Mt Rushmore of boxing

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  1. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    very simple if there was ever a my Rushmore of boxing who should be on it? I’d assume criteria would be those who transcended the sport with their skill and marketability. If that doesn’t work make your own criteria
     
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  2. Balder

    Balder Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Great thread.

    4 busts are on the Mountain so I am going to stay with 4 boxers. All Heavy weights

    George Washington (Founder) - I would replace with John L Sullivan
    Thomas Jefferson - ( Independence) This one would have to be Muhammad Ali
    Teddy Roosevelt ( Indomitable Spirit) Cant be anything but Rocky Marciano
    Abraham Lincoln ( The great uniter) I have to give it to Joe Louis
     
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  3. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I’d figure Ali, Louis, and SRR are locks the fourth I suppose depending where you’re from could be anyone from Duran, Foreman, Marciano, Pac, Lewis, Dempsey, Frazier. Not really sure of the fourth.
    HW picks would be Ali Louis Marciano and Foreman but Frazier and Dempsey I feel are shorted from an importance stance here. Tough call.
     
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  4. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    At heavyweight, from a sociological impact , Sullivan, Johnson, Louis, Ali
     
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  5. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I was gonna say jack as well into my maybes.
     
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  6. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    In terms of importance to boxing itself, probably

    Jack Broughton
    Tom Johnson
    John L Sullivan
    Joe Louis
     
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  7. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  8. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Rocky Marciano
    Rocky Marciano
    Rocky Marciano
    Rocky Marciano
     
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  9. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Salvador Sanchez
    Bobby Chacon
    Alexis Arguello
    Matthew Saad Muhammad

    ........'cause it's my mountain.
     
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  10. Clean & Crisp

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    Ali
    King
    Arum
    Robinson
     
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  11. KuRuPT

    KuRuPT Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If we're going by the reasons given for the Presidents that were selected and apply them to boxing imo it would be:

    Sullivan - The First and the Guide - Washington
    Johnson - Independence and Freedom - Jefferson
    Ali - Growth and Rights - Roosevelt
    Louis - Uniting and Holding nation together - Lincoln

    if we're only talking about achievements/resume

    Ali
    SRR
    Greb
    Langford
     
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  12. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If we’re talking fighters who transcended the sport, who the general populace had heard of.
    From Johnson, Dempsey, Robinson, Marciano, Ali, Leonard and Tyson.
    For pure boxing achievement alone you would add others.
     
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    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Sullivan
    Dempsey
    Louis
    Ali
     
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  15. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Brilliant!!!
     
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