Fighters who showed no mercy?

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  1. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Isn't Foreman obvious? Iran Barkley as well. Ali was rather merciless in the fights with Patterson and Terrell.
     
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  2. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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  3. Dubblechin

    Dubblechin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Terry Norris was a cheap shot artist. Punching a guy in the back of the head when he's down on all fours is a cheap shot. That wouldn't have been a legal shot if the guy was standing up.

    He hit Leonard when Ray was down. He hit Troy Waters when he was down. He did it all the time.

    Punching people when they can't defend themselves is someone showing no mercy. And hitting them with illegal shots while they can't defend themselves is even worse.

    Are we really going to argue what "merciless" means now?
     
  4. mochabuzz

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    Hearns, Coetzee, Shavers, Barrera, Chavez & Ruddock. Chavez really stands out to me... Because he was out to totally destroy his opponents. He would systematically break them down and his relentlessness would overwhelm almost all of them.
     
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  5. SerbianLoudmouth

    SerbianLoudmouth Overhand right-Suzie Q Full Member

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    1st Max Baer
    2rd Dempsey
    3rd Foreman
    4th.Benn/Hearns
    5th Tyson
     
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  6. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He said in a magazine that the sight of blood turns him into a pit bull
     
  7. greynotsoold

    greynotsoold Boxing Addict Full Member

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    We could but you specialize in online squabbles and I have a gym to go to and fighters to teach.
    And they are almost exactly opposite.
     
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  8. Smokin Bert

    Smokin Bert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I actually hung out with Joe Walker about 5 or so years ago. We were working out at the same gym. You could tell that he was a fighter, and he was still in really good condition physically. We started talking boxing, and he told me he had a victory over Terry Norris. I thought he was full of ****, but, didn't want to insult him as he seemed like a good guy. Turned out he was telling the truth (even if it he didn't truly beat Norris). I took him out for some beers.
     
  9. Thor Odinson

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    wasn’t aware Fitzsimmons killed an opponent

    who did he kill ?
     
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  10. Amos-san

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    Obviously Marco Antonio Barrera
     
  11. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I see what you did there.

    I’ll throw Carlos Monzon’s name into the mix for non-boxing reasons.
     
  12. ChrisJS

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    Wilfredo Gomez.
     
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  13. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He killed Con Riordan in sparring. Can you imagine that?
     
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  14. Thor Odinson

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    just read a little about the incident he apparently beat a manslaughter charge over it as well thanks for sharing this information
     
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  15. George Crowcroft

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    You could throw Edwin Valero in too then. And he was merciless in both the ring and out.
     
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