RIP Ernesto Marcel

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  1. ChrisJS

    ChrisJS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Passed away today age 72. RIP champ.
     
  2. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    One of the most underrated 126 pounders of all time. He'd be a challenge for anyone at that weight.
     
  3. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    I can honestly see a case for him being the best FW ever. He's sooooo underrated. RIP champ, it's all part of God's plan.
     
  4. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Extremely talented and yest so forgotten due to his relatively lack of longevity and few filmed efforts. For thos who haven't seen him, look him up. Took a young Arguello to school, that's for sure.
     
  5. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    RIP to the absolute H2H monster of 126lbs. Took one of my aesthetic favs, Shibata, to school in pure Boxing - an extraordinary feet.
     
  6. haNZAgod

    haNZAgod Member Full Member

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    Man this sucks one of my all time faves, brilliant boxer. R.I.P.
     
  7. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    oh no, not another one. How many does that make it? A dozen boxers have died so far this year?
     
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  8. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  9. Man_Machine

    Man_Machine Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    An exemplar of boxing at its finest. RIP.
     
  10. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Highly underrated champion who epitomized the descriptor "smooth-boxing". RIP Nato.
     
  11. Berlenbach

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  12. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Underrated fighter
     
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  13. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Good job on the incompetent IBHOF for NOT inducting Marcel before he died. I guess guys like Mancini were more deserving, right?

    I swear, boxing has the worst HOF.
     
  14. Boxed Ears

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

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    I was hanging out with Shibata the night after the fight. So dejected, he began to stress eat, like he was on quarantine or something. That is the very night he invented Shibata bread, before the name was anglicised. And that's how good Marcel was.
     
  15. Richard M Murrieta

    Richard M Murrieta Now Deceased 2/4/25 Full Member

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    RIP Champ. Vaya Con Dios.
     
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