Here goes! Rocky Marciano - Greatest Fighter Ever Marvin Hagler - Blue Collar Badass Joe Louis - True American Hero Mike Tyson - Childish Horny Bully Aaron Pryor - Its Hawktime *snort* Ray Leonard - Wants His Paycheck Thomas Hearns - Lanky Cobra Hitman Ricky Hatton - The Fake Hitman George Foreman - Big Bald Grill Jack Dempsey - Manassa Bobber Weaver Sugar Ray Robinson - Dancin' Family Abuser Carlos Monzon - Balcony Throwing Jerk Stanley Ketchel - Hard Hitting Eavesdropper Muhammad Ali - Boxing's Best Poet Harry Greb - Lack of Footage Pernell Whitaker - Snortin Dancin Showboat Joe Gans - The Old Master John Sullivan - Beer Chuggin' Racist Sonny Liston - Scared of Ali Roberto Duran - No more teasing Willie Pep - Can't catch him Jack Johnson - Whitey's Worst Nightmare Naseem Hamed - One Hit Wonder Henry Armstrong - Pound after Pound Butterbean - Fridge after Fridge Jake Lamotta - Robinson's Punching Bag Evander Holyfield - Thinks he's GOD Lennox Lewis - The Cowardly Lion Larry Holmes - Flabby Boring Hypocrite
I will leave out fighters I dislike to avoid it turning nasty..... Ali - speed, courage, entertainment Morales - tough, brave, exciting Leonard - versatile, smooth, gritty
Fritzie Zivic............. battle-bred, resourceful, enterprising Jake LaMotta........... angry, self-loathing, repentant Billy Conn................ shy, cocky, stand-up Rocky Graziano........ amiable, colorful, opportunistic Rocky Marciano........ proud, calculating, deadly Joe Louis................. dignified, abused, sad SR Robinson............. gifted, flashy, hardened Charley Burley........... humble, denied, grateful Mike Tyson............... simple, hurt, pissed-off Muhummad Ali........... spiritual, fluid, ghostly Joe Frazier................ likable, consistent, durable Larry Holmes............. smart, versatile, unloved George Foreman........ schooled, studious, schooling Kid Gavilan............... unorthodox, prodigious, fast Willie Pep................. natural, slick, and.... in-a-big-hole-over-here!
Barney Ross - overlooked underrated hero Max Schmeling - right-hand Louis idol Bernard Hopkins - crafty balance footwork Pernell Whitaker - workrate defense robbed Jack Johnson - rebell confidence defense Roberto Duran - passionate intense badass Bubi Scholz - tough avoided manslaughterer Naseem Hamed - cocky unorthodox power Eckhard Dagge - tough drunk alcoholic Floyd Patterson - hand-speed chin longvity Firat Arslan - determinated hard trainer Archie Moore - power crafty longvity
This thread is very entertaining..... well offered and subjective... Dempsey.. Raw..rugged..punishing John L. ..Tempestuous..merciless..tainted Jack Sharkey.. Emotional..unpredictable..co-ordinated Griffo.. I need beer Henry Armstrong..poetry in motion Dave Sands.. Gone to soon Ali.. Need more words Duran..demonic..disheartening..belligerent SR Robinson..fluent..concussive..timeless Jack Johnson..thoughtful..careful..crushing Joe louis..mechanical..methodical..mastering George Foreman..formidable..frightening..forever Randoph Turpin..triumphant..turmoiled..tragic Joe Frazier..hook..hook..hook Wills..suitable..gigantic..unrewarded Willie Pep.. I slipped 20 words in ya never saw.. Mike Tyson..superior..surrounded..self-destructed Harry Greb..anyone..anytime..anywhere Sonny Liston..Unbeatable..beaten..maligned Gene Tunney..Schooled..skilled..Sayonara Marciano..fit..forcing..undeafeated Stanley Ketchel..The..wrong..girl Max Schmeling..Veni..Vidi..Vici LaMotta..Tough..foxy..concrete Charley Burley..why..not..me Kostya Tszyu..southpaw..straightright..goodnight Oliver McCall..I..need..mummy Floyd Patterson..resplendent..resolved..dignified Les Darcy..we..missed..greatness Jeff Fenech..untested..overrated..overall Carlos Monzon..brilliant..hard..enthralling Mickey Walker..willing..dwarfed..incouragable I guess the list can go on and on...
Flamengo, i like your Greb one there. And Chinxkid, i was gunna attempt a Burley one but you nailed it so well. How about Duran (no priizes for guessing i'd do a Duran one!)- a passionate killer/A man posessed
Take it easy mate... Johnny Lewis stooped the fight with Kostya on the stool.. He has a manager who actually cared...Get over it. Did Ali quit on the stool against Holmes???
Nar im kidding Sugarkills, he did quit on his stool, but i personally think he has been an ATG at 140, because for a period he was fighting the right contenders to his title, and beating them aswell. The division was good then also. Just dont like the disrespect! No offense anyway!
Cheers, I believe an adequate dictionary would be inadequate in regards to Duran... Indominable... thats the one word that springs to mind in retrospect to the Lightweight era..