Anyone else rank Ezzard Charles top 5 p4p of all time?

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  1. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Any Takers?
     
    SuzieQ49, Jun 5, 2010
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    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    I would, its pretty much consensus round here.
     
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  3. TommyV

    TommyV Loyal Member banned

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    Yep, bang on at #5.

    I must say though, I was surprised to see Greb behind him on your list at 6.
     
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    Duodenum Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Having Charles as a top five pick is a completely sensible and rational conclusion. What's truly frightening and awe inspiring is that he later claimed to have sensed the effects of the disease which eventually killed him while still at his peak. (Where it initially attacked Lou Gehrig's upper body, it first affected Ezz's legs, no doubt shortening his career drastically.) Can you imagine how long Charles might have successfully competed if he'd had the same good fortune in health that Moore enjoyed?
     
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  5. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Not me, personally. Top 10, though, most likely.
     
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  6. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    SRR, Armstrong, Langford, Pep and Greb. Ezzard would be around #6 or #7 for me, though he has a strong case for top 5.
     
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  7. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Who would you rank above him and why?

    I think Charles's two wins over Burley are two of the best wins in boxing, especially the first one.
     
    GPater11093, Jun 5, 2010
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  8. horst

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    Yep, he's my number 5.
     
    horst, Jun 5, 2010
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  9. PetethePrince

    PetethePrince Slick & Redheaded Full Member

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    Last time I checked I had him at #5.
     
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  10. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It´s reasonable to rak him very high. I think there is only a hand full of fighters that can be argued above them.
     
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  11. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    He's definitely in my top ten ... Fitz, Langford, Robinson, Greb, Armstrong are my top five ...
     
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    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Robinson
    Langford
    Greb
    Duran
    Armstrong
    Charles

    almost...
     
    Seamus, Jun 5, 2010
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  13. The Kurgan

    The Kurgan Boxing Junkie banned

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    #4. I'm a devoted Cincinatti Cobra fan-

    1. Henry Armstrong

    2. SRR

    3. Greb

    4. Ezzard Charles
     
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  14. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    NO! But certainly somewhere between # 1 and # 25........ Between 175 to 184 pounds, Charles was pretty goddamn impressive as a stylist in the yrs of 1946 through 1951..........
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  15. timmers612

    timmers612 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I thinnnnnk so,,,,am debating endlessly on this list with myself. For those who take Robby number one I have a question, had Charles and he met at their bests (I know Ezzard would have been a little heavier here) who would you have taken? I think Charles would have shaded him and that adds something to this all time list to think about.
     
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