Willie Pep - would his fans please justify his placement in their top all time lists

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  1. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Agreed,

    he only uses certain angles when they prove useful in his argument, but as soon as they no longer suit him, he abandones them, or changes his position.
     
    mr. magoo, Jul 16, 2007
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  2. China_hand_Joe

    China_hand_Joe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I have been tricked into the belittling Pep, which I do not want to do - there are plenty of other more worthy fighters for the top ten ever P4P fighters -fullstop-
     
    China_hand_Joe, Jul 16, 2007
    China_hand_Joe, Jul 16, 2007
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  3. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Larry Holmes is one of my favorite champions to, but in all fairness, he did not dominate his division, and nor did he do much of anything with ease.

    1. He was unable to unify the title.

    2. He passed up at least two or 3 good fighters who were worthy of a shot at his belt.

    3. He gave up the WBC title for failure to face a mandatory

    4. He struggled with fighters who were either way too inexperienced, or not very good to begin with, and gave none of them rematches when they nearly upset him.
     
    mr. magoo, Jul 16, 2007
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  4. China_hand_Joe

    China_hand_Joe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It is a joke Pep is listed ahead of Roy Jones - that cannot be defended at all
     
    China_hand_Joe, Jul 16, 2007
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  5. China_hand_Joe

    China_hand_Joe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ricardo Lopez, Lennox Lewis, Joe Calzaghe, Jofre - there are just so many names on par with Pep
     
    China_hand_Joe, Jul 16, 2007
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  6. China_hand_Joe

    China_hand_Joe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Lets be honest guys, as good as he was there are a few dozen you can argue are better - we sometime forget how primitive boxers were in the 40s
     
    China_hand_Joe, Jul 16, 2007
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  7. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The more you write, Joe, the deeper that hole gets...:D
     
    Drew101, Jul 16, 2007
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  8. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Funny how no ones even responding to him anymore :lol:
     
    mr. magoo, Jul 16, 2007
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  9. China_hand_Joe

    China_hand_Joe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Igoring pages 1-9 my views have been almost solid -fullstop-
     
    China_hand_Joe, Jul 16, 2007
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  10. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    -fullstop-
     
    mr. magoo, Jul 16, 2007
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  11. China_hand_Joe

    China_hand_Joe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Can we at least agree now Pep most likely isn't top 10 -questionmark-
     
    China_hand_Joe, Jul 16, 2007
    China_hand_Joe, Jul 16, 2007
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  12. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    :rofl he doesn't give up, does he!
     
    Decebal, Jul 16, 2007
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  13. China_hand_Joe

    China_hand_Joe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'm not even close, I still have the Calzaghe card to play - I was just misled for the first 9 pages into making irrelevant, exaggerated arguments - by comparing him with superior fighters they'll have no choice but agree or risk making a China_hand_Joe of themselves -fullstop-
     
    China_hand_Joe, Jul 16, 2007
    China_hand_Joe, Jul 16, 2007
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  14. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    So you admit to your bull****.
     
    mr. magoo, Jul 16, 2007
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  15. China_hand_Joe

    China_hand_Joe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    There may have been some minor exaggerations, but I am still absolutely right about Pep, the strength of the Pep-perts delusions initially knocked me off balance, I'll be back to put the final nails of this myth's coffin tomorrow -fullstop-
     
    China_hand_Joe, Jul 16, 2007
    China_hand_Joe, Jul 16, 2007
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