Think of an active fighter who never took an easy fight even on tune-ups...

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  1. Dapidran

    Dapidran Pac4Pound Full Member

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    The Pacman. After the first Barrera fight, his tune-ups include Pirang, Velasquez, Larios, Solis, and Diaz.
     
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    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    I'm not to sure what recent fighters didn't have "gimmes" between their big fights.

    Starting in 2003 with Casamayor, Corrales was facing top guys non-stop, with no soft touches.

    Trinidad had a period where he was facing top opponent after top opponent, save for his mandatory in Thiam.
     
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  3. sues2nd

    sues2nd Fading into Bolivian... Full Member

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    Jermaine Taylor.

    Before the Hopkins fight...Joppy.

    Then tuneups with Ouma and Spinks.

    Then Wright....then Pavlik.

    Say what you want about the guy...but one thing you cant take from him is his level of competition.
     
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  4. CarlesX7

    CarlesX7 Shit got real! Full Member

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    True that :good
     
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  5. COLD-HARD-TRUTH

    COLD-HARD-TRUTH Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yeah but c'mon....Ouma, Spinks and Wright were all junior middleweights....bull**** DiBella matchmaking....got the feeling he'll do the same with Berto during his "Title reign"...probably have him fight Golden Johnson, David Diaz, and I hear Gatti wants to comeback before he fights another top tier welterweight like Cotto, Williams, Clottey or Margarito. Taylor is a bad example IMO.:good
     
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  6. mad_takamura

    mad_takamura It's getting hot in here! Full Member

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    Who the **** is "pirang"?????? :huh
     
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  7. SHADOW BOX

    SHADOW BOX SHADOW BOX Full Member

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    I would have to say Israel Vasquez!

    He went from Oscar Larios to Jhonny Gonzales and then 3 back to back wars with Marquez! No tune-ups for the trilogy.
     
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  8. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Good call.
     
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    ashley Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Anthony Mundine :good
     
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  10. SHADOW BOX

    SHADOW BOX SHADOW BOX Full Member

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    Antonio Margarito: started with...
    Daniel Santos, Sebastian Lujan, Kermit Cintron, Josha Clottey, Paul Williams, Cintron again, then Miguel Cotto.
     
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  11. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    He had those easy tune-ups with Gomez and Johnson in there.
     
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  12. Cruiser1

    Cruiser1 Champion Emeritus Full Member

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    Technically Evander Holyfield is still active so take a look at this stretch of fights...

    Holmes (coming off of Mercer win)
    Bowe
    Stewart
    Bowe
    Moorer
    Mercer
    Bowe
    Czyz (ok so 1 tuneup)
    Tyson
    Tyson
    Moorer
    Bean
    Lewis
    Lewis
    Ruiz 3X
    Rahman
    Byrd
    Toney

    That's a long time fighting top caliber fighters. Bean and Stewart are exceptions but Evander could have picked a lesser fighter than Stewart and Bean was a mandatory.
     
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  13. COLD-HARD-TRUTH

    COLD-HARD-TRUTH Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Think you forgot about Larry "The Legend" Donald. If thats not a tuneup caliber fighter, I don't what is.:roll:
     
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  14. jimmie

    jimmie Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I dont know about all that 1st off Valasquez sucks,Larios was moving up 2 weight classes after being stopped and who the **** is Pirang :huh
     
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    Cruiser1 Champion Emeritus Full Member

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    Are you kidding? Look at that list! That's a 10-year stretch of fighting nothing but top opposition with the exception of Bean and Czyz. There's 5 or 6 HOFers in that list and you bring up Larry Donald. That was for Don King's heavyweight card at MSG in '04. Holyfield needed to fight someone. Donald wasn't exactly a nobody. He got shafted against the current WBA champ in case you weren't aware noob.
     
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