Fighters who faced the highest number of high quality opponents

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  1. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Who are the fighters who faced the highest number of high quality opponents? Regardless of how many of these fights the fighters won or not?

    I nominate Ezzard Charles as my #1. He fought: Rocky Marciano x 2, Jersey Joe Walcott x 4, Archie Moore x 3, Charley Burley x 2, Jimmy Bivinns x 4, Joey Maxim, Harold Johnson, Lloyd Marshall x x

    Roberto Duran is my #2: Hagler, Leonard x 3 times, Hearns, Buchannan, DeJesus, Benitez etc.

    Muhammad Ali is my #3. Others on the list would be Archie Moore, Sam Langford, Evander Holyfield, Jerry Quarry, Chris Byrd, James Toney, etc.
     
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  2. Smoochie

    Smoochie Indiana Jones and the Harry Greb Footage Full Member

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    Cervantes New Member Full Member

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    Sugar Ray Robinson, Emile Griffith.
     
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  4. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    In more recent history Juan Laporte had some sterling names on his record. Archie Moore's no slouch.
     
  5. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Harry Greb:

    Gene Tunney x 5
    Tommy Laughran x 6
    Tommy Gibbons x 4
    Mike Gibbons x 4
    Jack Dillon x 2
    Mickey Walker
    Kid Norfolk x 2
    Maxie Rosenbloom
    Jimmy Delaney x 3
    Battling Levinksy x 6
    Tiger Flowers x 3
    Jimmy Slattery
    Jeff Smith x 7
    Billy Miske x 3
    Mike McTigue x 2
    Willie KO Brennan x 3
    Charley Weinert
    Buck Crouse
    Gus Christie x 3
    Willie Meehan x 2
    Eddie McGoorty
    Jack Blackburn
    Bob Moha x 6
    Clay Turner x 7
    Leo Houck x 3
    Bill Brennan x 4
    George Chip x 3
    Soldier Bartfield x 4
    Gunboat Smith
    Ted Moore x 2
    Lou Bogash
    Bryan Downey

    He beat all of these fighters at least once.
     
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  6. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The winner!!!
     
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  7. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  8. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Great thread and contris, Lads!!
     
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  9. Ioakeim Tzortzakis

    Ioakeim Tzortzakis Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Fritzie Zivic.

    Sugar Ray Robinson x2 (No explanation needed)
    Henry Armstrong x3 (No explanation needed)
    Charley Burley x3 (No explanation needed)
    Jake LaMotta x4 (No explanation needed)
    Beau Jack x2 (No explanation needed)
    Billy Conn (ducked Charley Burley.................to fight Joe Louis)
    Lou Ambers (No explanation neended)
    Eddie Booker ( Wins over Holman Williams, Archie Moore and Lloyd Marshall, why do you suckers never mention him)
    Sammy Angott (No explanation needed)
    Lew Jenkins x2 (2 wins over Ambers, as well as Montgomery, Larkin, Belloise and a few others)
    Al Bummy Davis x2 (beat an old Canzoneri, Larkin and Montgomery)
    Bob Montgomery (Beat Ike Williams and Beau Jack, for starters)
    Tommy Bell (beat a respectable amount of contenders of his era)
    Freddie Cochrane x2 ( World champ, as underwhelming as he was)
    Jose Basora (had a draw with SRR, has wins over LaMotta and Holman Williams, for starters)
    Izzy Zanazzo (a weird wildcard that has some great wins over Holman Williams, Cocoa Kid and Jimmy Leto)
    Johnny Jadick (beat Canzoneri twice)
    Maxie Berger (Has wins over solid contenders like Ramey, Venturi and Castiloux)
    Kid Azteca x2 (Has a win and draw with Cocoa Kid and 2 wins over Caferino Garcia)
    Freddie Archer (Has wins over contenders like Zanneli, Rubio, Zivic himself and Ike Williams)
    California Jackie Wilson (Wins over Arizmendi, Lello, Caferino Garcia and Cocoa Kid)
     
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  10. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Fireman Jim Flynn.

    Langford
    O Brien
    Burns
    Gardner
    Root
    Dempsey
    Jim Johnson
    Papke
    Miske
    Smith
    Fulton
    Dillon
    Flowers
    Johnson
    Dempsey
    McCarty
    Squires
    Morris
    Levinsky
    Jack Twin Sullivan
     
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  11. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Great mention; perhaps the best journeyman ever.
     
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  12. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Luis Rodriguez.

    Bahama
    Cokes
    Griffith
    Miceli
    Benvenuti
    Carter
    Brennan
    Paret
    Briscoe
    Moyer
    Akins
    Vejar
    Logart
    Wright
    Morgan
    Sterling
    Mundine
    Hilton
    Guitierrez
    Gonzalez
    Rondon
    Paduano
    McClure
    Randall
    Mims
    Hernandez
    Cassidy
    de Lima
    Giambra
    Manning
    Rivero
    Pace
     
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  13. The one

    The one Member Full Member

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    I love Classic you guys really enjoy actual boxing and all the history of the sport.
     
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  14. Philosopher

    Philosopher Active Member Full Member

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    Floyd? Gotta be on the list at least...
     
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  15. yotam bing

    yotam bing Member Full Member

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    Tony canzoneri has to be up their
    He beat: dundee, taylor, bass, berg, petrolle, chocolate, ambers, arizmendi and mclarnin (all hall of famers)
    As well as facing barney ross twice
     
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