Street fighters

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  1. BillB

    BillB Well-Known Member Full Member

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    How would the HW ATG list of street fighters look?

    It's pure speculation and based on anecdotal info, but here is a shortlist:

    1. Liston
    2. Dempsey
    3. Marciano
    4. Ezzard Charles
     
  2. BillB

    BillB Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Charles was known as a natural born fist fighter by people who knew him as a teenager. He took on all comers - I've read that a couple of different places.
     
  3. janitor

    janitor VIP Member

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    The #2 on your list, names Chuck Wiggins as the best steet fighter he had ever seen!
     
  4. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member

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    Charley Mitchell was reckoned to be the UK's.:good
     
  5. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The fast starters for me, Tyson and Dempsey and Foreman
     
  6. BillB

    BillB Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Actually, I wouldn't mind having any of those guys on my side in a fight.
    Patterson might not be much help. If a gloved fist could keep him on the canvas imagine what a bare fist would do to him.
     
  7. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing

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    Charles Bronson was the best streetfighter ever...
     
  8. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member

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    Floyd was a lovely person,that seldom translates into a successful street fighter imo.He had the physical qualifications but not the prequisite mental inclination.imo

    Street fighting is about being first and being committed, get in, land first , land hard, and keep landing until he folds.
     
  9. mcvey

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    A real gentleman, I saw him at Wembley and he realised I had recognized him.He seemed to visibly brace himself for the inevitable , but I couldn't bring myself to invade his space ,though I would have loved to have had a conversation with him ,however brief. He graced our sport imo.
     
  10. BillB

    BillB Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I agree. I wasn't a fan of his in the ring, but he was a true gentleman and an humble man. He was a credit to the sport.
     
  11. Bummy Davis

    Bummy Davis Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    hey say Marciano was an undefeated street fighter beating the street fighting champs of the Irish and Black gangs in and around Brockton I could see where he could be a good street fighter.

    Jerry Quarry looked like he could rumble outside the ring

    Big George was mean enough when he was young

    Jack Dempsey was a coal miner and gold mine fighter and fought some tough hardened street toughs

    Ron Lyle, Sonny Liston did some jail time so they were capable.

    Mike Tyson busted up Mitch green on the street and was known as a street tough
     
  12. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tommy Morrison did well against Rocky.
     
  14. WhyYouLittle

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  15. WhyYouLittle

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    Curtis Sheppard. Don't know how much of that is true, but if some is, you might need more than a shot to the head to put the guy out. Don't even know if he still alive.