Unpopular opinions

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  1. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Members of the "are you an Ali hater?" cult were responsible for both Norton and Young getting screwed out of the heavyweight title.
     
    red cobra, Sep 12, 2016
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  2. cleglue1

    cleglue1 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Rocky Marciano is overrated.
    Prime Joe Louis beats Marciano
    Foreman possibly beats Ali in an immediate rematch.
     
    cleglue1, Sep 12, 2016
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  3. Skins

    Skins Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Although I'm a big fan of Roberto Duran, there has always been this big thing that he beat the snot out of Sugar Ray Leonard in their first fight, which I don't find true at all. Very close fight that could have gone either way. I have the old magazines from that year and Boxing Illustrated gave the fight to Leonard 8-7 as did one of my other mags (not sure which one)
     
    Skins, Sep 12, 2016
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  4. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Golovkin would have a great chance of stopping Hagler....
     
    Wass1985, Sep 12, 2016
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  5. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    I got ridiculed for saying the same thing here a while back. I think McGrain scored the fight for Leonard by a point too.
     
    mrkoolkevin, Sep 12, 2016
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  6. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Unpopular opinion (in this forum anyway): styles make fights.
     
    mrkoolkevin, Sep 12, 2016
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  7. afterglow

    afterglow Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yep. To me, when I hear that, it makes it sound as if the judges are in the pocket of the champ.
     
    afterglow, Sep 12, 2016
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  8. Frankel

    Frankel Active Member Full Member

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    Lennox Lewis is Top 15 best and was PED abuser.

    Marvin Hagler is Top 15 @160 best.

    Jack Dempsey would be Champion today.

    GGG is vastly overrated.

    Thomas Hearns is the greatest fighter ever.
     
    Frankel, Sep 12, 2016
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  9. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I disagree about Foreman beating Ali in an immediate rematch. Would have been more of the same. Maybe even more one sided for Ali. George would have stood a better chance with a post Manila Ali.

    Marciano is quite fairly rated on here.

    Prime Louis beating prime Rocky is n't an "unpopular opinon" by any means
     
    Stevie G, Sep 13, 2016
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  10. BundiniBlack

    BundiniBlack Well-Known Member Full Member

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    H2H Hopkins would beat Spinks and Foster at 175 .
     
    BundiniBlack, Sep 13, 2016
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  11. JohnThomas1

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    I'm starting to believe Joe Louis would be stopped by Mike Tyson. Definitely unpopular, tho certainly not outlandish i think.
     
    JohnThomas1, Sep 13, 2016
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  12. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ

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    Ali didn't win a single fight against Norton.

    If boxing was fair, history would have had a lot of completely different heroes.
     
    Robney, Sep 13, 2016
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  13. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Early, too.
     
    mrkoolkevin, Sep 13, 2016
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  14. Reason123

    Reason123 Not here for the science fiction. Full Member

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    Jersey Joe beats Tyson. Very against the general census.
     
    Reason123, Sep 13, 2016
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  15. scribbs

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    Pacman lost to Bradley in 1st fight 115-113

    Hypothetical matches and time travelling boxers to different era's is pointless - pure speculation what if questions

    lesser known historical champions and contenders making better reading material than great champions
     
    scribbs, Sep 14, 2016
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