Great fighters, but not ATG..........

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  1. GoldenHulk

    GoldenHulk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'll throw some names around. Max Schmeling, Donald Curry, Nino Benvenuti, Emile Griffith, Hector Camacho, Virgil Hill, Vassilly Jirov, David Tua, Jerry Quarry, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Chris Byrd, Joe Calzaghe, Henry Maske. Who are some others?
     
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    I'l disagree with you vehemtly about calzaghe, but I would say off the top of my head
    Gerry Cooney
    Ken norton
    Schmeling
    Trevor berbick
    Jersey joe Walcott
    Ezzard Charles
    Ron Lyle
    Cleveland williams
    Michael sprinks
     
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    SHADAPBLAD Viscous Knockouts Full Member

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    Griffith not an ATG? Charles not an ATG? I never heard of Michael Sprinks but if I had to guess he'd be an ATG as well
     
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    If Spinks, Schmeling, and Charles weren't. nobody was.
     
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    Michael Spinks I would definitely classify as an ATG. I didn't list guys like Walcott and Charles mainly because I admit I'm not familiar enough with them. I know a lot of guys would consider them ATG fighters. I'm mainly thinking of very successful fighters that had great careers, but just fall short of being considered ATG fighters.
     
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    Griffith was an ATG.
     
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    Of course Sprinks was an ATG.
     
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    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Charles was an ATG too....and you know it.
     
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    Spinks and Charles? Spinks is a top 5 light heavy and Charles regularly sits inside Top 10 ATG lists.
     
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    My thing is they are great, but have they ever got the reconision they deserve? That' why. Their losses to Tyson and marciano seemed to destroy their records for some reason
     
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    Charles is all over the top 10 lists of people that really matter and Spinks is highly regarded as well. Anyone not considering both to be high level ATG's knows nothing and is best avoided, or educated.
     
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    We are seeing an increasing number of people who cannot even spell names correctly, let alone analyse fights.

    Fraizer
    Sprinks
    Holyfeild

    Any i have missed?
     
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    Ezzard Charles is an all time great also is michael spinks(not sprinks mate)
     
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    Lol
     
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