You can choose 3 boxers, current and past, to help you in a bar fight, who do you take?

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  1. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hector Camacho, Mitch Green, Iran Barkley.
     
    Titan1, Nov 29, 2021
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    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    My two easy picks are Liston and Tyson. After that.. maybe Lyle? Fury?
     
    Barrf, Nov 30, 2021
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  3. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Have you ever been hit by a fast bareknuckle jab? You don't need to be a brawler to be good in a bar fight lad
     
    George Crowcroft, Jan 20, 2022
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    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Don't think a jab's gonna cut it in the real world. You need more than that.
     
    White Bomber, Jan 20, 2022
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  5. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    So no then :lol:
     
    George Crowcroft, Jan 20, 2022
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  6. cross_trainer

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

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    Given the ubiquitousness of security cameras in bars, I'm surprised neither side has posted videos of professional boxers in barfights.
     
    cross_trainer, Jan 20, 2022
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    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    I keep feeling the temptation to post a poll thread with options like, "I pick Sullivan, and I've had at least one barfight."
     
    cross_trainer, Jan 20, 2022
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  8. ron davis

    ron davis Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Mr. T, Cowboy Tex Cobb, Tony Galento, Bruce Lee, Terry McGovern, Sonny Liston
     
    ron davis, Jan 20, 2022
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  9. Kell Macabe

    Kell Macabe I don’t know s*** about boxing Full Member

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    Greb, Liston, Dempsey.
     
    Kell Macabe, Jan 20, 2022
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  10. OP_TheJawBreaker

    OP_TheJawBreaker NOBODY hit like that guy! Full Member

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    Name any argentinian. They at least have some strength if wresting comes to play.
     
    OP_TheJawBreaker, Jan 20, 2022
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    greynotsoold Boxing Addict

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    I have a friend that was a regional Gold Gloves champion in the 1960s, had 7 pro fights as a welter. In the mid 90s he got into a squabble with a guy that was 4 inches taller and 60 pounds heavier, fresh out of the penitentiary, so he was in shape and accustomed to violence. My friend beat him to a pulp with a jab. I asked him why he didn't hit him with a right hand or a hook and he said "Because I would have knocked him dead. What would I do with the body?"
    Honestly, a jab, if you know how to throw it and get your shoulder into it, will end most fights. Thrown enough, it will end them all.
     
    greynotsoold, Jan 20, 2022
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    titanic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Rocky Balboa, Ivan Drago, Clubber Lang :zplayita:

    On second thought ;

    ALI, FOREMAN, TYSON :D
     
    titanic, Jan 20, 2022
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  13. BUDW

    BUDW Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Dempsey,Fury,Foreman
     
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    Tyson, young Foreman, Ron Lyle, with Liston as an alternate. Valuev as a possible alternate too, just because his size would freak a lot of people out.
     
    Rope-a-Dope, Jan 20, 2022
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    thistle Boxing Addict Full Member

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    from Britain, McAvoy, Gilroy, Benn...
     
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