Unsung Fighters

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  1. NWS

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    Whoever MagnaNasakki is.
     
  2. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Gotta be David Izon.
     
  3. MagnaNasakki

    MagnaNasakki Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Man, listen to David Izonritei talk. He's like a Kevin Hart joke. I ain't THAT punchy, bless his heart.
     
  4. MagnaNasakki

    MagnaNasakki Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'll never forget that crazy **** with Jefferson, I was there, we were stunned.
     
  5. Surf-Bat

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    Good shout.

    Wee Willie Davies
    Wesley Ramey
    Rocky Kansas
    Lou Ambers
    Bud Taylor
    Billy Petrolle
     
  6. AREA 53

    AREA 53 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Oh Yes,
    Big Jim Elder (Untimely demise !)
    Vinnie Curto
    Maurice "Termite" Watkins
    Art Kettles
    James Bubba Bascame
    Jack Tillman
     
  7. Drew101

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    Leonard Dorin (in some quality wars, and a nice tidy pressure fighter at his best)
    Wilf Greaves
     
  8. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I used to see Wilf Greaves quite a bit round about 1989/90 where he worked as a weilder in a recycling/salvage dumping station on SW Marine dr Vancouver, I was in Waste disposal and used to tip there! excellent chap he was, looked a tough little ****er too, he must have been in & around 50 then.
     
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    American welter Billy Graham
     
  10. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He's my second favorite Billy Graham (behind Superstar Billy Graham and ahead of preacher Billy Graham)!
     
  11. Flea Man

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    Course you were there it's you.
     
  12. AREA 53

    AREA 53 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Slammin Sammy Nesmith
    Ronnie Mazel Harris
    Bunny Sterling
    Tom the Bomb Bethea
    Dangerous Don Lee
     
  13. Stonehands89

    Stonehands89 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Simon Brown.
     
  14. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Lonnie Bennett. If he was more durable/consistent he'd have been a real chore for pretty much anyone at Lt. Heavy. One of the best jabs in the division's history when he was on. Conteh had to go into bull mode to get the job done against him, because he was not hanging in the battle of jabs, which says a lot. Jesse Burnett was another. The B-Netts.
     
  15. MagnaNasakki

    MagnaNasakki Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Derrick Jefferson was the record lottery, Flea. So many heavyweights were salivating over that guy. He was getting rather big with HBO, and every top 20 heavyweight on the planet was convinced that he was the rarest quality fight in the game: An easy and decisive but absurdly entertaining win.

    We followed every fight, I'm pretty sure, hoping somebody else didn't get there first, which Izon did, in the typical Derrick Jefferson FOTY contender.