Classic Forum Desert Island Discs

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  1. janitor

    janitor VIP Member

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    This is the same format as the famous British radio program.

    You are going to be trapped on a desert island, but instead of getting five records to listen to, you get five fights to watch.

    You also get one item of boxing memorabilia.
     
  2. ThatOne

    ThatOne Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ali-Frazier 2. Ali-Frazier3. Ali-Foreman. Ali-Norton 2. Leonard-Hagler. Muhammad Ali's gloved from The Thrilla.
     
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    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    For boxing memorabilia, I would like the steamship and crew that ferried Mickey Walker over to England to fight Tommy Milligan. Does that count as memorabilia? I just want off that damn island.
     
  4. Ioakeim Tzortzakis

    Ioakeim Tzortzakis "The David Haye of Loma's Gay" -Edgar Allan Poe Full Member

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    Maidana vs Broner
    Galindez vs Kates 1
    Saad vs Johnson 1
    Duran vs Palomino
    Rikiishi vs Magnesi

    Also this photo to give me hope, knowing he wouldn't be able to spell HELP in my situation
    This content is protected
     
  5. Shay Sonya

    Shay Sonya The REAL Wonder Woman! Full Member

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    Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston 1974.
    Harry Greb vs. Gene Tunney 1.
    Joe Louis vs. Primo Carnera.
    John L. Sullivan vs. Jack Burke.
    John L. Sullivan vs. Paddy Ryan 1886 with gloves.

    The gloves Joe Louis wore in Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling 2 (hopefully autographed, but I will take them either way).
     
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    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s banned Full Member

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    If you know they’re the real deal I think the signature would cheapen them.
     
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    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s banned Full Member

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    Smart enough to make more money then any boxer ever… Floyd’s an intelligent guy 0 question.
     
  8. salsanchezfan

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    Chacon-Limon 4
    Saad-Lopez 2
    Sanchez-Gomez
    Sanchez-Nelson
    Arguello-Mancini

    No memorabilia. Not my thing.
     
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    Leonard vs Duran 1
    Pryor vs Arguello 1
    Frazier vs Ali 1
    Castillo vs Corales 1
    Chavez vs Taylor 1

    Boxiana Volume 1-4
     
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    Chavez-Rosario
    Hagler-Mugabi
    Leonard-Hearns I
    Duran-Barkley
    Chacon-Boza Edwards II

    off the top of my head... I could create 8 of these lists depending on my mood.
     
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  11. Mike Cannon

    Mike Cannon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hi Guys.
    Green / Palomino
    Finnigan / Bouttier
    Williams / James
    Berg / Chocolate
    Buchanan / Navarro
    stay safe guys.
     
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  12. Shay Sonya

    Shay Sonya The REAL Wonder Woman! Full Member

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    Great point! Change my pick to NO AUTOGRAPH. Good catch, sir!
     
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  13. Ioakeim Tzortzakis

    Ioakeim Tzortzakis "The David Haye of Loma's Gay" -Edgar Allan Poe Full Member

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    Oh no, don't get it twisted. Floyd is dumb. Like, he'd wear a bike helmet in order to swim dumb. That's why it worked.

    He wasn't pretending to be dumb. The magic is, he is dumb, and people gave him a billion dollars for it.

    Money doesn't make you smart. It just means the world's dumb enough to pay you.

    Like, magicians pull rabbits out of their hats. That doesn't make them zoologists. Just because Floyd made money doesn't mean he is Aristotle with an instagram.
     
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  15. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s banned Full Member

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    He’s intelligent in a way that effects the real world, you can philosophise things and be smart with no money, no legacy and no skills but he made it. boxing is its own smarts like chess… nobody is saying he’s Aristotle but in the boxing business even outside the ring you need a cunning and a type of smarts. He’s no dummy even if he’s supposedly illiterate also a better guy than credited.