Rank these Fighters in Order of Goodness

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  1. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Primo Carnera

    Oscar Bonavena

    Shannon Briggs

    Rex Layne

    Earnie Shavers
     
    Vic-JofreBRASIL, Dec 22, 2011
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  2. Boxed Ears

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    Which one of them was great? :blood
     
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  3. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah, those guys are all pretty far from great.
     
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  4. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    :lol: I'm thinking Vic is joking, but, well,...you never really know.

    Aye, but if there were an Internet boxing forum, back in the day, you know I'd be all about Zucchero Primo, the giant Sullivan...
     
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  5. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Well, the Real Sugar was......SPCTAA, undisputed champion.....
    Not the other Sugar with those tendentious videos on youtube, misleading new fans of the sport.....

    Anyway...two of them were linear champions Professor....
     
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  6. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Actually....The real question is not a joke.......

    The thread about Dempsey vs Willard make me think....in my opinion the two linear champions were the worst of the bunch.....
    I would rate Layne, Bonavena and Shavers higher than Carnera and Briggs....I don´t know what´s the general opinion on this....

    ps- I always think Carnera wasn´t so bad as people make him to be......
     
    Vic-JofreBRASIL, Dec 22, 2011
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  7. Robbi

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    Even though they ain't great.....They still rank somewhere on a list.
     
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  8. Boxed Ears

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    Oh...:nonono

    Can you make it 'in order of goodness'?
     
    Boxed Ears, Dec 22, 2011
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  9. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Oh, that´s a better term.....Thanks bro ! :good
     
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  10. Bill1234

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    Carnera (actually champ)
    Briggs (actually champ)
    Shavers
    Bonavena
    Layne
     
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  11. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Bonavena
    Shavers
    Carnera
    Layne
    Briggs
    I think either Bonavena or Shavers would have knocked out Carnera
     
    red cobra, Dec 23, 2011
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  12. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    they seem great enough to me.when you've boxed as a not so good amateur there are a lot of boxers to look up too.men such as those for instance !!
     
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  13. RockysSplitNose

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    Rex Layne is being hugely under rated here I think - this was a man who was being viewed as the next heavyweight champion was favourite going into his fight with Marciano and scored wins over Jersey Joe Walcott and Ezzard Charles two of the best heavyweight champs of all time on the basis of winning a slugfest with Bob Satterfield I'd tend to favour him over Earnie Shavers on this list certainly - Layne was a top prospect?
     
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  14. The Mongoose

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    Primo Carnera-A World Champion with an underrated resume and technical ability.

    Rex Layne
    Oscar Bonavena-Layne has the better resume but both are the same level of tough contender/gate keeper. Both troubled or even upset greats.

    Earnie Shavers
    Shannon Briggs-Limited guys who could hit and had one or two good nights. I don't recognize Briggs claim as Champion, that "win" over Foreman doesn't amount to much anyway.
     
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  15. RockysSplitNose

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    I'd question whether we could say Briggs was 'actually champ'? The version that gave Lennox Lewis an exciting fight I dare say could give it a spirited go against the rest on the list but I think would fall short - at his younger peak he was short on real experience or pedigree and struggled with an old old old Foreman so I can't really see him as good enough to be better than anyone else on the list on their best nights so I'm afraid Shannon would be at the foot of the list tbh
     
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