Top fighters who sparred together

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  1. bluebird

    bluebird Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes
    Sonny Liston and George Foreman
    Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson
    Floyd Mayweather and Pernell Whitaker
    Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko (seems all top heavyweights sparred him)

    Try and keep it elite of elite.

    Not interested in Zab Judah sparring Joshua Clottey for example.
     
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  2. PaddyGarcia

    PaddyGarcia Trivial Annoyance Gold Medalist Full Member

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    Floyd Mayweather and Paul Spadafora
     
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  3. Chuck Norris

    Chuck Norris Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Mayweather and Whittaker sparred.
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  4. chatty

    chatty Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Paquaio and Porter
    Haye and Wilder
    Jacobs and Derevyanchenko
    Golovkin and Canelo
    Froch spared Groves, Degale, Eubank Jnr at different points of their careers, Groves also spared with Kessler in prep for Kessler second fight with Groves.
    Tyson and Holyfield
    Bradley and Crawford
     
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  5. Chuck Norris

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    Holyfield and Tua.
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  6. guncho

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    Holmes sparred ali frazier aswell
     
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  7. Flashyo

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    Montezuma Mandibula de Cristal Full Member

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    Thomas "Hitman" Hearns vs Mike "The Body Snatcher" McCallum

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    Montezuma Mandibula de Cristal Full Member

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    James Toney vs Gerald McClellan

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  10. DanishDynamite

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    Probably doesn't live up to your criteria of elite but i'm gonna post it anyway since i was there to witness it and it was fun to watch:
    Kessler sparring Groves, Skoglund and Nathan Cleverly before Froch 2.
    I heard Kessler sparred Skoglund again before his intended comeback and gave him such a whooping that he went straight home to Sweden haha. Skoglund then went on to give Callum Smith a close fight.
    Anyway it was fun to watch. Mikkel is a GREAT humble and fun guy, the others semmed cool as well.
     
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  11. DirtyDan

    DirtyDan Worst Poster of 2015 Full Member

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    Pretty much every top level boxer has sparred another top level boxer.
     
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  12. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    Luis Ortiz and Joe Frazier.
     
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  13. chacal

    chacal F*** the new normal Full Member

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    You are as good as your sparrings/teammates.

    You cant basically be a top fighter if you dont spar top fighters. Maybe there are some fighters who could, but 100% sure that not many.

    Pro fighters need to stick this on their heads. And if they need to move and go living to another country/city to get better sparrings/teammates, they must do it if they want to be great. Sparring nobodies and training with nobodies all you will achieve is to be a nobody.

    Sad, but true.
     
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  14. anjawnaymiz

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    Kessler also sparred Darren Barker before the Calzaghe fight
     
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  15. lloydturnip

    lloydturnip Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Benn _ Duran. Holmes _ Bruno
     
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