Who Are Your Favourite Warriors Since 1950?

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  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Who are the guys that got your pulse racing? Not necessarily the most gifted, but the men that always gave 100% whether winning or going out on their shield?
    I'll try to give some examples of those that have thrilled me over the years either,live, on TV, or watching the videos the that I began buying in the 60's.

    In No Order.Are 30 Of Mine.
    Carmen Basilio
    Henry Hank
    Wayne McCullough
    Chartchai Chionoi
    Greg Haugen
    Mickey Ward
    EfrenTorres
    Jesus Pimental
    Cornelius Boza Edwards
    Bobby Chacon
    Arturo Gatti
    Mathew Saad Muhammad
    Marvin Johnson
    Juan Manuel Marquez
    Erik Morales
    Bennie Briscoe
    Iran Barkley
    D*ck Tiger
    Carl Thompson
    Juan Laporte
    Kevin Finnegan
    Manuel Medina
    Lupe Pintor
    Dwight Qawi
    Alvaro Lopez
    Jose Castillo
    Marco Barrera
    Rodrigo Valdez
    Daniel Zaragoza
    Johnny Tapia

    Who Are Yours?

    PS I left out Frazier & Marciano because I thought them obvious choices for us all to pick.
     
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  2. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Rudy Koopmans
    Gatti
    GGG
    Kovalev
     
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  3. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Excellent list
    Ill add Hearns
    Hagler
    Little Red Lopez
    Escalara off the top of my head
     
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  4. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Saad Muhammad
    Chacon
    Little Red Lopez
    Dick Tiger (though he was legitimately great)
    Israel Vasquez
    Lupe Pintor
    Rafael Herrera
     
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  5. Brixton Bomber

    Brixton Bomber Obsessed with Boxing banned Full Member

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    Gatti
    Benn
    Morrison
    Acelino Freitas
     
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  6. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Forgot Gaspar Ortega
     
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  7. RockyJim

    RockyJim Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Carmen Basilio...
    Tony DeMarco...
    Marvin Hagler...
    Bobby Chacon...
     
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  8. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Couple more.
    Florentino Fernandez
    Yori Boy Campas
     
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  9. Mortal

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    Nice list. I take it Duran and JCC belong on your 'Obvious choices' list beside Marciano and Frazier?

    Any space for Vicente Saldivar?
     
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  10. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Yes they do ,apart from the No Mas aberration.Saldivar is another good choice but I wanted to round it off on an even number.
     
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  11. Beouche

    Beouche Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    Marquez
    Morales
    Calzaghe
    Froch
    Coralles
    Castillo
     
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  12. nikrj

    nikrj Active Member Full Member

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    With due respect, I would never call "warrior" a fighter who has in his record two defeats (both were fights for lightweight title) in "no más" style, one of them when he was ahead on the scorecards.....
     
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  13. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Irish Steve Collins
    Fenech
    Mancini
    Cyclone Hart
    Prime Frank the animal Fletcher
    Were also real enjoyable for me to watch
     
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  14. BlackCloud

    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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    Does Lloyd Honeyghan qualify?
     
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  15. Unforgiven

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    Muhammad Ali
    Sugar Ray Robinson
    Joe Frazier
    Evander Holyfield
    Rocky Marciano
    George Foreman
    Larry Holmes
    Matt Saad Muhammad
    Nigel Benn
    Thomas Hearns
    Cornelius Boza-Edwards
    Riddick Bowe


    .... among others
     
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