Boxers who were Great people ?

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  1. Smoochie

    Smoochie Boxin' dreamer Full Member

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    I hope I don't hear anything bad verifiable on Nakatani, the Inoue brothers, Loma and Usyk
     
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  2. RingKing

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    Salvador Sanchez seemed like a nice, humble young man.
     
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  3. Shay Sonya

    Shay Sonya The REAL Wonder Woman! Full Member

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    I am going with Max Schmeling.
     
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  4. Smoochie

    Smoochie Boxin' dreamer Full Member

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    He was a good father by the accounts of his children
     
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  5. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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  6. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Proof
     
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  7. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Rocky Graziano wasn't mentioned yet
    Always came off as very very friendly. Jimmy McLarnin too.
     
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  8. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    CBE, Frankie Randall
     
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  9. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    As far as classy and humble personality goes:

    Ezzard Charles
    Rocky Marciano
    Archie Moore
    Harold Johnson
    Floyd Patterson
    Alexis Arguello
    Eder Jofre
    Fighting Harada
    Thomas Hearns
    Felix Trinidad
    Manny Pacquiao
    Juan Manuel Marquez
    Roman Gonzalez
     
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  10. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Yes I'm sure. All class
     
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  11. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ive read some not so kind stories about Rocky Marciano in here recently..,
     
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  12. Smoochie

    Smoochie Boxin' dreamer Full Member

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    like...?
     
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  13. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Oh. Suddenly this thread will go crazy in about......3..2..1..

    Jk. Some people say he was abusive, cheated his wife, super cheap, something about him being a jerk while in the Military... All that is gossip though, yeah it is out there in books but how do we know if it is really facts ??
     
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  14. KellyB

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    So true. Would rather paint, play piano, walk on the beach than fight. So kind. So polite. Never has anything bad to say about anyone.
     
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  15. Moggy94

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    He got arrested in 2004 for assaulting one of his kid's mother's, look it up
     
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