Most boring all-time greats who ever entered the ring

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  1. Scratch

    Scratch Active Member Full Member

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    Which dominant fighters were the most unwatchably stodgy?
     
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    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hopkins came to mind
     
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    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Ali towards the back end could produce some pretty boring displays.
    Wasn't his fault as such, the clutching, hanging on, became part of his style. The fleet footed, young dancing King, had disappeared by the mid 70 s.
     
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    Hopkins, Pernell, Floyd off the top of my head
     
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    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Sorry, what did you say? I nodded off halfway through your text.
     
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    Smokin Bert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Late stage Hopkins, Floyd, Wlad.
     
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    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Hopkins, Whitaker, Floyd, Hill (not great but good), Monzon, Ali, Holmes
     
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    Claw4075 Ezzard Charles GOAT Full Member

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    Holmes was boring ????
     
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    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Emile Griffith
     
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    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Luis Manuel Rodriguez
     
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    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Monzon bores me more than Griffith, but I'm pretty sure every all-time great has something worth seeing in their work.
     
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    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    I love the guy but there were many points in fights he and his style was less that super exciting .. same w Ali who was exceptionally charismatic but painful to watch in most of his second reign .. Wepner, Bugner, Lyle, , Evangelista, Young .. painful ..
     
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  13. ChrisJS

    ChrisJS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Mayweather
    Hopkins

    I don’t consider Wlad an ATG but others do so I’d say him. Same for Canelo, some say he is (crazy talk) but I find him as boring as these guys. Griffith was a rough watch too a lot of the time. Andre Ward IMO not ATG but if you classify him, then he might be top of the list.
     
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    surfinghb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I dont think Burley did himself any favors
     
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    Jack Johnson.
     
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