Most boring all-time greats who ever entered the ring

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  1. Turnip mk3

    Turnip mk3 Active Member Full Member

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    Vlad .zzzzzzzzzzzz
     
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    Funny, most of the "boring" fighters I'm a fan of.
     
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    22JM Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hopkins Whitaker by far, People saying Mayweather they probably never saw him fight at 130 135 and 140.
     
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  4. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    And you've probably never watched a prime Whitaker.
     
    George Crowcroft, Dec 20, 2021
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    22JM Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Of course I have if not I wouldn't be bringing him up don't you think? I can only can remember one excited ending in one of his fights can't remember the name of the fighter but Whitaker was losing that fight and got him knocked him out, Can you plz list all the exciting thrillers Whiatker fights??
     
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  6. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    I've never watched a Johnson fight for enjoyment. Aside from the ugly, ugly looking film, his fights are boring as stale bread. Johnson unaccountably managed to make ragdolling and taunting people mind-numbing.

    His contemporaries were almost as bad.
     
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  7. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    similar kinds of fighters. Guys who won for themselves rather than to please the crowd.. Then there were guys like Tyson and Hearns who seemed to fight to score a knockout yet made for great fights.
     
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    Other than the Lacy fight, Calzahge because if the hand problems.
     
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    Borenard? Say it ain't so!
     
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    I see a big lack of John Ruiz in this thread.
     
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    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    New book coming out called 'He Dared to be Dull'
    The Harold Johnson story.
     
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    Terry Norris perhaps? Don't get me wrong, I love Terry Norris.. but he doesn't produce entertaining fights that much. I think the only entertaining fight of him is with Troy Waters, other than that nothing seems to entertain me. His fight with Daniels was decent, simon brown fights were also decent and so does his fight with Leonard. His style is beautiful and entertaining to watch, but the lack of great fights is what I think he's kinda a boring fighter.
     
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    OP_TheJawBreaker NOBODY hit like that guy! Full Member

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    Peak Lewis was a very boring fighter, it's the complete opposite of the Pre-Prime version of him.
     
    OP_TheJawBreaker, Dec 21, 2021
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    Andre Ward
    Joe Calzaghe
    Mayweather (post '07)
    Wlad
    Vitali
    Hopkins
     
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  15. George Crowcroft

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    Don't be facetious, you know there's far more to being entertaining than being in lots of Gatti-Ward type wars. What thrillers was Mayweather in?

    Whitaker's fights with Nelson, Roger, Brazier, Hurtado, Vazquez, McGirt and Haugen are all entertaining for various reasons.
     
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