Ultimate record; most proven fighter

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  1. Manassa

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    Well if that's what makes you hard, please continue.
     
  2. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I wouldn't go that far, though keeping a bottle of lotion next to my keyboard is a rather tempting idea :hey
     
  3. klompton

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    But the problem is a lot of the guys you list to pad Moores credentials he didnt even beat. There have been plenty of fighters with a who's who resume but typically in this sport accomplishments are judged on who you BEAT in the ring not simply who you faced in the ring. Im not saying Moore was a bum by any stretch. He was an all-time great easily but I dont think it makes you any greater to face someone and lose to them.
     
  4. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    If this is the case, I say Dave Jaco...

    Tyson, McCall, Tucker, Douglas, Ruddock, Williams, DuPlooy, Weaver, Foreman, Mason, Morrison, Stewart, Hunter, Cooper...
     
  5. Flea Man

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  6. My2Sense

    My2Sense Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Since we're also counting losses, how about Tony Canzoneri?

    Bud Taylor (three times)
    Johnny Dundee
    Benny Bass
    Sammy Mandell
    Billy Petrolle (twice)
    Jackie Berg (three times)
    Kid Chocolate (twice)
    Barney Ross (twice)
    Lou Ambers (three times)
    Jimmy McLarnin (twice)

    Runners up: Andre Routis (twice), Al Singer (twice), Jackie Jadick (three times), Battling Shaw, Bummy Davis.
     
  7. Unforgiven

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    Klompton makes a good point.
    What does it "prove" to lose to a great fighter ?
    It may or may not prove a lot.
    But beating great fighters proves more, surely.
     
  8. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Maxie Rosenbloom was just incredible..how in the hell can you have a guy like like that with so many fights against so many guys over so long a period of time, and have such scant filmed documentation on him? It befuddles and frustrates me...him and Greb.
     
  9. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    I would have LOVED to see Rosenbloom fight..so se him "schlep" his way through a fight like he did..not even closing his fists, so as "not to hurt anybody", as he once said...amazing fighter..one can only use the imagination as to how he survived so many fights, using his wits.
     
  10. Manassa

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    You can't be serious? Sammy Angott, for instance, fought Hall of Famers more times than that, not to mention contenders.

    Baby Arizmendi alone is worth about two Tony Tuckers.
     
  11. Manassa

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    Thanks for sticking to the format. Canzoneri is definitely up there, ahead of Barney Ross but maybe just underneath McLarnin. Or equal.
     
  12. Manassa

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    As mentioned, we are including losses.
     
  13. Unforgiven

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    Any loss ?
    Or a certain type of loss ?
     
  14. McGrain

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    Tiger Flowers x3
    Mickey Walker
    Gene Tunney x5
    Maxie Rosenbloom
    Johny Wilson x3
    Tommy Loughran x6
    Jimmy Slattery
    Frank Moody
    Kid Norfolk x2
    Lou Bogash
    Tommy Gibbons x3
    Battling Levinsky x6
    Bill Brennan
    Billy Miske
    Jack Dillon


    All others bow.
     
  15. Manassa

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    :huh

    Just fights. 'Highest level or quantity of opponents faced.'