Fighters with recuperative powers

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  1. fbear

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    I am hard pressed to think of a better example than Larry Holmes. gets hit hard and comes back strong. Snipes, Williams, and especially the second fight against Shavers. Could not believe he got back to his feet at the count of five. He nust have great legs, he wasnt that wobbly
     
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    Matthew Saad Muhammad
    Felix Trinidad
    Salvador Sanchez
    Joe Louis
    Sugar Ray Leonard

    come to mind, They could either take beatings, get dropped (or both) or just keep on fighting without getting tired, and come back,
     
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    Ali
    Eubank Snr
    Holyfield
    Froch
    Balboa
    Ippo Makanouchi
     
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    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s banned Full Member

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    Sung Kil Moon baby!
     
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    Tyson Fury is awesome. George Foreman the rare times he was solidly hurt was always coming back. SRL anywhere near his prime was virtually impossible to close. SRR was another that pinged back from troubled situations. Joe Louis was a terrifying threat if you hurt him and went after him. Joe Frazier, i mean he just kept getting up against Foreman way too many times than was fair and had to be saved from himself. He was also hurt in a couple of other fights and rebounded. Carlos Monzon was steely when in trouble. Ali is another obvious one. Later guys like Morales and Marquez. Gatti, Corrales, Danny Lopez, Archie Moore, Floyd Patterson, Marciano.

    There's so many warriors.
     
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    Nigel Benn. Could be out on his feet, then all of a sudden he’s fine!
     
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    That Anthony Logan fight being the perfect example.
     
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    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Berserk fight.

    That’s what made him so dangerous!
     
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    Tyson Fury is a strong example here.
     
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    Julio Cesar Chavez.
     
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    Timothy Bradley
     
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    I've been hoping a few of names came up so i could jump on the back of the mention, but it looks like they won't be. We can knock over 4 birds in one swoop, by way of association.

    Cornelius Boza Edwards
    Rolando Navarrete
    Rafael Limon
    Bobby Chacon

    These animals put on a host of wars against each other. Basically every time they clashed they put on back and forth wars, many of which were in consideration for fight of the year or won it. Across their many fights there were plenty of knockdowns, both ways at times. Fighters were also hurt at various points. They could all get off the canvas to win. They could all come back from being severely hurt to win.

    How many quartets can lay claim to the amount of GREAT fights these guys had among themselves? They were absolute beasts, all roaming the same area of the jungle at the same time.
     
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    Rocky Marciano...
     
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    Muhammad Ali
    Sugar Ray Leonard
    Marvin Hagler
    Larry Holmes
    Rocky Marciano
    Tyson Fury
    Chris Eubank
     
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