2h nightmare in his prime. Toney knocked him out with one of the few meaningful shots he landed that fight. As I recall Nunn was at times putting on a clinic and it wasn't even close on the cards. Huge scalp for toney nonetheless.
     
  9. Forza

    Forza Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He was hailed as the second coming of ali, no? Until toney stretched him.
     
  10. brnxhands

    brnxhands Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    A monster, great defense with power. A great win by one of the p4p all time greats james toney
     
  11. PityTheFool

    PityTheFool Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Expectations may have got a tad ridiculous,but just look at that run of victories I posted.
    That run would guarantee a first ballot lock for the HOF in today's diluted criteria.
     
  12. PityTheFool

    PityTheFool Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I've been meaning to do a Body Snatcher thread for a while so I was delighted when someone did it earlier in the week.
    And I'm really glad you did this one as well Guru.
    Thank you.:good
     
  13. Uncle Roger

    Uncle Roger Boxing Addict banned

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    he was second to nunn

    :nod:nod:nod:nod
     
  14. northpaw

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    He should be in the hall of fame.
     
  15. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    after he starched Kalambay in 1 round, no one wanted to fight this guy. Hearns, leonard, Duran all those guys were still around and HBO tried to put all those together and they wanted none of NUNN.... Hearns took on Iran Barkley instead, got smashed and Barkley had the balls to fight nunn who got his ears boxed off. yeah i was a big nunn fan. he is also in prison now serving about 30 years for "distribution"

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