Send in your ATG to outbox and/or beat Ezzard Charles at LHW

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  1. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Bring them in 1 by 1 or 2 by 2
     
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  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    No one at his absolute peak
     
    George Crowcroft, Jul 14, 2019
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    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Maybe Gene Tunney? Tough to say, but he was definitely capable of beating even peak Charles.

    In terms of strict beating, Fitzsimmons would always had a chance with his huge power and smarts.
     
    70sFan865, Jul 14, 2019
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    The Undefeated Lachbuster On the Italian agenda Full Member

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    Nobody except Tunney, and even then I don't favor him
     
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  5. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    If they hadn't actually fought, I'd probably say Archie Moore.
     
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  6. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Moore was supposed to have pushed it very close in the second fight and was supposed to be up in the third
     
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    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Such a shame that we don't have these fights.
     
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  8. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Aye it is
     
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    surfinghb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Maybe Spinks? Don't know if he could out box him, but his power might get him with his height and reach advantages
     
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    surfinghb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Some good points in there. But don't let the Tyson fight fool you as a knock on Spinks at LHW .. I mean facing Prime Mike T at HW is different than Charles at 175
     
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    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Tunney Spinks Conn....gotta include Greb based on resume
     
    robert ungurean, Jul 14, 2019
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  13. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Very good shout, I forgot about Billy
     
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    Maybe Tunney, maybe Conn, Maybe Moore, maybe Greb but a peak charles was an animal, I think even the other atgs and light heavyweight wouldn’t have a for sure win
     
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    When was Ezzard Charles Really a lightheavyweight?

    I would class him as the best lightheavyweight in the heavyweight division. He fought a lot of lightheavyweights and they all fought and heavyweights together.

    Charles might have weighed 175lb but he wasn’t exclusively a lightheavyweight more than a few months when he came out of the army.

    Before the war Ezzard was below the lightheavyweight limit.
     
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