Five Most Deceptively Great Fighters

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  1. Hannibal Barca

    Hannibal Barca Active Member Full Member

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    Good shout out, I forgot to include him.
     
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  2. salsanchezfan

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    Ike Williams
    Curtis Cokes
    Antonio Esparragoza (however briefly)
     
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  3. Smokin Bert

    Smokin Bert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yes, Wlad's subtle skill of being much bigger than 90% of his opponents is something more fighters need to learn in the gym.
     
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  4. emallini

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    Michael Spinks
     
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  5. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    Great shout.
     
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  6. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Dick Tiger ...it’s hard to explain to a casual boxing fan what made him great
     
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  7. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Monzon , Ward, Spinks , Mccallum, and Ortiz are all good shouts
     
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  8. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ten years from now people will be saying Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury .
     
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  9. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Actually I agree and disagree with Wilder.

    Some people are way too harsh for him, he's very effective fighter who found his unique style. Good for him. He's very dangerous, probably one of the hardest punchers ever.

    I can't stand calling him the most athletic HW fighter ever though. I can't call him ATG at this point either. He hasn't accomplish anything relevant in comparison to the best ever. And no, he's not modern Bob Fitzsimmons.
     
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  10. escudo

    escudo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Archie Moore was 147 years old when they fought.
     
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  11. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    But he was still elite fighter. He beat Valdes the same year.
     
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  12. escudo

    escudo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Joe Louis fought his way into a title shot too. Doesn't mean that is the same guy who bulldozed Schmeling.
     
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  13. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    But Moore was damn good in 1955. He beat Valdes, Baker, Johnson, Maxim and Olson before Marciano fight. He was old, but some fighters were better when old. Archie is the perfect example, Fitzsimmons and Hopkins are another ones.
     
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  14. Vockerman

    Vockerman LightJunior SuperFlyweigt Full Member

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    I admired Gene Fullmer as a man and as a fighter but he could win about as ugly as anyone I ever saw...
    Not sure haw many would call him GREAT though.
     
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