When Boxing was good!

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  1. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    So, what is your favourite era? Why was it so good?
     
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  2. Unforgiven

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    The 1920s.
     
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  3. natonic

    natonic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Early 80's. Great era to begin with and I was an impressionable young kid. That's when these guys were heroes to me.
     
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    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Today!
     
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  5. Il Duce

    Il Duce Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Frank Sinatra on when boxing was good!

    'As soon as they allowed the broads to walk around the ring in between rounds'

    'Then I'd tell the promoter, to send the chick up to my suite after the fight'
     
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  6. Swarmer

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    love fighters and fights circa 1945-1955
     
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  7. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    The 70's. I love other eras as well, but the 70's had it all...............and title fights were all 15 rounders.
     
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  8. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    I gotta say the 80's for me, my childhood. Great fights, great fighters. Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran, Holmes, Spinks, Tyson, Sanchez, Gomez, The Olympics, Curry, Pryor, Arguello, HBO, Showtime, ABC, and so much more.
     
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  9. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    yes i'll have that.
    i also like the late 40,s with charles, robinson, ike williams, burley, beau jack etc etc.
     
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  10. Pachilles

    Pachilles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    70's, 80's and 90's
     
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  11. Stevie G

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    For the era before my time,I'd say the 1940's. Sugar Ray,Gavilan etc. During my lifetime,it was the 70's golden age of heavyweights,and the 80's for welter/middleweights.
     
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    Seconded, it's difficult to pick one!
     
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  13. red cobra

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    All the greats of the 70's appeared regularly on Wide World of Sports or CBS on Saturday & Sunday afternoons for FREE...sometimes for a major event on primetime free tv...THOSE were the days my friend!! As Mr. Bill says...."WORD!"
     
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  14. lefthook31

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    80's and part of the 90's for me.
     
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  15. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    when you think that a fighter as good and as charismatic as jerry quarry was only a contender then you realise what an era that was.
    bangers like lyle and shavers, fly men like young and the really really hard ones like ali, frazier and big george.
    up yours the noughties, you've got nothing:D
     
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