Will to win - which of the top fighters has most of it?

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  1. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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  2. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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    All of them have it.

    most? Vasquez
     
  3. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Diego Corrales
    Evander Holyfield
    Muhammad Ali
    Sugar Ray Leonard
    etc.
     
  4. pipe wrenched

    pipe wrenched ESB ELITE SQUAD Full Member

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    Kelly Pavlik
    Miguel Cotto
    Edison Miranda
    Vazquez
    David Haye

    and on and on and on.
     
  5. peter5

    peter5 Marco.A.Barrera Full Member

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    Vasquez........that 12th round showed all you need to know about "will to win"


    There are others obviously, but picking just one, and on recent evidence, Izzy takes it
     
  6. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Don't know why you have David Haye and Miranda on there.
     
  7. PATSYS

    PATSYS Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Pac has to be up there somewhere.

    Pac-MAB 1, Pac was a huge underdog. The crowd was against him. Round 1, the idiot ref Cole called a KD when it was obviously a slip. MAB also resorted to all kinds of dirty tricks in that fight. That didn't discourage Pac from doing his stuff to win.

    Pac-Morales 1. Pac suffered a very nasty cut from round 5, he handin there and almost beat Morales.

    Pac-JMM 2, round 8 Pac suffered a cut and his right eyes profusely bled the entire round. He was punching air in some instances in the hope landing something meaningful. He hang in there and actually won the fight.
     
  8. Chert

    Chert Ringside Potato Full Member

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    yep. after suffering that bloody cut in the 8th which blocked his vision, i though that the fight was all over for pac remembering the first morales fight. but pac came roaring back to take rounds 9 & 10 (maybe even the 11th) and went on to win the fight. pac definitely showed his great fighting heart in this fight.
     
  9. peter5

    peter5 Marco.A.Barrera Full Member

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    If you two think Pac has heart, JMM has it in spades, 3 Kd in round one of the first, a KD in the 3rd of the second and hurt later on, yet he still exchanges blows toe-2-toe!
     
  10. Chert

    Chert Ringside Potato Full Member

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    yeah. i agree jmm also does have heart. judging by their fight last saturday, both of them definitely do. :good
     
  11. brooklyn1550

    brooklyn1550 Roberto Duran Full Member

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    Aside from Israel Vazquez, Kelly Pavlik comes to mind...
     
  12. peter5

    peter5 Marco.A.Barrera Full Member

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    The only problem I have of including pavlik, is that I havent seen him come back from adversity. Izzy has, JMM has (although he didnt get the decision I think he should have! but thats another arguement)

    Cotto is another, rocked against judah, KD against Torres etc Finds a way to win :deal

    Pavlik hasnt shown me he can come back from the brink as you might say, and prevail
     
  13. kg0208

    kg0208 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    What about against Taylor where he was clearly out on his feet for half a round after hitting the deck?
     
  14. 1lehudson

    1lehudson Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The first fight with Taylor was OVER Pavlik was done and maybe should have been stopped. He came back and won by stoppage what are you talking about:nut
     
  15. peter5

    peter5 Marco.A.Barrera Full Member

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    :lol: Good point, forgot that :patsch