All Time Greats who didn't fight other good fighters?

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  1. Asterion

    Asterion Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Thomas Hearns (Mike McCallum, Julian Jackson)
    Sugar Ray Robinson (Charley Burley)
    Joe Louis (Elmer Ray)
    Roy Jones (Michalzewski, Chris Eubank, Nigel Benn)
    Larry Holmes (Greg Page, Michael Dokes)
    Jack Dempsey (Harry Wills)
    Jack Johnson (prime Sam Langford)
    Floyd Mayweather (Miguel Cotto)
    Oscar de la Hoya (Winky Wright)
    Lennox Lewis (Wladimir Klitschko)
    Joe Frazier (Ken Norton)


    Almost all fighters have, at least, one fight that they didn't make. I'm not saying they ducked it, btw.
     
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  2. Richardmancini

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    Oscar/Winky...definitely a duck job on Oscars part...for years
     
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  3. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    Larry Holmes never unified against a WBA titlist, and was stripped for not fighting Greg Page.

    Salvador Sanchez and Eusebio Pedroza never fought.
     
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  4. Daddy

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    SRL (Aaron Pryor)
    Tyson (Old Foreman)
    Calzaghe (Mundane, Glen Johnson)
    Morrales (JMM)
    Richardo Lopez (Carbajal)
     
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  5. Asterion

    Asterion Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    All of this are true except possibly SRL and Aaron Pryor.
     
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  6. Daddy

    Daddy Active Member Full Member

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    Pryor called out Leonard for a while, but Sugar opped to fight Herns (who Pryor whipped in the AMs)
     
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  7. PolishPummler

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    That's funny because there was a recent article about the offer Winky turned out.
     
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  8. fitzgeraldz

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    Everybody is forgetting about Kostya Tszyu who was ducked by DLH, Mayweather, and Mosley, amoung others.

    Forget about Cotto, Tszyu can box, bang, and eventually knock you out.
     
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  9. bxrfan

    bxrfan Sizzle Full Member

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    And get KTFO by Vince Phillips :deal
     
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  10. fitzgeraldz

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    "Cool" Vince Phillips was a tough, KO artist, not many people stood against Phillips punches.

    Tszyu was the undisputed champion at 140 and was a 4-time champion. Where was Phillips then?
     
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  11. bxrfan

    bxrfan Sizzle Full Member

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    Why did Tszyu never rematch Phillips, or express disire in wanting to do so?
     
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  12. ocelot

    ocelot Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Pryor, great as he was, wasn't going to fight SRL at 147 and not get destroyed. And SRL certainly wasn't going down to 140. Can't see how this fight would have happened really.
     
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  13. KayEpps

    KayEpps Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Lewis avoided him - When?

    After he was KTFO by Sanders or before Lewis beat his brother?

    Cause they both happened around the same time.
     
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  14. Sweet Pea

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    Everyone who's ever fought.
     
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  15. booradley

    booradley Mean People Kick Ass! Full Member

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    Thank you! Pryor calling out SRL when he did Would be about like Andy Lee calling out Joe Calzaghe today; just a lot of noise!

    Boo
     
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