Toughest fighter ever

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  1. jaffay

    jaffay New Orleans Hornets Full Member

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    Who do you think was the toughest fighter ever? Jake LaMotta comes to mind...
     
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  2. mexican legend

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    Chavez deserves a mention as well as Hagler.
     
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  3. Loewe

    Loewe internet hero Full Member

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    Jack Johnson, fighting before thousands of white men who would love to kill you needs more mental toughness than any fighter in history ever showed.
     
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  4. jaffay

    jaffay New Orleans Hornets Full Member

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    Examples of toughness that need to be mentioned:

    - Ali fighting with a fractured jaw in the first Norton fight. Ali lost but showed great courage and heart fighting with injury

    - Adamek vs Briggs I - Adamek broke his nose in sparing before his first title fight in his life but refused to postpond the bout. Adamek won close, bloody and brutal fight.
     
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  5. IrnBruMan

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    Oh it's gotta be Bad Chad Dawson after his excellent nay, BRILLIANT shellacking of the evergreen Milk Dud!
     
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  6. Finn73

    Finn73 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Abraham...I know I repeat myself constantly, but he's the man imo.
     
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  7. SHADOW BOX

    SHADOW BOX SHADOW BOX Full Member

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    Chavez, Duran, Vasquez, Sanchez, Gomez, Pintor, Margarito, Morales, Arce, Pacquiao, TOO MANY!
     
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  8. RonnieHornschuh

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    sam peter.
     
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  9. Maxmomer

    Maxmomer Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Chuvalo, LaMotta, Hagler, Dempsey.
     
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  10. FlatNose

    FlatNose Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The three toughest guys I can think of...Rocky Marciano consistantly overcame facial lacerations , including that horrific sliced nose against Ezzard Charles, got up from a knockdown scored by the all time KO king Archie Moore, and was hopelessly behind on points and taking a beating against Walcott. Muhammad Ali fought with a broken jaw, but Arthur Abraham won his fight with a busted mandible that looked absoloutly gruesome.
     
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  11. Monstar

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    Zab Judah
     
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  12. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Jake LaMotta,Carmen Basilio,Arturo Gatti,Tony Zale,Rocky Graziano
     
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  13. martin0792

    martin0792 The Golden Boy Full Member

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    Arturo Gatti had a big heart.
     
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  14. FROST

    FROST Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Dwight Muhammad Quawi must be mentioned here
     
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  15. EpsilonAxis

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    I'd like to throw Ray Mercer in that book. He would not blink from shots.
     
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