Which Fighter(s) Stock Has Gone Down in Your Mind?

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  1. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    .............since coming to ESB?

    Which fighter or fighters did you used to be keenly interested in or think very highly of that you now not rate as highly, due to what you've gleaned here? I would imagine we'd all do our own research of course, but there's got to be something planting the seed in your mind.......
     
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  2. Swarmer

    Swarmer Patrick Full Member

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    Jack Dempsey
    Mike Tyson
    Oscar De La Hoya
    Jack Johnson
     
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  3. DDDUUDDDEE

    DDDUUDDDEE Undisputed Ambien (taker) Full Member

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    Jack Dempsey
    Jack Johnson
    Mike Tyson
    Frank Bruno
    Nazeem Hamed
     
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  4. mckay_89

    mckay_89 Haw you! Full Member

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    Since I really got into the history of boxing my opinion of Dempsey has went down majorly.
     
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  5. SonnyListonsJab

    SonnyListonsJab Active Member Full Member

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    Jack Dempsey! I now see the real truth about him.
     
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  6. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Dempsey
    Roy Jones Jr
    Graziano
     
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  7. Surf-Bat

    Surf-Bat Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Gene Tunney(see Tunney vs Conn thread). I've always been down on him for his carefully constructed career. After learning from Klompton about all of his pre-fight manipulations(example: Jeff Smith) and how his comrades in the New York newspapers always took care of him by putting their pro-Tunney spin on his fights (see Greb-Tunney II) it just became harder and harder to admire him. I have a hard time justifying a top 25 ranking for him. A great fighter, but severely overrated, imo.
     
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  8. DDDUUDDDEE

    DDDUUDDDEE Undisputed Ambien (taker) Full Member

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    Roy Jones Jnr also come to think of it...
     
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  9. Armstrong!

    Armstrong! Active Member Full Member

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    Sugar Ray Leonard. :deal
     
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  10. tommygun711

    tommygun711 The Future Full Member

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    muhammad ali and marciano
     
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  11. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    So in the last ten days ESB has caused your rating of Greb to drop? Which threads?

    Same question.
     
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  12. the cobra

    the cobra Awesomeizationism! Full Member

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    Pryor and Chavez.
     
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  13. guilalah

    guilalah Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Honestly, I can't think of any boxer who's stock -- in an absolute sense -- has gone down as I learned more about him. Basically, the more I learn, the more I admire. Occaisionally a boxer goes down in a relative sense, as i learn more about other guys.
     
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  14. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    My assessment of Tyson has actually improved a bit. I figured there would be a lot more Foreman Hook types on this board denouncing his accomplishments, but I was wrong. Even though Tyson's reputation here varies heavily on both ends of the scale, most of the better posters at ESB acknowldege Tyson's greatness.
     
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  15. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    George Foreman.

    Comeback Foreman.
     
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