Boxing's showmasters

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  1. KTFO

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    They did what Boxing is all about, they performed a big show.

    Who were boxing's biggest showmasters inside and outside of the ring, selling entertaining matchups like no other?
     
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  2. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ali, Robinson, learnard, Jack Johnson, Max Bear, Eubank, Roy Jones All showman in and outside the ring
     
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  3. KTFO

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    True somehow. Especially Ali and Jones. Not quite sure about Jack Johnson cause he had a pretty hard time being afro-american.
     
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  4. GPater11093

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    Kid Gavilan
     
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  5. nastynas

    nastynas Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Naseem Hamed, Chris Eubank
     
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  6. teeto

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    Only kidding, Eubank is a great shout,
     
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  7. janitor

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    Johnson was a consumate showman.

    He would turn up to a fight wearing a pink suit or a bottle green suit, which was thought outrageous at the time.

    He wraped gauze around his ***** to make it look bigger.

    He conducted his own defense in a trial in England quite sucesfully.

    Everything he did was for effect.
     
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  8. lefthook31

    lefthook31 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Camacho, Paez, yuck
     
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  9. KTFO

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    Not bad for a man who was expected to work his a$$ off on a cotton plantation.
     
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  10. Russell

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    Thought I was the only one who knew that. I've actually posted that fact a few times over the years on here.

    Imagine how angry white America must have been at him. :lol::lol:
     
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  11. KTFO

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    And because of that white men put a horse shoe into their boxing glove to throw harder punches. Just like Jack Dempsey.....:yep
     
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  12. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    ali and ray robinson
     
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  13. KTFO

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    Ray Robinson was even seen with 'the rat pack' and had a role in the film 'Candy' with Ewa Aulin.
     
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  14. Manassa

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    Archie Moore could sell a fight.
     
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  15. Stevie G

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    These two laid down the blueprint for showmanship !
     
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