Greatest French Boxer of all time?

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  1. split_decision

    split_decision Electronic information tampers with your soul Full Member

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    Surely if Cerdan is one of the best ever then he IS the best Frenchman ever? ask Piaf
     
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  2. guncho

    guncho next champion! Full Member

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    hecaine cherifi must be up there
     
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  3. Enigmadanks

    Enigmadanks Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Definitely Cerdan. It's hard to assess his overall ATG ranking because his career was cut short due to his untimely death, but at the time when he was getting ready for his rematch with Jake Lamotta, he already accrued over 100 wins and had a big time victory already over an ATG in Tony Zale.

    Had he been able to continue on, who knows how high he would've catapulted through the ATG rankings. But he's definitely the best boxer France has ever produced.
     
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  4. lewis gassed

    lewis gassed The Bronze Dosser Full Member

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    Sugar Duhaupas.
     
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  5. elchivito

    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    Cerdan technically Algerian, but yea, Cerdan a legend no doubt. Basically fighting with 1 arm vs LaMotta, who knows how the rematch would have turned out and God knows how a Cerdan vs Robinson might have played out. Get goosebumps about that one, we might have lost a classic superfight or Robinson-Cerdan trilogy.
     
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  6. Lady Girl

    Lady Girl Kneel Before Zod! Full Member

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    pink panther hands down
     
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  7. Benitom3

    Benitom3 Boxing Junkie banned

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    Nichols is a quarter French I believe
     
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  8. Stallion

    Stallion Son of Rome Full Member

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    Marcel Cerdan
     
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  9. Kingkazim

    Kingkazim Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1. Carpentier
    2. Cerdan
    3. Christian Rebrasse

    No doubt
     
    Kingkazim, Nov 21, 2015
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  10. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    Between Carpentier, Cerdan and Thil imo.

    Carpentier is the obvious choice though, although his legacy is quite obviously tainted.

    Cerdan has the profile of fighting Zale and LaMotta, Thil has the profile of being involved in a horrifically fractured MW division (a bit like pre Hopkins).

    I can't think of anyone who can compete with those 3.
     
    lufcrazy, Nov 21, 2015
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  11. split_decision

    split_decision Electronic information tampers with your soul Full Member

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    Eugene Criqui ?
     
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  12. Vysotskyy

    Vysotskyy Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Thil > Cerdan
     
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  13. QuadrupleG

    QuadrupleG MAZAFAKA Full Member

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    Golovkieux (he fights in Monaco).
     
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  14. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    Why didn't I think of him? Used to like him
     
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