Cleanest fighters : contemporary and all time

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  1. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Since there are 2 threads about the dirtiest fighters ever I thought for a while that finding the legit players is the harder task , so , who are/were the most rule obeying fighters ?
    All time I'd say they were :
    James Toney
    Montell Griffin
    Julian Jackson
    Arnold Cream
    Corrie Sanders
    Chris Byrd
    Marlon Starling
    Aaron Davis
    Jose Luis Lopez
    Ronald Wright
    Ezzard Charles
    Walker Smith Jr. (not that much to his credit given his big physical advantages over his opponents)
    Thomas Hearns (see W.S.Jr. case)
    Antonio Tarver
    Glen Johnson

    today i suppose :
    Chad Dawson
    Manny Pacquiao
    Juan Manuel Marquez
    Antonio Tarver
    Glen Johnson
     
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  2. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Joe Louis was the cleanest of the clean.
     
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  3. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    you view boxing very stranegly and you either are completely unique or a very dedicated troll.
     
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  4. Swarmer

    Swarmer Patrick Full Member

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    Louis and Arguello were pretty legit. For his era, Joe Gans seems to be pretty clean.
     
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  5. Senya13

    Senya13 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Joe Gans was praised many-many times for helping his opponents up if they slipped, and fighting cleanly in general.
     
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  6. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Arguello was in a class with Louis in that he didn't need to ever be dirty.
     
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  7. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Don't know about Arguello , but I remember watching Louis hitting Buddy Baer after the bell and I was not even interested in Louis or keen on learning much about him. I am pretty sure there is more to be told about Louis' fouling.
    For example Maufaufau Sita is comparable with Louis which is why I purposefully did not mention him here : he hit Rahman after the bell and Moorer while he was already down.
    McCall was dirty with Diaz but quite clean otherwise .
     
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  8. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Tell that to Max Schmeling's kidneys.
     
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  9. Swarmer

    Swarmer Patrick Full Member

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    That almost has as much to do with Schmeling positioning his body against the ropes as it does to Louis doing the dirty.
     
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  10. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Exactly.
     
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  11. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    I guess Louis was supposed to send Schmeling an engraved letter of intent politely informing him of his intentions.
     
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  12. jaffay

    jaffay New Orleans Hornets Full Member

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    Well, I've watched recently two fights with Toney and Montell managed to throw some light rabbit punches, hit after break and after the bell. Didn't watched all his fights though
     
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  13. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    Personally I count kidney punches and behind the ear shots of fighters turning away as pretty much legal
     
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  14. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    What does it matter. It´s about winning and you do everything you can to do so and look to have every advantage possible. If you can get away with fouling so be it.
     
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  15. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    So, hitting on the spine is legal?
     
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