Favourite action fighter of the 70s

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  1. TornGloves

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    I recently posted a thread on what your guys favourite action fighters of the 80s were. There was lots of good responses. What are your favourite action fighters who competed between 70 and 80?
     
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    Give us some of your favourites!
     
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  3. TornGloves

    TornGloves New Member Full Member

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    I have seen a bunch of great Ruben Olivares fights in the 70s. Plus Roberto Duran brought a lot of excitement in his lightweight run, from his win over Buchanen, to his trilogy with De Jesus and his knockout over Thompson. Also a big Jerry Quarry fan.
     
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    Yaqui López
    Tony Mundine
    Bad Bennie Briscoe
    Bobby Chacon
    Buzzsaw Yamabe
    Vicente Saldivar
    Danny Lopez
    Alan Rudkin

    With Saldivar as my fav
    And Rudkin as most underrated
     
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  6. JC40

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    Ruben Olivares, Danny Lopez, Roberto Duran, Joe Frazier, Bad Bennie Briscoe, Alfonso Zamora and Ernie Shavers were all extremely entertaining fighters to watch as a rule.
     
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    JC40 Boxing fan since 1972 banned Full Member

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    Rudkin was a very unlucky fighter in my opinion. He gave Lionel Rose all he could handle in their Oz fight.

    I thought you might dig this link mate
    [url]https://thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/tv/2013/12/30/analogue-tv-moments-lionel-rose-world-title-fight-2/[/url]
     
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  8. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The Entire "70's Golden Age of the Lighthvy Division"???
     
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    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Lost title shots to Fighting Harada, Lionel Rose, and Ruben Oliveras, 3 of the best 118 lb-ers, in the era of only 2 legit "World Champs".
     
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  10. Grapefruit

    Grapefruit Active Member Full Member

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    Joe Frazier is my number one but honorable mentions to
    Quarry
    Shavers
    Patterson
    Foreman
    Chuvalo
     
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  11. red cobra

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    Only heavyweights? Are you being serious?
     
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    Armando Muniz - my #1
     
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    Danny Lopez.
     
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  14. Russell

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    Well, you can't go long without mentioning the legendary Ruben Olivares, in my opinion one of the greatest fighters still alive and with us at the moment. Just follow his career and you'll more or less see the width of breadth of a multiple talent rich divisions over the course of a decade plus, an era full of lower weight class greatness in boxing.

    Some of the name's you'll get if you comb through the great Olivares' record.

    Lionel Rose
    Chucho Castillo
    Alan Rudkin
    Rafael Hererra
    Jesus Pimentel
    Art Hafey
    David Kotey
    Bobby Chacon
    Alexis Arguello
    Jose Luis Ramirez
    Eusebio Pedroza
     
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  15. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Come to think of it, it certainly was.
     
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