The greatest villains in boxing

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  1. chatty

    chatty Boxing Addict Full Member

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    With the handwrap scandal, his mocking of Freddie Roach's parkinson's and his rock n roll image Antonio Margarito has etched himself as one of the top villain-like characters in boxing today with probably only Mayweather challenging him for the title.

    So who in years gone past (or more from the present) has played the bad guy role the best.

    I didn't include promoters as we'd be here indefinitely but feel free to add anyone from the boxing world.
     
    chatty, Dec 3, 2011
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  2. Bugger

    Bugger Active Member Full Member

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    I would think Tyson would be pretty close to the top.
     
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  3. Garrus

    Garrus Big Boss 1935-2014 Full Member

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    That was Rios dummy. :lol:
     
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  4. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    Judges are the greatest villains

    Sorry, couldn't resist.

    Ok...lets see...fritzie civic?
     
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  5. DonBoxer

    DonBoxer The Lion! Full Member

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    Ali.
     
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  6. the skull

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    Hurricane Carter cultivated a "bad guy" image back in the days before it was socially acceptable and actually was as bad as he pretended.

    I remember reading that he compared what he was going to do to Emile Griffith to a woman getting raped and then went out and destroyed Griffith when they stepped into the ring. Hard to imagine a fighter getting away with that today and a far cry from the noble Hurricane Carter that we saw on the movie.

    He was a genuine bad ass whether you believe he's innocent of the triple murder or not.
     
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  7. HawkFan16

    HawkFan16 Unshot/In My Prime Full Member

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    Floyd Mayweather Jr., though his villainy is more from being smug and cocky and aggravating rather than because he's intimidating/a badass.

    Today's Antnonio Margarito.

    Mayorga back in the early 2000s, when we was in his prime.

    Mike Tyson after his release from prison.

    Sonny Liston.
     
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  8. chatty

    chatty Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He was egging him on thus was part of the mocking imo
     
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  9. Kid Bacon

    Kid Bacon All-Time-Fat Full Member

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    Tyson, easily
     
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  10. chatty

    chatty Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What about Jack Johnson, the guy had to leave the country he was hated that much
     
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  11. Joe Dempsey

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    Sugar Ray Robinson was boxings biggest villain that ever lived. Anyone who beats his pregnant missus till she misscarriages on multiple occasions is as weak as ****. This ******* is as low as they come. Mike Tyson and Jake la Motta are Mother Teresa compared to this *****.
     
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  12. Garrus

    Garrus Big Boss 1935-2014 Full Member

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    So what's Monzon?
     
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  13. Joe Dempsey

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    What Ray did to his wife 5 times is much worse than Monzon killing people.
     
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  14. Garrus

    Garrus Big Boss 1935-2014 Full Member

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    Beating a pregnant woman is worse than Murder?
     
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  15. Joe Dempsey

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    If she miscarriages yes, killing a defenceless child is much worse tan killing an adult. If its the mother of your baby it makes it twice as bad again.
    Robinson was indeed one low dog.
     
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