Biggest Cherry Pickers In Boxing History

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  1. Showstopper97

    Showstopper97 The Icon Full Member

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    Name some of the most notorious cherry-pickers throughout the history of boxing.
     
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  2. sweetsci

    sweetsci Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Big George Foreman, second career. His cherry-picking only really failed him once, against Tommy Morrison. He cherry-picked his way to fame, fortune, and the legitimate world heavyweight championship.

    (Brought to you by Captain Obvious.)
     
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    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Floyd Mayweather jr
     
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    ideafix12 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Disagree
     
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    sweetsci Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Interesting. How so?
     
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    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Chris Eubank.
     
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    Bogey picker Former child banned Full Member

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    Floyd gayweather
     
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    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    This thread can only go one way....
     
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    klompton2 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Mayweather and Roy Jones.
     
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    Webbiano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Patterson : Tommy jackson, Brian London, Roy Harris, Pete Rademacher, Tom Mcneeley, can,t be beat surely... and don,t call me...
     
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    Come on now.... he was ancient in the sport.
     
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    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Apparently fighting for the biggest purses available is analogous to cherry picking.
     
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    Tzyu.
     
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    Mayweather.
     
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