Most Honest Boxers

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by sweetsci, Sep 11, 2021.



  1. OP_TheJawBreaker

    OP_TheJawBreaker NOBODY hit like that guy! Full Member

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    Idk about Leonard though...

    These are the opponents he fought:
    -Wilfred Benitez
    -Thomas Hearns
    -Marvin Hagler

    In his best I faced:
    Best Defense: Floyd Mayweather Sr.
    Best Puncher: Roberto Duran
    Best Chin: Marcus Geraldo
     
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  2. Richard M Murrieta

    Richard M Murrieta Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It was my cat, Ha, Ha, Lol.
     
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  3. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  4. Tomatron

    Tomatron Member Full Member

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    Heard this before, but would be interested in hearing your perspective on Corbett and Tunneys rewriting of history.
     
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  5. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Larry Holmes. Like him or hate him,. Lawrence spoke his mind.
     
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  6. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Did he ever have anything much to lie about?
     
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  7. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Both, basically rewrote boxing history, in their favor., and gratuitously so!

    For example, we often hear that Jeffries lost every round against Corbett, until the fateful round!

    Or that Tunney only lost to Greb, because he was fouled, and that he won every fight thereafter!

    The newspapers at the time, had very different opinions, to these two men!
     
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  8. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist Full Member

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    His camp tried to push a rib injury excuse for the Lewis fight and he wouldn’t let it fly.
     
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  9. ron davis

    ron davis Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Did you consider that he is telling the truth.
     
  10. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    To add to this: it's possible for someone to be sincere, but wrong. Foreman may well genuinely believe that Mobutu's goons drugged him. And frankly, that would hardly register on the radar of nefarious crap Mobutu did, being a dictator and all.
     
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  11. Kamikaze

    Kamikaze Bye for now! banned Full Member

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    You dare defy emperor Djanders?
     
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  12. ron davis

    ron davis Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Saving for the fact, I wouldn't put it past Dundee.
     
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  13. janitor

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    They sold both sold narratives about their fights, which later became established opinion, that are clearly at odds with what the ringside reporters said.

    For example Jim Corbett claimed that he won every round of his first fight with Jeffries, up to the fateful 23rd, and a lot of people believe this to this day.

    If you look at the ringside reports, it was actually a fairly close fight going into the 23rd.

    Gene Tunney claimed that he lost his first fight with Greb, because Greb headbutted him, which opened up a cut above his eye.

    The ringside reports say that the cut was caused by a legal punch.
     
  14. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    I am protecting him from his wicked advisors.
     
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  15. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    I wish I could like this post more than once.
     
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