Top 10 heavyweight title challengers for boxing skill?

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  1. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Which of the men that challenged unsuccessfully for the heavyweight title but never held it had the best boxing skills?

    Top Ten please

    Here is mine


    1. Archie Moore
    2. Billy Conn
    3. Ken Norton
    4. Tim Witherspoon
    5. Pinklon Thomas
    6. Tommy Loughran
    7. Zora Folley
    8. Tony Tucker
    9. Bob Pastor
    10. Tony Tubbs
     
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  2. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    What a lot of pansies… shows you what skill gets you...
     
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  3. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    In no order
    Loughran
    Conn
    Gibbons
    Byrd
    O Brien
    Williams [Carl]
    Pastor
    Folley
    Tubbs
    Moore
    Hon mention
    Cobb,Chuvalo,Galento,Wepner.
     
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