Extremely popular but not great fighters

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  1. GoldenHulk

    GoldenHulk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Indeed, he was terrific against Ali, Young, and Holmes. Again we're not neccesarily talking skills in this thread, we'ew talking about guys who put butts in seats.
     
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  2. GoldenHulk

    GoldenHulk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    But not Ali, SRR, SRL, non ATG's only
     
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  3. GoldenHulk

    GoldenHulk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    For that matter Butterbean should be here the KING of the 4 Rounders. He was also in a WrestleMania where he nearly decapitated Bart Gunn.
     
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  4. Combatesdeboxeo_

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    Ask to the old posters they know about
    " duran deserves a mention"lol
     
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  5. salsanchezfan

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    He wasn't "multi-classes" above either Quarry or Graziano. He was perhaps on a par with them.
     
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  6. Bukkake

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  7. Rope-a-Dope

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  8. Saad54

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    You just said he was "great" lol.

    I would say that he was not a great talent. But he was a great fighter because of the intangibles he possessed.

    Many compare him to Gatti, but I think he was a bit more talented than Gatti and beat a higher quality of opposition.
     
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  9. he grant

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    Maybe I"m confused on the thread .. on skills Norton was world class .. popularity not the draw of most of the rest but if we look at 90% of the men posted they have something obvious in common .
     
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  11. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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  12. lloydturnip

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    Henry Cooper.decent fighter but had a almost god like following when I was a kid .seemed a good guy but had huge following mainly with non boxing public .
     
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    I think he was a solid level above Quarry .. Graziano was a joke all together ... the Gatti of his day. Look at his record of who he fought .. one victory over Zale defines his whole career ..
     
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  15. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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