The WBC are absolute mugs

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by achillesthegreat, May 15, 2011.


  1. Big Dunk

    Big Dunk Rob Palmer Full Member

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    i said it wasn't bias
     
  2. Flea Man

    Flea Man มวยสากล

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    Are you stupid? You therefore were insinuating that I am usually biased.

    As per my hypothesis in my last post, how am I biased? When in fact you lack the knowledge of a lot of older eras (and admittedly so, there's nothing wrong with that) so do not know whether I'm being biased or not!
     
  3. Flea Man

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    Which era in particular am I biased to? The last draft I did. Note that where there seem to be quite a few fighters from one era cropping up, the era was insanely competitive. Apart from that, everyone apart from the last ten years (and there are still a few on there) is given a fair shake of the stick.

    I rate by how great the fighter was, and then how great their era was. The strongest fighters from the strongest eras are, naturally, the most highly regarded.

    Am I biased towards anyone? Or has boxing regressed in the last decade, with more impetus ever on protracted contractual negotiations, less coverage in the mainstream media than ever before and many of the best fighters not taking on the best challenges out there?

    Ive tried as hard as I can to lock down the decades which the following fighters did their 'greatest' work, or at least that they had one substantial win/performance in there.

    Harry Greb (20s)
    Henry Armstrong (30s)
    Ray Robinson (40s/50s)
    Ezzard Charles (40s/50s)
    Sam Langford (00s)
    Roberto Duran (70s/80s)
    Benny Leonard (10s)
    Willie Pep (40s)
    Archie Moore (40s/50s/60s)
    Muhammad Ali (60s/70s)
    Barney Ross (30s)
    Mickey Walker (20s)
    Tony Canzoneri (30s)
    Bob Fitzsimmons (1890s/00s)
    Barbados Joe Walcott (00s)
    Jimmy McLarnin (30s)
    Joe Louis (30s/40s)
    Ray Leonard (70s/80s)
    Pernell Whitaker (80s/90s)
    Joe Gans (00s)
    Gene Tunney (20s)
    Charley Burley (40s)
    Terry McGovern (00s)
    George Dixon (90s)
    Luis Manuel Rodriguez (60s)
    Carlos Ortiz (50s/60s)
    Ike Williams (40s)
    Kid Gavilan (40s)
    Alexis Arguello (70s/80s)
    Jose Napoles (70s)
    Eder Jofre (60s/70s)
    Marvin Hagler (70s/80s)
    Manny Pacquiao (90s/00s/10s)
    Carlos Monzon (70s)
    Julio Cesar Chavez (80s/90s)
    Emile Griffith (60s/70s)
    Fighting Harada (60s)
    Sandy Saddler (40s/50s)
    Mike Spinks (80s)
    Ruben Olivares (60s/70s)
    Jack Britton (10s/20s)
    Thomas Hearns (70s/80s/90s)
    Jim Driscoll (00s/10s)
    Bob Foster (60s/70s)
    Tommy Loughran (20s)
    Evander Holyfield (80s/90s/00s)
    Roy Jones Jr (90s/00s)
    Dick Tiger (60s)
    Salvador Sanchez (80s)
    Lennox Lewis (90s/00s)
    Bernard Hopkins (90s/00s/10s)

    Biased? Do I bend the truth? Or do I genuinely have a point, seeing as I have provided reasoning, and am actually aware of the eras I'm talking about.

    Would you tell a heart surgeon he was using the wrong tools?