Who made the greatest comeback in the sport of boxing?

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  1. like a boss

    like a boss Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Don't forget Nelson III.


    LOL
     
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  2. like a boss

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    Perhaps the performance of Fenech's career that one, too.
     
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  3. Salty Dog

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    Big George, but I am heavily biased. Maybe Roberto Duran after "No Mas".
     
  4. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    He didn’t accrue injuries during that time and fought a bunch of cans to get back in form. It’s overblown.
     
  5. like a boss

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    LOL!

    10 years!

    The entire world gets it but you.

    It is just coming across as some kind of hate campaign.

    Give a rest.
     
  6. Bofo24

    Bofo24 hobbyist Full Member

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    Pacquiao, Foreman, HM to Donaire. Manny came back after a year of being inactive and knocked out cold, became the oldest welterweight champion. Nobody just comes back from such a defeat and continue a second run and win the title as the oldest even.
     
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  7. shalomMF

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    in the years I've been watching boxing, it's Tyson Fury.
     
  8. Dangerwood84

    Dangerwood84 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Absolutely, Foreman hands down. Leonard beating Hagler was monumental.
     
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  9. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1. Foreman
    2. Ali
    3. Leonard
    4. Fury
    5. Vitali

    Wlad's case doesn't qualify as a comeback per se, but nobody would say he would dominate like he did after Sanders/Brewster losses and going life and death with Peter.
     
  10. The Cryptkeeper

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  11. BCS8

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    Off 4 years, and then straight into a title fight

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  12. FrankinDallas

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    Willie Pep. Survived a plane crash with a broken leg and two fractured vertebrae. Returns to the ring a successfully defends his feathweight crown and boxes for several more years.

    Also Vinny Paz. Who can forget seeing him exercising with Frankenstein like bolts in his skull.
     
  13. JusABoxinFan

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    Not sure how you can ask yourself this question, start a thread, and post responses in this thread and common sense doesn't yell at you that the true answer is George Foreman. To have already had a hall of fame resume before retirement, walk away from the sport to do ministry only to come back a decade later. Share the ring with top world class athletes whom are almost half his age and still become the Unified Heavyweight World Champion.
     
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  14. Seamus

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    Herr Maske coming out of retirement to set the record correct and finishing his career having beat everyone he ever faced.
     
  15. DJN16

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    Don't really think Fury counts in all honesty.

    Big George Foreman amazing story.