Same name...Different Game...!!!

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  1. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    I disagree, purely based on the fact I've seen both boxers incorrectly referenced (interchangeably) with the other one's spelling. I cannot tell you how many times I have seen this happen dating back years prior to Corrie ever having faced Wlad.

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    Rumsfeld, Aug 23, 2015
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  2. moparfan

    moparfan ESB's glass jawed fraud Full Member

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    Fine I concede...Corrie and Corey Sanders can stay...!!!


    Ironically another poster got them mixed up on a thread I started last year...!!!
     
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  3. Rumsfeld

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    In the midst of it all, T-Rex tends to get short changed. He was never as good as Corrie, but he does hold a win over Maskaev and had a strong showing against prime Golota.

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  4. moparfan

    moparfan ESB's glass jawed fraud Full Member

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    Corey will always be mainly remembered for the Maskaev fight, and the Tyson exhibitions...!!!

    Though he did spend alot of times as a major sparring partner for the who's who of Heavyweight boxing: Lewis, Klitschko, Tyson, Savarese, Whitaker, Mesi, Botha, Akiwande, etc.
     
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  5. moparfan

    moparfan ESB's glass jawed fraud Full Member

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  6. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    You're right about him being best remembered for the Tyson exhibition (although I myself try to forget that).

    But I'll always remember the Maskaev fight. I forget if I was watching live TV or I caught a replay shortly after, but I remember watching Maskaev put on a "vintage Maskaev" type performance, on St Paddy's Day, green gloves and all, and then T-Rex just clubbed him!

    Can't believe he actually went on to win a title after that. I thought that was the final nail in his coffin.

    And to think, had he not lost to Kirk Johnson when he was clobbered with that left hook in a fight he had been dominating, it very well could have been him instead of Hasim Rahman who got the shot at Lennox in South Africa. And Maskaev may have had as good a shot at scoring the upset night.

    Amazing to think he was viewed as the 3rd best heavyweight going into that Johnson fight.
     
    Rumsfeld, Aug 23, 2015
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  7. moparfan

    moparfan ESB's glass jawed fraud Full Member

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    I remember watching the fight and Sanders making that motion with his arm that his shoulder was hurt, and then boom...he lays out Maskaev...!!!
     
    moparfan, Aug 24, 2015
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  8. moparfan

    moparfan ESB's glass jawed fraud Full Member

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  9. itsa

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    Jack dempsey
     
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  10. moparfan

    moparfan ESB's glass jawed fraud Full Member

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    :good

    Nonparaleil the Middleweight

    Manassa Mauler the Heavyweight
     
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  11. Boxing Prospect

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    Takashi Miura, strangely both Takashi Miura's fought Yoshimitsu Yashiro.

    "The bad one" was taken out in a round whilst the other one drew, and later beat, Yashiro!
     
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  12. Asian_boxing

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    Bad Miura
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    Good Miura
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  13. moparfan

    moparfan ESB's glass jawed fraud Full Member

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    George Arias is a professional journeyman Heavyweight fighting out of Sao Paulo Brazil. With over 50 wins and 15 losses on his record, one may be inclined to believe that his skill and chin are not up to standards. But this Arias has fought against a who's who of the heavyweight division. His record is littered with Decision losses to the likes of Taras Bidenko (UD12), Denis Boytsov (UD8), Sinan Samil Sam (UD12), Audley Harrison-when Harrison was relevant- (PTS10), lately he has face, and appropriately lost to Hughie Fury (UD10), and both Carlos Takam and Kubrat Pulev by 8 round Unanimous Decision. The Brazilian Arias has been stopped a few times, noticeably by Fres Oquendo (TKO11) and Juan Carlos Gomez, in which Arias suffered a 4th round KO loss.



    George Arias is a professional Heavyweight hailing from the Dominic Republic, but now fighting out of Bronx, New York (USA). Arias has yet to leave the comfort and surroundings of New York / New Jersey, fighting all 4 of his fights, figuratively speaking in his backyard; with another fight scheduled in March 2016 , once again in New York. Arias houses a record of four wins, with 75% of those wins coming within the scheduled distance.
     
    moparfan, Feb 17, 2016
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  14. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    What about boxers with musician namesakes?

    This is a song from Andre Ward's album 'Caution' entitled 'Crossing The Border' and it's a piece about his phobia of traveling to fight outside the US in his opponent's home country/backyard where the deck won't be stacked heavily in his favour like it is back home.

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    His trainer/godfather Virgil Hunter has penned a few tunes of his own too.

    This song is entitled 'You've Got To Know Where You're Going (And We're Going To The Oracle Arena, Oakland Again)'

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    And this is none other than former Roy Jones victim and fellow PED cheat Richard Hall of Jamaica. His band's name is Dirty Harry which is obviously a reference to his and Roy's PED usage.

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