Who Is The Best Middleweight Of All Time?

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  1. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah I no, WhataRock told me right after I had done the thread.....:patsch

    Who did he beat in the final?
     
    cotto20, Dec 9, 2009
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  2. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Hagler but if i remember Charley Burley and Tiger Flowers got to the semis
     
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  3. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Who eliminated Robinson more to the point ? :huh
     
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  4. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    beleive it or not Fitzsimmons by 7 round KO who then got shut out by Burley
     
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  5. Boilermaker

    Boilermaker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    And rightly so to.

    Robinson has no hope of doing what Fitzsimmons did as a middleweight.
     
    Boilermaker, Dec 9, 2009
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  6. horst

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    Based on what exactly? One dull points win over a green and unproven Bernard Hopkins?

    Peak Marvin Hagler beats that version of Roy, no doubt.

    But ultimately, Monzon was the best mw of all-time, as he was better than the mw Robinson, Hagler or Hopkins, and we don't have sufficient footage of Greb.

    How can LaMotta even be in the poll anyway, how could anyone have him above SRR?!
     
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  7. China_hand_Joe

    China_hand_Joe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What exactly can Monzon do to Roy Jones Jr?

    Against an athlete like Roy, probably nothing. What equalizer does he have here to Roy just pot shotting him?
     
    China_hand_Joe, Dec 9, 2009
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  8. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah. But Lamotta was a accomplished Middleweight.

    He did defeat Robison do he had a huge weight advantge. And all 6 fights between him and Robinson were lose hard fought affairs, besides the 13th round of the last bout, were Lamotta was servely weight drained.

    He also defeated Fritzie Zivic, Tommy Bell, Holman Williams, Marcel Cerdan, Tiberio Mitri, Laurent Dauthuille, and Gene Hairston.

    Thats a damn right solid Middleweight resume.......
     
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  9. Tin_Ribs

    Tin_Ribs Me Full Member

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    The equalizer that left ultra tough Nino Benvenuti a shattered sack of bone and muscle in the corner for one. As well as patience, timing, technical proficiency, inhuman stamina, resilience and championship experience at the weight.
     
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  10. horst

    horst Guest

    :-( It's not often you see a post as bad as this in the Classic Forum. Have you ever seen Monzon fight? I sincerely doubt it.
     
    horst, Dec 10, 2009
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  11. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Monzon had the ability to use the 15 round distance in a most effective and cruel manner, and coupled with that right of his, he would have stopped Jones before the end of the 14th round. Monzon's right, which bludgeoned Nino Benvenuti would have connected with Jone's chin...and the rather chinny RJJ would have been stopped.
     
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  12. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    hagler
     
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  13. Vantage_West

    Vantage_West ヒップホップ·プロデューサー Full Member

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    toss up between monzon and hagler. i prefer hagler. i think he looks and fights better. where as monzon seems clumsy and ungainly. i know that shouldnt be the deciding factor but they are so close in terms of achivement i base my views on haglers allrounded abilty
     
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  14. laxpdx

    laxpdx Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Greb, Hagler, Monzon...in that order.
     
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  15. lolb

    lolb Active Member Full Member

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    I would say Hagler just ahead of Monzon.

    I havn't read enough about Greb to form an opinion on him yet.
     
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