Which fighter have you grown to appreciate more since posting on ESB classic?

Rocky Marciano, Harry Wills, and Lennox Lewis.

 

Mickey Walker

 

Yeah, my opinion of Louis have also risen, even though I thought he was great before as well.

 

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Yeah i agree had the same opinion. Also thomas hearns but that was more through ignorance.

 

Probably Wills and Whitaker for me.

 

wow from top 20 to # 3! you have been educated real well!! I rate Marciano in my top 5 too!!! :good :good :good

 

My Pick is Corrie Sanders. Before I thought he was a glorified unrated journeyman 3/4 of his career who got one lucky win, but now i realized that he was a top 3 ATG heavyweight super southpaw freak of nature.

 

Rocky Marciano, I still don't rate him especially highly and still think his resume is lacking abit, but I've learnt to appreciate his fighting spirit and the qualities he has which he uses well and also rank him more highly H2H than I did.

Jeff Clark is a good mention aswell, I'd never heard of him before I joined here but I heard someone bring him up and looked to learn a lot more about him. Lloyd Marshall is probably another one aswell, I didn't realise how good his resume is. Charley Burley I rate more highly aswell.

Too be honest there's too many to say because I didn't know anything about boxing before I joined this forum (someone will probably justifiably say I still don't have a clue ).

 

Ya......joe louis, ezzard charles 2x, jersey joe walcott 2x, archie moore, rex layne, roland lastarza 2x..........all sucky fighters.

 

Not in terms of names, but in terms of those guys being past there primes.

 

They were all very dangerous fighters. Age wise they were old, but performance wise they were still near their best. And guys like LaStarza, Layne were young and in their prime anyway.

 

So should I be giving Marciano more credit for his resume than I am? 'Cos I usually rubbish it as him feasting of little more than contenders and then towards the end of his career legends who were past their prime.

I wish he would of stayed around and fought Liston, Patterson, Johansson etc though.

 

Reading acb threads on Hector Camacho has helped me appreciate him.

 

Hector Camacho
Terry Norris
Frank 'The Animal' Fletcher
Juan Roldan
James 'Hard Rock' Green


Truly the best fighters of their era.