A question about the Fab 4

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  1. macalpinerules

    macalpinerules Active Member Full Member

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    I'm sorry if this question has been brought up before. But can someone tell me why the Fab 4 is not the Fab 5? Why does the list that includes Leonard, Duran, Hearns, and Hagler, not include Benitez? From my understanding, a prime Benitez was talented enough and accomplished enough to be in that group. He fought all those guys accept for Hagler and gave a good account of himself in everyone of those fights. So why is he not typically linked with the other 4?
     
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  2. stormy

    stormy Live and Learn Full Member

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    benitez fought hearns??:huh but anyway,did he beat any of them???:bbb
     
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  3. macalpinerules

    macalpinerules Active Member Full Member

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    Yes, he fought Hearns right after he beat Duran and lost by Majority Decision.
     
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  4. stormy

    stormy Live and Learn Full Member

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    thanks for the info:thumbsup
     
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  5. blitzco

    blitzco Englishism Full Member

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    I think Benitez joined in later on keyboards.
     
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  6. JAB5239

    JAB5239 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If I'm not mistaken Benitez was part of the fan 4 until being replaced by Hagler later on. I'm not certain of how this came about though.
     
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  7. Kid Cincinnati

    Kid Cincinnati GOOD BOY NATION Full Member

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    His radar was working overtime in that fight.

    I don't know why Benitez is left out. He's certainly in the discussion often enough. Maybe because he's the only one who didn't fight Hagler. What is the origin of the term "Fab Four" applied to these guys anyway. Did it come from Kimball's book "Four Kings"?
     
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  8. Barrera

    Barrera Defeated Boxing_master Full Member

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    sugar ray Leonard constantly said he was his toughest fight and the fab 4 should have been the fab 5
     
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  9. JAB5239

    JAB5239 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The term "fan 4" was around long before the book.
     
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  10. MVC!

    MVC! The Best Ever Full Member

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    Mr.Mayweather would have been a great addition ton the FAB 4.

    Woulda been the FAB 5 with him around

    Would have offered us fans so many more good fights
     
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  11. anthonydavid11

    anthonydavid11 New Member Full Member

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    Because Benitez never fought Hagler whereas Duran, Leonard, Hearns and Hagler all fought each other. It's similar to the feather four or what could have been had Morales and Marquez fought each other but they never did. And if they do at this point it shouldn't even count. But that's why. Benitez cannot be included because he did not fight the other four.
     
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  12. yingyang

    yingyang Boxing Addict Full Member

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    LOL... They were talking about boxers that has balls. Not a boxer with a vagina.
     
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  13. jas

    jas ★ Legends: B-HOP ; PAC ★ Full Member

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    fab four has a slightly better ring to it
     
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  14. ElCyclon

    ElCyclon Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Read somewhere that the term Fab Four was a reference borrowed from the Beatles(being the original Fab Four):conf
     
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  15. JAB5239

    JAB5239 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Benitez fought Leonard, Hearns and Duran before Hagler did. He was part of the original fan 4 but replaced by Hagler probably due to popularity.
     
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