Where does Freddie Steele Rank Among Top Middleweights

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  1. Hands of Iron

    Hands of Iron #MSE Full Member

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    For accuracy? :D
     
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  2. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hm, he certainly was good enough to give any mw fits, his resume was good, he fought in a stacked division, but he never was the champ, he won a fraction of the title but not the title itself. The highest you could rank him is in the lower part of the Top10.
     
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    Freddie said his best fighting weight was in the low 150s.
    Both Fred Apostoli and Gorilla Jones called him the best they fought. A hellva statistic for any fighter.
    As good as he got i believe he would have been even better had he not turned pro as a 12 yr old.
     
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  5. SJS19

    SJS19 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The Ring is a joke.

    Call it sour buddy, but ALOT of guys here hold modern fighters in such low regard. I don't know if it's because their nostalgic or if they have a mis guided conception of Modern Boxing and refuse to acknowlege what's infront of them, but either way; it's there.

    (I'll go back to being chirpy soon, but this annoys me :D:twisted:)
     
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  6. Hands of Iron

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    They do not. :tong

    Check lufcrazy's H2H thread. Floyd, Roy, Pernell all got plenty of love in there. Fair admission of their abilities, I'd say.
     
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  7. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    If accuracy was your concern you should have just left my list unchanged.:D
     
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  8. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    :rofl:rofl
     
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  9. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Oh, that's the problem.
     
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  10. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hopkins would be beat by hundreds of middleweights & light-heavies through the long, long years of boxing history, especially the L-HWs, which IS what he is and always has been!
     
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  11. Hands of Iron

    Hands of Iron #MSE Full Member

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    That's the blessing. If you ever needed to know why, visit the General Forum to see the opinions of many within my age group. :lol:

    I'm one of the biggest Monzon supporters on this Forum, red cobra. :twisted:
     
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  12. Vic-JofreBRASIL

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    Top 15 IMO....in my list...could be higher though
     
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  13. red cobra

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    :good
     
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  14. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    You have promise then Hands of iron....yes, the general is pathetic...
     
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