I think the word Legend is starting to take on some different meaning these days!!!

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  1. Ted Stickles

    Ted Stickles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1st Hopkins telling anyone who would listen that he was a legend,now Oscar is using it like its going out of style to.Im my opinion a legend is someone who fights( OFTEN) wins sometimes easily and sometimes dramatically but all the while he still pushes forward and FIGHTS..HE takes on the best opposition and makes sure that in the end his management knows who the fighter is and what the fighter wants( ala Paterson/Liston).Here are my examples of people who i beleive to deserve the moniker of Legend......

    1. SUGAR RAY ROBINSON
    2. Joe Louis
    3. Jack Johnson
    4.Rocky marciano
    5.Muhammed Ali
    6.Willie Pep
    7.Carlos Monzon
    8.Ray Leonard
    9. John L.Sullivan
    10. Floyd Paterson

    there are more but u guys fill them in and what did they do that made them Legends.......:rasta
     
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  2. jimmie

    jimmie Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Oscar is a legend if not for his fighting which I believe he is but he is easily a legend for his drawing power. When DLH fights it is a occasion not just a fight.
     
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  3. lokethunder

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    i think b-hop qualifies as a legend-20 middleweight defenses, continuing to fight and beat elite fighters past the age of 40. but i think part of the reason hopkins gets considered as a legend is because he has an old school feeling to him ala sugar ray robinson, archie moore, etc.
     
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  4. lokethunder

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    and that he continually repeats the words "bernard hopkins is a legend", "i'm a legend", etc. etc. etc.,
     
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  5. Bslice

    Bslice Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No a legend in the context of boxing is someone whose boxing prowess has reached almost mythical proportions through tale alone. Bernard Hopkins is not a legend, DLH is not a legend

    Roy Jones is legend
     
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  6. Bslice

    Bslice Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I mean come on you cant make a topic about legends and not expect me to stamp it with my catch phrase right ?
     
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  7. CASH_718

    CASH_718 "You ****ed Healy?" Full Member

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    Floyd Patterson??:patsch Hopkins is much more of a legend then Patterson.
     
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  8. CASH_718

    CASH_718 "You ****ed Healy?" Full Member

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    Who are you??? And whats your catch phrase???
     
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  9. dave82

    dave82 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Add Pernell Whitaker to that
     
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  10. Bslice

    Bslice Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Roy Jones is Legend look up just about any post on Roy Jones you'll probably find it in there
     
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  11. Thread Stealer

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    leg�end �� (ljnd) KEY �

    NOUN:

    An unverified story handed down from earlier times, especially one popularly believed to be historical.
    A body or collection of such stories.
    A romanticized or popularized myth of modern times.
    One that inspires legends or achieves legendary fame.
     
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  12. CJLightweight

    CJLightweight Lightweight Kingpin Full Member

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    Julio Cesar Chavez
    Erik Morales
    RJJ
    Hearns

    even tyson imo is a legend
     
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  13. Lance_Uppercut

    Lance_Uppercut ESKIMO Full Member

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    "Legend"..."Great"... all too vague of terms.
     
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  14. jimmie

    jimmie Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    If Morales is no so is Barrera.
     
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  15. 2ironmt

    2ironmt Boxing Addict Full Member

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    i agree i don't think hopkins qualifies as a "legend" as say mike tyson does. you gotta do some unbelievable stuff to be a legend and do things like few if any have done. other than fight at a high level into his early 40's that's about all hopkins has done in such a fashion IMO. hopkins and dlh are great but not legends IMO.
     
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