Dirty Fighters- Hall of Fame

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  1. BillB

    BillB Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Here are my nominations by categories.

    Headbutting - Evander Holyfield

    Hitting Low - Andrew Golota

    Elbowing - Mike Tyson

    Rabbit-punching - Chuck Wepner

    Illegal Holding - Muhammad Ali



    I'd like to hear from the experts.
     
  2. Brixton Bomber

    Brixton Bomber Obsessed with Boxing banned Full Member

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    Mayweather to a degree is guilty. He was infamous for using his elbows years back.

    Hopkins is up there, too. He is beyond dirty.
     
  3. BillB

    BillB Well-Known Member Full Member

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    What was Hopkins' specialty?
     
  4. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Concealing it.
     
  5. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Thumbing-fritzie zivic
    Leaning on Joe Frazier-ali
     
  6. pablod

    pablod Active Member Full Member

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    lennox lewis was dirty. he clinched as often as he could, he pushed his opponents head down and leaned on at every opportunity. He regularly pulled an opponents head onto the uppercut and his elbow smash to the top of levi Billups head was awful
     
  7. ghiri1

    ghiri1 New Member Full Member

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    he has it all: fighting after the bell, holding&hitting, headbutting, rabbit punches, low blows, hell even faking them.
     
  8. Green Man

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  9. nikrj

    nikrj Active Member Full Member

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    Hitting during the break = Terry Norris
     
  10. Chuck1052

    Chuck1052 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I can't think of a fighter who held more in bouts than John Ruiz and got away with it during the last fifty years. Yes, Ruiz held more than Ali. He wouldn't have had much success in the ring if he didn't do it.

    - Chuck Johnston
     
  11. Big Ukrainian

    Big Ukrainian Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Holding, Holding and hitting, Elbowing - Lennox Lewis

    Holding, Holding and hitting, Faking illegal blows - Bernard Hopkins

    Headbutts - Holyfield

    Holding, Faking low blows - Ruiz

    Holding - Wlad

    Low blows, biting - Golota

    Breaking opponent arms - Tyson

    Low blows - Trinidad
     
  12. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Biting - Mike Tyson.
     
  13. Big Ukrainian

    Big Ukrainian Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This. Lewis was like B Hop, using every possible legal or illegal trick to take an advantage
     
  14. Vanboxingfan

    Vanboxingfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I recently watched Wepner- Ali and man o' man was there a lot of rabbit punching going on. Wepner would rabbit punch Ali a couple of times and Ali would grab him bend his head over and deliver about 7-8 rabbit punches. This happened 3 or 4 times during the fight.
     
  15. tommytheduke

    tommytheduke Active Member Full Member

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    backhanding: MAX BAER
    One of the dirtiest fighters ever was Harry Greb.