The Very Most Dangerous Medicore Fighters...

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  1. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Of all time. Who are they?

    Guys who are definitely not ATG's but possess combinations of skills that have or do have them being avoided like the plague. Feel free to make a list for each weight division, love to see them.

    The 52-33 Curtis Shepard comes to mind.

    On top of being a disgustingly hard puncher (I think Archie pegged him as one of the hardest hitters he ever faced?) he was damned tough, only stopped a few times in all those losses.

    His KO record was also misleading. "Only" 33 KO's in 52 fights.

    Bert Cooper comes to mind as a Cruiser, or even a Heavyweight.
     
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  2. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Though I wouldn't call him "medicore", Oliver McCall comes to mind.

    He's upset everyone from Lennox Lewis to Maskaev. Cartoonish chin with suprising power, he's shown he's capable of holding on to the last round and taking boxers out, like he did against Akiwande a few years ago.

    Ross Purity is a similar fighter in a lot of ways.
     
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  3. dpw417

    dpw417 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I was on the harrygreb.com website the other day...an old timer by the name of Soldier Jones knocked Greb down in their fights...Greb remarked something to the effect that Jones always fought like a bum against anybody, but always fights like a champ against me!
     
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  4. pryorgatti

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  5. apollack

    apollack Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ray Mercer
     
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  6. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    sugar boy malinga
     
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  7. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Harsh; Malinga at his best was not mediocre.:huh

    I know the title for the thread is misleading, so I guess that there is back handed compliment there.:good
     
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  8. Robbi

    Robbi Marvelous Full Member

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    Manuel Medina.
     
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  9. Holmes' Jab

    Holmes' Jab Master Jabber Full Member

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    Fair call.
     
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  10. Bigcat

    Bigcat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This gentleman is dead now unfortunately, Mike the bounty Hunter.. He beat Oliver McCall and fought a lot of very good heavyweights during the 1980's.

    His son Mike Hunter Jr is to be the USA Super Heavyweight representative in the upcoming 2008 Olympiad...
     
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  11. Bummy Davis

    Bummy Davis Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Corrie Sanders is better than mediocre but he can be real lax at times and extremly dangerous at others, Hawkins,Purrity,Wilson, Tom the Bomb Bethea,
     
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  12. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Good call, most up and comming Heavies of the late 80s/early 90s avoided him like the plague. One of them fighters that normally makes you look terrible even when you win.

    Sad what happened to him.
     
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  13. El Puma

    El Puma between rage and serenity Full Member

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    Very good call but then, Medina is looked at as underated by many.
     
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  14. The Kurgan

    The Kurgan Boxing Junkie banned

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    Mike Hunter Jnr. was on these boards a long while back, wasn't he? At any rate, the Bounty Hunter was a fascinating boxer to watch. Rarely have I seen a boxer do so many things contrary to the textbook of boxing and yet be so effective.
     
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  15. Amsterdam

    Amsterdam Boris Christoff Full Member

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