Fighters who took brual punishment to win

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  1. Vanboxingfan

    Vanboxingfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I'm specifically thinking about Ali in Zaire who took some horrific bodyshots from Foreman, and Duran against Barkley, in which Bernstein and Clancey spend 3/4's of the fight saying those bodyshots Barkley was landing would pay dividends in the late rounds. The problem is they didn't.

    Then of course there's boxing wars, such as

    Marquez/ Vasquez
    Gatti/ Ward
    Ali/ Frazier
    Robinson/ LaMotta
    Robinson/ Basilio
    Barrera/ Morales
    Corrales/ Castillo
    Hagler/ Hearns
    Lewis/Vitali
    Foreman/Lyle

    If you broke it down to fighters, who would be on a top 10 list of fighters who could both absorb punishment and win fights.

    So far I have Ali, Robinson, Duran, Gatti (?), Chacon, Rocky Graziano, Tony Zale, Marciano, Walker, Greb, but there could very well be 4-5 fighters I've missed.
     
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  2. JWSoats

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    Matthew Saad Muhammad immediately comes to mind.
     
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  3. McGrain

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    Ketchel. Papke.
     
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  4. janitor

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    Bat Nelson is the standout.

    He was in fights with punch outputs per round, that would have looked good in a lightweight fight today, that lasted for 40+ rounds.

    He ended up a basket case.

    Anybody who does not feel an element of romanticism about that era doesn’t have a heart, and anybody who wants it back doesn’t have a brain.
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  5. McGrain

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    Or was one to begin with.
     
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  6. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Gatti - Rodriguez.
    Bowe- Golota
    Duran - Barkely
     
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  7. mcvey

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    Numero Uno!:good



    Frazier in FOTC!
     
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  8. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Yes he does.
     
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  9. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    ...is that the chill wind of predictability blowing its way down the springladen corridors of your mind, young man?
     
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  10. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    I don't know what that means. Marry me.
     
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  11. Chuck1052

    Chuck1052 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    After moving to Sacramento, Bobby Chacon won bouts in which he took a tremendous amount of brutal punishment.

    Matthew Saad Muhammad seemed to take a huge amount of brutal punishment in bouts, win or lose.

    I don't know if Wayne McCullough won many bouts after becoming badly shopworn, but he was a virtual punching bag afterwards.

    - Chuck Johnston
     
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  12. grumpy old man

    grumpy old man Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Gatti often.
     
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  13. Bummy Davis

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    Bobby Chacon, Arturo Gatti, Graziano, Marvin Johnson, Matthew Sadd Muhammad
     
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  14. ForemanJab

    ForemanJab Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Joe Frazier
     
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  15. Chillin'

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    Barry Michael (130 IBF champ). Fight against Al 'Earthquake" Carter is one for the ages.....!
     
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