The Hardest Men To Ever Step Into The Ring

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  1. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Julio Cesar Chavez gets my vote. He walked through an insane amount of punishment through his 100+ fight career.
     
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  3. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Difference between a chin and true grit.

    He was a literal crybaby when he lost, he blatantly fouled his opponents when he was losing (Loved the headbutts and ball shots against Tzysu) and pulled a No Mas quitjob against Randell in their second fight.

    Of course if he hadn't done those things and simply the good existed he would qualify. But this is about the fighters that are epitomes of being hard, brave, etc.
     
  4. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    I knew you would call me out on that, but I still consider Julio Cesar Chavez as one of the toughest and hardest men to ever have boxed, irrespective of some of his shortcomings. He proved his grit against world class opposition in Meldrick Taylor, and wouldn't go down and stay down against a peak Oscar De La Hoya despite being past his sell by date.

    Randall Tex Cobb, otherwise.
     
  5. BIG DEE

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    BIG DEE HERE= The first two on any list of hard guy`s in ring history should be the two who fought the greatest, bloodiest and most brutal fight in the history of the ring.
    Oscar (Battling) Nelson and Ad Wolgast (The Michigan Wildcat) as they fought a fight that
    today seems beyond belief. These men went to war for 40 three minute rounds in one single fight and today they think that 15 rounds is too much to ask. Wolgast took the title from the man he hated most on this planet callled earth on Feb 22, 1910 in Pt.Richmond ,California. These two men beat each other to the point of the impossible
    on that day in 1910 their physical shape on that day was and is this. No fighter walking the earth today could fight a fight like they fought no matter what the modern
    fight fan believes as these men were the hardest of the hard. Wolgast and Nelson
    averaged 80 punches a rds for 40 rds so who could do that today. I don`t know any fighters today that could even do that in a gym setting much less a real fight with a world class fighter who is trying with all his might to take your head off. Believe me these two were trying to do just that as they hated each others guts for real. The true funny part about the whole thing is that Wolgast and Nelson`s wives loved each other
    and became life long friends. The next hardest man behind these two is the greatest Middleweight and pound for pound fighter who ever stepped into the squared circle
    HIS NAME WAS HARRY GREB (THE PITTSBURGE WINDMILL ) fought the last 6yrs of his career blind in one eye and fought middleweights,Lt Heavyweights and Heavyweights
    while never weighing more than 170 lbs. He defeated ever fighter that held the Lt Heavyweight title between 1914 to 1932 the last being Maxie Rosenbloom. Harry
    Greb was as hard a man as they come with 300 pro fights in a 12 yr career. 1914 to 1926.
     
  6. KOTF

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    Tex Cobb. Have no idea how the fight w/ Holmes went 15
     
  7. BIG DEE

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    BIG DEE HERE= I would like to change that about Greb beating every Lt Heavyweight champion as the following ducked him Georges Carpentier, Battling Siki, Jack Delaney,
    Mike McTigue, Paul Berlebach and Young Stribling even though he never held the title.
     
  8. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    The fact that you admit he has those flaws ends this debate, he doesn't have a place next to the fighters who never had those flaws.
     
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    TBooze change your name to TTotal - maybe your posts won't be as foolish. Agree with most of the names here.
     
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    PRIME JCC
    Sal Sanchez
     
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    Hagler. Duran.
     
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    Chuvalo.
     
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    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I agree with Hagler.

    Duran quit with a tummy ache.That disqualifies him from ever being mentioned in the same breath as the true blood and guts warriors,despite his undoubted greatness as a fighter.
     
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    Danny Williams. His training regime is ****, but continuing several rounds with his shoulder visually dislocated and still managing to score a knockout, is nothing short of amazing. He took a vicious, VICIOUS beating from Vitali Klitschko without backing down as well.