Middleweight Mayhem, through the ages of Hardmen...

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  1. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ketchel
    Greb
    Walker
    Steele (great boxer, but obvious Tough nut too)
    Thil
    McAvoy
    Zale
    LaMotta
    Cerdan
    Fullmer
    Giardello
    Monzon
    Briscoe
    Carter
    Hagler
    Benn
    Froch
    GGG

    Boxers and Stylist need not apply...

    L-HWs like Fitz and Co need not apply, only Main Career MWs..

    Pair them anyway you want and add overlooked or Forgotten Tough Guy Middleweights, i.e Dillon, Gibbons, Houck or other more recent men, Leahy and so on.

    You get the idea, True Middles Only and Only the FIGHTERS, Hardmen, Tough guys.

    who are your finalists and winner.
     
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  2. ray fritz

    ray fritz Active Member Full Member

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    Walker over Ketchal,who knows I dont
     
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  3. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Fitz fought at Middleweight a lot more than Light Heavyweight
     
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  4. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Dempsey and Tommy Ryan weren't lacking in hardness either.
     
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  5. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    You need to add Apostolli.

    ATG tough Mofo.
     
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  6. Jackstraw

    Jackstraw Mercy for me, justice for thee! Full Member

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    Froch is a super middleweight
     
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  7. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hamsho who w/out Hagler is a HOFer. Great resume
     
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  8. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Tiger and Valdez are missing from the list.
     
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  9. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Henry Hank was a tough guy
     
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  10. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I like Giardello, I’m just not sure he fits what you are describing?
     
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  11. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Giardello had the heart of a lion and throughout the fifties fought many many battles and wars, but along the way, he acquired many ring smarts and became a boxing wizard...using those smarts successfully against Tiger and Carter....but he was indeed a fighter at heart and should be considered here.
     
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