Who do you like watching box better?

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  1. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Roy Jones Junior OR Bernard Hopkins


    Ruben Olivares OR Carlos Zarate


    Joe Louis OR Muhammad Ali


    Kid Gavilan OR Sugar Ray Leoanrd


    Roberto Duran OR Pernell Whitaker


    Bob Foster OR Archie Moore


    Carlos Monzon OR Sugar Ray Robinson




    Choose your weapons!​
     
  2. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hopkins
    not seen much of either one
    Louis
    Leonard
    Duran
    Moore
    Monzon
     
  3. Boxed Ears

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

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    "Bob Foster OR Archie Moore"
    I will not choose. ​
     
  4. stevebhoy87

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    Jones
    Olivares
    Equal if pushed probably Ali
    Leonard just
    Duran again only just though
    Moore
    Robinson
     
  5. mckay_89

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    Difficult to pick between Olivares and Zarate.
     
  6. natonic

    natonic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    RJJ (great fighters but both dickheads)
    Olivares
    Ali (like trying to pick your favorite child)
    Leonard (see above)
    Doo-Ran
    Archie
    Monzon (only because there's much moore prime footage of him)
     
  7. Godfather

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    :lama
     
  8. teeto

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    I'm not trying to sound controversial, straight up-

    Bernard Hopkins



    Ruben Olivares



    Muhammad Ali



    Sugar Ray Leoanrd



    Roberto Duran



    Archie Moore


    Sugar Ray Robinson

    that ****ing killed me.
     
  9. itrymariti

    itrymariti Cañas! Full Member

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    If you pick Monzon over SRR you should be shot.
     
  10. teeto

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    You should make a sticky thread called 'i hate Monzon'
     
  11. McGrain

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    :huh
     
  12. McGrain

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    No pattern at all :lol:
     
  13. itrymariti

    itrymariti Cañas! Full Member

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    Nice thread btw.

    For me:

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    Love Hopkins technical craft, Jones is all the same really and the novelty wears off after a bit.

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    Zarate has nicer fundamentals and is wonderfully casual in disposing brutally of opponents.

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    Louis is one of my all-time aesthetic favourites. Beautiful offence, textbook stance and punching is always crisp and accurate. Ali (like Jones) is a bit samey IMO.

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    Leonard is a great all-round technician and general, love watching him fight. Also a tremendous athlete. Gavilan is too slappy and sloppy for my taste.

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    Love Duran but Sweet Pea is up there with Louis for me. Wonderful technician with a sublime jab that I could just watch all day. Puts combinations together well and his defence is true artistry. One of the most intelligent fighters ever as well, I believe.

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    Again, casually devastating.

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    Monzon is crude and boring, how anyone can enjoy watching the guy fight is beyond me. Need I really explain my pick?
     
  14. teeto

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    Haha, i think we were trying to even it out stylistically rather than have a pattern.
     
  15. itrymariti

    itrymariti Cañas! Full Member

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    I'll definitely consider this when I get my own forum...