Rummy's Corner: Top 50 Most Spectacular KOs

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Rumsfeld, Jun 13, 2011.


  1. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Thanks for watching.

    1. I've always used them interchangeably, but technically I believe it is "lineal".

    2. Several others have made me aware of that! :lol::good

    I'll get it right next time I discuss GGG, promise! The funny thing is, I was mispronouncing his name an entirely different way the first episode I did.
     
  2. Palooka

    Palooka Well-Known Member Full Member

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  3. Palooka

    Palooka Well-Known Member Full Member

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    (Double post...damn mobile phone)
     
  4. Palooka

    Palooka Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I realize you're just doing your usual schtick here but as it has been pointed out many times Ward fought at LHW when he was a kid ffs. The fact he's fighting his next fight at 172 says something. If GGG starts fighting at 164 catchweight then he deserves this criticism, but he easily makes MW and always has.

    Should we list all the examples of great fighters that didn't move up? smh

    When you thought up this nickname you got just a little hard, didn't you?
     
  5. Cisco Route

    Cisco Route He Who Says Nay banned

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    Thank you kind sir. Now, do you want to debate boxing like we both have IQs above room temperature?
     
  6. Cisco Route

    Cisco Route He Who Says Nay banned

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    Triple Duck's ability to make 160 didn't prevent him from signing the contract to fight Baby Chavez @ 168. Why is that?


    Sure, go right ahead...


    Lol...
     
  7. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    Great work as usual keep it up.
     
  8. The_Ikon

    The_Ikon Active Member Full Member

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    :rofl
     
  9. Palooka

    Palooka Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I'm guessing because JCC Jr is a name people know and GGG thought he would win and get paid well?


    Hagler, Monzon, Froch, any HW? :smile: Didn't BHop stay at MW for well over 50 fights before moving up...at 41 years old? This was after back to back loses at MW (read: not much to lose). If GGG is still boxing at 41 you can bet he will have dabbled in SMW by then. No doubt someone with a deeper knowledge could ramble off more names.

    Granted, most guys seem to start low and naturally move up as they get older. Maybe sometimes to "be great" but probably more often because they no longer make their old weight as they get older.
     
  10. Cafe

    Cafe Sitzpinkler Full Member

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    Wasn't Pep a career featherweight? May be wrong.
     
  11. Palooka

    Palooka Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I believe that is correct. Also Benny Leonard at lightweight.

    Jake LaMotta at middleweight too (yes, he moved up after a losing his title at MW, after a long, tough career at one weight class and past his prime). He is lauded for being one of the greatest middle weights of all time, not one of the greatest weight class jumpers of all time.

    Again, I'd like to point out that Crisco citing Bhop as an example is pretty laughable when trying to make this point.
     
  12. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    I always thought too much credit was given to people who move up in weight, and some people specifically cite this to justify higher P4P rankings. But P4P wasn't really intended to encourage movement through weight classes. It was merely a hypothetical measurement of talent, predicated on the idea "if they were the same size".

    So a career middleweight shouldn't be penalized, and someone who held belts in 3 weight classes shouldn't automatically be escalated - especially in this day and age where there are too many weight classes, and too many alphabet titles.

    :smoke
     
  13. Manfred

    Manfred Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Why you repeating the same thing the man said in the video?
     
  14. shoe

    shoe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    they're siamese twins sharing the same pea-brain.
     
  15. Robney

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