Who were the true gents of Boxing?

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  1. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Buster Douglas seems like the type of guy you would want to have as your neighbor
     
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  2. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Little Red Lopez
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  3. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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  4. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  5. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  6. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    George Foreman
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  7. Tonto62

    Tonto62 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Top Notch!
     
  8. Tonto62

    Tonto62 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    I wouldn't include Monzon myself.
     
  9. ChrisJS

    ChrisJS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    From personal experience having met them the ones that really stand out for me are Felix Trinidad, Juan Manuel Marquez, Alfonso Gomez, Abner Mares, Rafael Marquez. All really nice especially Tito who’s so friendly and genuinely warm that it makes you proud of boxing.

    Of fighters I’ve unfortunately not had the pleasure of meeting that seem to stand out would be Eder Jofre (I’ve done WhatsApp video message with him), Charley Burley, Floyd Patterson, D1ck Tiger, Alexis Arguello, Joe Frazier, Matthew Saad Muhammad and tons of others.
     
  10. Hookandjab

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  11. Ken Ashcroft

    Ken Ashcroft Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Terrible Tim Witherspoon was actually quite a nice guy.
     
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  12. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Floyd Patterson for me.
     
  13. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Wlad and Paterson get my immediate vote
     
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  14. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Nice guy unless you beat him lol.
     
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  15. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    No one gonna mention Fighting Harada?
     
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