Which fighter would you choose?

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  1. Danny

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    If you could go back in time & choose just one fighter who you could see box during their peak, who would it be?

    Ray Robinson gets my vote!
     
  2. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Charley Burley, probably against Archie Moore.
     
  3. DINAMITA

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    Ezzard Charles
     
  4. GPater11093

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    Willie Pep
     
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    Would love to have seen Ali at his prime. Hagler comes close second.
     
  6. teeto

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    Maybe i'd have to pick a man like Greb that we have no footage of, if you take that factor out though i would choose either Ray Robinson or Roberto Duran.

    But at this very moment in time the fighter i am besotted (go on rip me apart!) with is Yoko Gushiken, i would go back in time right now and just sit there in awe at his masterclasses.
     
  7. stevebhoy87

    stevebhoy87 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    A pretty boring and standard answer, but robinson.

    If not robinson then benny lynch with hopefully a team around him that would have been able to control his alcholism
     
  8. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    steve was thinking the same thing kinda

    imagine watching a prime Benny Lynch is a glasgow arena the atmosphere would be mazing and so would Benny
     
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    Benny Leonard
     
  10. stevebhoy87

    stevebhoy87 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Definetly, think what the atmosphere was like for a harrison fight then times it by 10 if there was a fighter of lynch quality in the ring.

    On a side point who do you rate higher lynch or buchanan?
     
  11. GPater11093

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    would have been awesome

    i rate Buchanan higher he was more established IMO and beat the better names but i rate benny Lynch H2H at Flyweight very highly
     
  12. PowerPuncher

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    Someone with little to no footage like Burley and Greb, probably Burley
     
  13. ClintMagnum

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    **** loads. Harry Greb in his early 20's. Jack Johnson pre Jefiries. Cassius Clay. Archie Moore. SRR.
     
  14. stevebhoy87

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    Probably correct, the laguna wins are probably the big difference between the 2 careers(as ortiz was miles past prime i don't really rate that), however i fell lynch was slighly more talented, should have done so much more in boxing
     
  15. GPater11093

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    yeh Lynch had more potential but them laguna wins were amazing