The 10 Fighters You Would Pick To See Live?

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  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    The 10 fighters you would most liked to have had the privilege of seeing in action from ringside?

    E.G.[Personal pick probably alter tommorow]
    Dempsey
    Louis
    Johnson
    Ali
    Robinson
    Greb
    Duran
    Langford
    Moore
    Pep
     
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  2. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Charley Burley
    Sam Langford
    Tommy Ryan
    Bob Fitzsimmons
    Barbados Joe Walcott
    Terry McGovern
    George Dixon
    Harry Greb
    Mike Gibbons
    Holman Williams
     
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  3. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Excellent picks!
     
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  4. Perry

    Perry Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Sullivan
    Corbett
    Fitzsimmons
    Jeffries
    Johnson
    Dempsey
    Tunney
    Greb
    Ketchel
    Langford
     
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  5. reznick

    reznick In the 7.2% Full Member

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    Sullivan
    Fitz
    Langford
    Johnson
    Louis
    Ali
    Greb
    Robinson
    Dempsey
    Marciano
     
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  6. dpw417

    dpw417 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ali
    Tyson
    Dempsey
    Louis
    Greb
    Marciano
    Burley
    Langford
    Leonard
    Hagler
    Duran
     
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  7. Combatesdeboxeo_

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    Foreman
    Tyson
    Ali
    Monzon
    Johnson
    Dempsey
    Robinson
    Tua(his power is brutal)
    Max baer was a showman
    Joe Louis
    Marciano
    etc
     
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  8. bcr

    bcr Well-Known Member Full Member

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    -Ketchel.
    -Langford.
    -Dempsey.
    -Greb.
    -Ray Leonard.
    -Robinson.
    -Tapia.
    -Ali.
    -Benn.
    -Tyson.
     
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  9. Perry

    Perry Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    In my mind the idea here would be to learn something. Watching any fighter live where there is clear modern footage already available would be a waste.
     
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  10. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    I think that is a valid point.
    Following that criteria my list would be something like.
    Fitzsimmons
    Jeffries
    Burley
    Greb
    Johnson
    Langford
    Griffo
    Sullivan
    Gans
    Walcott Joe
     
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  11. thefactor

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    The guy I'd like to see most is Young Griffo.
     
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  12. Hannibal Barca

    Hannibal Barca Active Member Full Member

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    Daniel Mendoza
    Tom Cribb
    Henry Pearce
    Jem Belcher
    Jack Scroggins
    Tom Sayers
    John L Sullivan
    Peter Jackson
    Harry Greb
    Maxie Rosenbloom

    Honorable Mentions

    Barbados Walcott
    Holman Williams
     
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  13. Reason123

    Reason123 Not here for the science fiction. Full Member

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    Sullivan
    Peter Jackson
    Fitzsimmons
    Greb
    Johnson
    Joe Walcott
    Rosenbloom
    Jim Mace
    Terry McGovern
    Marvin Hart.
     
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  14. fistfighter

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    Tiger Flowers.
    Harry Greb.
    Tony Zale.
    Dutch Sam.
    Tom Cribb.
    John L. Sullivan.
    Joe Louis.
    Jack Dempsey.
    Rocky Marciano.
    Henry Armstrong.
     
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  15. janitor

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    I would see it as being my duty to select the fighters that I would be able to add most to our knowledge of the sport by viewing.

    I might even agree to let somebody else go in my place, if I thought at their observations would add more.

    My list therfore focuses on fighters who there is no/little film of, and who are important to the history and development of the sport:

    Tom Cribb
    Tom Sayers
    Jem Mace
    John L Sullivan
    Peter Jackson
    George Dixon
    Terry McGovern
    Tommy Ryan
    Barbados Joe Walcott
    Harry Greb

    Would anybody suggest different choices given my criteria?
     
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