bird 9,868 Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 A cracking era for boxing was the Hagler,Hearns,Duran and Sugar Ray Leanard era,they seemed to fight each other every other month back then but nobody seemed to mind too much as you knew you were going to see worlds class fighter fighting a war...no pay per view or stupid over the top hype with these fights because these guys fighting sold the fights themselves. Ive always liked the explosive fighters too, so guys like Nigel Benn,David Tua and Mike Tyson and the like were up there with my favourite fighters but as a few have already said i think there will be only one Ali Same here No1 Ali Ali shuffle great BIRD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
timjim 43 Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 and not forgetting the small welshman with the heart of a lion Johnny Owen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phil_h 53 Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 rocky marciano. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilky 0 Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Randolph Turpin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest SHOT Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Randolph Turpin why him wilky were you and he related? maybe he was a local lad? i say that because he died young didnt he?? i didnt think he did a lot due to that fact maybe im wrong. i did see some old footage of some of his fights he did look a tidy boxer very m watson like i thought. edited to add i stand corrected i knew he,d had the title at some point beating sugar ray..... supprised they havent made a film on him reading up on him,well worthy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest merlin Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 from old footage i like sugar ray robinson,the forerunner of ali's style.benn and eubank were great to watch.hatton is exciting as was tyson.calazaghe's record speaks for itself.julio ceasar chavez was immense,went undefeated for years Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest oneredtrim Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 (edited) . Edited June 25, 2008 by oneredtrim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vincy 3 Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 for me there's a lot of good boxers past and present my main ones would be tyson /benn/steve robinson/bradley pyrce/tony docertry/lennox lewis/steve sims/tony borge all are or were true boxers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilky 0 Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Randolph Turpin why him wilky were you and he related? maybe he was a local lad? i say that because he died young didnt he?? i didnt think he did a lot due to that fact maybe im wrong. i did see some old footage of some of his fights he did look a tidy boxer very m watson like i thought. edited to add i stand corrected i knew he,d had the title at some point beating sugar ray..... supprised they havent made a film on him reading up on him,well worthy Good choice Wilky, he suffered terribly with depression Shot and his end was'nt good. Kid Lewis Robinson Clay Conteh Sanchez Tommy Lennox ORT, Nice choices too mate, liked Conteh, shame the arsehole hangers on bled him dry and f****d him up. SHOT, glad you read up on him a bit, he was exceptional, but was under the influence of unsavoury sources, hence the Sugar Ray Robinson job. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,046 Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 (edited) Domestic level.....Billy Walker,Terry Spinks,Mark Kaylor,Nigel Benn,Charlie Magri....( but i suppose it could be said im slightly biased ) World level.....Joe Louis,Ali,Leonard........too many great fighters to list. Edited June 24, 2008 by gnasher16 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ROOSTER Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Domestic level.....Billy Walker,Terry Spinks,Mark Kaylor,Nigel Benn,Charlie Magri....( but i suppose it could be said im slightly biased ) World level.....Joe Louis,Ali,Leonard........too many great fighters to list. prob the same plus ken bucannan and an amature from way back some may have heard or read about him he was called dick mctaggart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AKA-BRINDLE 879 Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Randolph Turpin why him wilky were you and he related? maybe he was a local lad? i say that because he died young didnt he?? i didnt think he did a lot due to that fact maybe im wrong. i did see some old footage of some of his fights he did look a tidy boxer very m watson like i thought. edited to add i stand corrected i knew he,d had the title at some point beating sugar ray..... supprised they havent made a film on him reading up on him,well worthy Good choice Wilky, he suffered terribly with depression Shot and his end was'nt good. Kid Lewis Robinson Clay Conteh Sanchez Tommy Lennox ORT, Nice choices too mate, liked Conteh, shame the arsehole hangers on bled him dry and f****d him up. SHOT, glad you read up on him a bit, he was exceptional, but was under the influence of unsavoury sources, hence the Sugar Ray Robinson job. Shot himself and his son if i remember right...all a bit strange...a bit like Freddie Mills Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Coney 3 Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Duran & Benn for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mattydski 560 Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 (edited) I rather like Barry McGuigan. (before his tv career). It was when i fisrt started to watch boxing he was at his prime, so i remeber him for that reason, plus the passion he showed..And me mum liked him. Matt- now whatch me get slated from the real fight fans Edited June 24, 2008 by mattydski Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest mickyrich Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 IRON MIKE TYSON THE MAN Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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