Favourite Old School Boxers

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  1. Sweetfiend

    Sweetfiend New Member Full Member

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    Let's say anything before 1980. My one would probably be Ezzard Charles, Sugar Ray Robinson, Kid Chocolate, Muhammad Ali, and Archie Moore.
     
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  2. ChrisJS

    ChrisJS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Some of the guys with * did fight in the 80s but barely fought in that decade and are associated more with being 60s or 70s guys.

    Eder Jofre
    Carlos Zarate*
    Ruben Olivares*
    Luis Rodriguez
    Fighting Harada
    Ken Buchanan*
    Joe Frazier*
    Jose Medel
    Charles Burley
    Manuel Ortiz
     
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  3. TipNom

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    Not counting anyone who had a fight in the 80s:

    Ezzard Charles
    Willie Pep
    Sonny Liston
    Johnny Bratton
    Kid Gavilan
    Jimmy Mclarnin
    Archie Moore
    Randolph Turpin
    Carmen Basilio
    Tony Canzoneri
    Floyd Patterson
    Max Schmeling
    Billy Graham
    Emile Griffith
    Joey Giardello
    Benny Leonard
    Barney Ross
     
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  4. Sweetfiend

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    Wow. I've heard of all these guys before but never really read up much about them. The ones I haven't heard about are Billy Graham and Manuel Ortiz.
     
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    Graham is one of the greatest fighters to never win a world title and I think Manuel Ortiz is the greatest Mexican-American fighter of all-time and a sure shot top five all-time bantam. The footage on him is great. He’s probably the greatest boxer ever to be born and raised in Southern California.
     
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    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Archie Moore
    Rocky Marciano
    Ali
    Max Baer
    Liston
     
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  7. Stevie G

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    Muhammad Ali
    Sugar Ray Robinson
    Willie Pep
    Archie Moore
    Sam Langford
     
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  8. roughdiamond

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    You've got a lot of good footage to look up. I recommend Graham - Gavilan 3. Cracking fight, and a very good watch to test your scoring capabilities (if so inclined).
     
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  9. Greb & Papke 707

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    To many to list, I absolutely love reading up on the fighters from the late 1800s to around the 1940s
     
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  10. Sweetfiend

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    Thanks for the suggestion guys. I'll be sure to watch some Billy Graham and Manuel Ortiz fights.
     
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  11. El Gallo Negro

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    Of guys I've actually seen film on:

    Cleaveland Williams
    Sonny Liston
    Marciano
    Benny Parret
    Oakland Billy Smith

    Of guys I've only heard stories about:

    Sam *******
    Pancho Villa
    Jim Corbett
    Joe Chowinski
     
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  12. red cobra

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    Too many to name.
     
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    Ezzard Charles
    Kid Gavilan
    Ike Williams
    Archie Moore
    George Benton
    Joe Louis
    Jose Napoles
    Jose Torres
    Joe Frazier
    Alexis Arguello

    Funny is that i like how Ray Robinson moves but i hate how he breaks the rythm of the fight by clinching till break by the referee.
     
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    Harold Johnson
    Alexis Arguello
    Ken Buchanan
    Joe Frazier
    Tommy Loughran
    Joe Louis
    Jerry Quarry
    Floyd Patterson
    Eddie Machen
     
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  15. 70sFan865

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    Max Schmeling
    Archie Moore
    Bob Fitzsimmons
    Joe Louis
    Sam Langford
    Tommy Loughran
    Henry Armstrong

    To name a few.
     
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