The Ring's 50 best fighters (1946 to 1996)

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  1. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Horrible list. It made me awful sad.
     
    McGrain, Jun 28, 2010
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  2. Kalasinn

    Kalasinn ♧ OG Kally ♤ Full Member

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    Must have been made before Holyfield-Tyson I. :lol:


    Anyway it's a nasty list. :-(
     
    Kalasinn, Jun 28, 2010
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  3. itrymariti

    itrymariti Cañas! Full Member

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    ****ing Jesus, never noticed that. Tyson above Holyfield...... :scaredas:
     
    itrymariti, Jun 28, 2010
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  4. Kalasinn

    Kalasinn ♧ OG Kally ♤ Full Member

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    By 25 places too. :rofl
     
    Kalasinn, Jun 28, 2010
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  5. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Well the list is not polluted by Internet opinion, and although not all to my taste, it is comes across as an honest attempt, and fair comment for 1996.
     
    TBooze, Jun 28, 2010
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  6. Boxed Ears

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

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    Oh, I see what they did...put names in a hat and...yeah...
     
    Boxed Ears, Jun 28, 2010
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  7. itrymariti

    itrymariti Cañas! Full Member

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    :lol:

    Nice sig btw.
     
    itrymariti, Jun 28, 2010
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  8. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Well that seems reasonable when trying to decide who was the finest from a 95lbs man from 1946 to a 400lbs man from 1996, with every shape and size in between...
     
    TBooze, Jun 28, 2010
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  9. Rise Above

    Rise Above IBHOF elector Full Member

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    Alot of things I disagree with on that list.
     
    Rise Above, Jun 28, 2010
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  10. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    you may not be far off BP. I have an old ring from the mid 70s where a fan reprimands the editors to a reponse to some fan letter that read "How is Ezzard Charles and what his he doing nowadays" to whcih they responded "Ezzard passed away in May 1975 and doesnt seem to be doing much of anything". Something I happened to notice
     
    redrooster, Jun 28, 2010
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  11. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The editors of the time were corrupt and ignorant; tarnishing the name of the Great Boxing Magazine.

    But in the article (for this thread) Charles is recognized as the finest 175lber ever.

    Charles in this era is an Internet darling. He does rightfully deserve an awful lot of this love, and this list helped people to start to recognize how good Ezzard actually was.

    I suspect the editors were panned for not putting Foster and Spinks above Charles, which was the general feeling of the time.
     
    TBooze, Jun 28, 2010
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  12. horst

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    Dire, diabolical, thoroughly despicable list. Pernell Whitaker so many places below Julio Cesar Chavez?? They should've closed that publication down for producing such offensive bull****.
     
    horst, Jun 28, 2010
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  13. Casamayor122

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    Casamayor122, Jun 28, 2010
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  14. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    What ever you may think of him having the #11 spot, he clearly was the best Bantamweight after beating Zamora. Unfortunately politics got in the way and it was (by a couple of pounds) an over the weight limit match, thus Zarate was not crowned champ.
     
    TBooze, Jun 28, 2010
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  15. mr. magoo

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    Interesting how the ring rated Ali above Duran, when so few around here do..
     
    mr. magoo, Jun 28, 2010
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