What top wrestler became...

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  1. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    ...the best boxer?
     
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    Berlenbach
     
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  3. Anubis

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    Yeah, we have to look for number two. Maybe Jeffries after the Astoria Assassin.
     
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    Fred Blassie... because he was Fred Blassie.
     
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    :thinkHmmm...Was Classy Sailor Freddie a better boxer than Two Ton Tony was a wrestler? [Remember, Galento KO 2 Blassie, but yeah, Freddie was the Fashion Plate, not Tony.]

    Two-Ton did referee a bout between former victim Blassie and Bobo Brazil in 1964. That had to be fun to watch.

    Jeffries wrestling Carnera might've been fun.
     
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    Obviously Berlenbach. In recent times Cintron had a reasonable wrestling base, but I think it is sometimes overstated.
     
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    Always pleasantly surprising that most guys on here are probably under 50 and would know so much about Berlenbach
     
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    Berlenbach became the champion, and beat all time greats, so I think he is going to be hard to top.
     
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