What if you could have dinner with any five figures from boxing history?

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  1. janitor

    janitor VIP Member

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    There are six seats at the table, and you take one.

    The others can be occupied by any fighters, trainers, promotors, or journalists, from any era.

    That leaves you with five empty seats.

    The waiting staff will just supply whatever thy want, until they get bored and go home.

    So who is sitting in those five seats?
     
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  2. Mike Cannon

    Mike Cannon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hi Buddy.
    Mine would be : Langford / Rickard / Runyon / Arcell / and Mickey Walker.
    Thought provoking post, thanks.
    Stay safe.
    Mike.
     
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  3. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    John L Sullivan, Jack Dempsey, Jack Johnson, Harry Greb, Muhammad Ali
     
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  4. Fogger

    Fogger Father, grandfather and big sports fan. Full Member

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    Looking for variety, I would go with Muhammad Ali, Nat Fleischer, Blinky Palermo, Bob Arum and Benny Leonard.

    Of course, this presumes all would be friendly and willing to talk openly.
     
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  5. SixesAndSevens

    SixesAndSevens Gator Wrestler Extraordinaire Full Member

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    Elmer Ray alongside four gators and/or CROCODILES. I don't discriminate.
     
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  6. META5

    META5 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Jack Johnson
    Robbi
    Greb
    Ali
    Arcel
     
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  7. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    Smiff Withburn, Wodj Jabroski, Reth Vevman, Grigg McFant and Hodge Simülsen.

    Alternatively: Marvin Hagler, Joe Frazier, Archie Moore, Max Baer and either Ali or Tony Ayala, Jr.
     
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  8. Ioakeim Tzortzakis

    Ioakeim Tzortzakis "The David Haye of Loma's Gay" -Edgar Allan Poe Full Member

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    Joe Louis
    Archie Moore
    Ray Arcel
    Eddie Futch
    Sugar Ray Robinson

    Gonna be begging them to teach me everything they know about Boxing skill.
     
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  9. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic War for Souls Full Member

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    Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Sugar Ray Robinson
     
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  10. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Sam Langford, Ray Robinson, Mickey Walker, Jimmy Bivins, and Jack Dempsey.
     
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  11. Terror

    Terror free smoke Full Member

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    Best thread in a minute, this is difficult as hell. I got two tables because I gotta keep Mike away from Don King or else someone might die.

    I'll go with:
    Jack Johnson, Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Nat Fleischer, and Manny Steward.

    George Benton, Eddie Futch, Pierce Egan, Don King, and Tito Lectoure.
     
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  12. SgrRyLeonard

    SgrRyLeonard Active Member Full Member

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    It was really tough to narrow it down but I eventually settled on Sugar Ray Robinson, Muhammed Ali, Henry Armstrong, Nat Fleischer & Benny Leonard.
     
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  13. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    I'd just pick five guys from this forum and argue about who is bigger out of George Foreman and Oleksander Usyk all night. That is what i LIKE and i'm not going to CHANGE for ANYONE, not even Jack Blackburn, Charley Burley, Elbows McFadden, Tommy West and Joe Gans.
     
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  14. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    If you tell Blinky to pick up the check, you sleep with the fishes.

    I will go with:

    AJ Liebling

    Randall Cobb

    Mutt Haugen

    Muhammad Ali

    Chris Eubank

    I think we’d need a private dining room to stop from disturbing the other diners with all the laughing.
     
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  15. Steve Fero

    Steve Fero Active Member Full Member

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    So many others I d like to include but here’s my 5
    John L Sullivan, Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano
     
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