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All Time Favourite Boxer??
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So many great names in over 100 years of pugilism, from Dempsey through to Tyson, Willie Pep to Roberto Duran, Ali, Frazer, Marciano, Louis....take your pick!
My all time favourite the Brown Bomber, Joe Louis, so humble and respectful of his opponents, fought through the segregation period. Don't forget he fought perhaps the biggest fight of the 20th Century against Max Schmeling, the darling of the Nazi Party and one of Hitler's favourite athletes.
In the modern times I was a huge Tyson fan, sure he was a little controversial, but he brought excitement and attention back to boxing. As for now, I'm a big Miguel Cotto fan.
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Re: All Time Favourite Boxer??
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im a young guy so my favorite boxers were guys like de la hoya, chavez, roy jones jr, tyson, etc
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Re: All Time Favourite Boxer??
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Muhammad Ali followed closely by Sugar Ray Leonard.
Growing up in the late 70s and 80s, I LOVED boxing. It was great to see fights by Boom Boom Mancini, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Duran, Thomas Hearns, Larry Holmes, and others. It's such a shame that Don King and other bad promoters just completely ruined the sport.
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Re: All Time Favourite Boxer??
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Frazier, Hagler, Ward, Benn and Tapia!! I likes my scrappers You would have loved an older second cousin of mine, who fought in local bouts: Robert "Maddog" Mulgrew. He described himself as a "blood and snot" fighter. He won more than he lost, but he didn't fight anyone of consequence. He joined the Navy where he had his most successful fights...on barroom floors in the Phillipines.
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Re: All Time Favourite Boxer??
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For me, favorites are the middleweights of the 50s like Carmen Basilio, Robinison, and Fullmer. They not only were boxers, they were fighters.  Don't forget Bobo Olsen. Another favorite of mine was Frankie DePaula, a light heavy who was a real banger. I saw him fight Dick Tiger in one of best matches ever... a real slugfest. DePaula died way too young after being shot. He was allegedly killed because he was involved with a mob boss' girlfriend.
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For me, favorites are the middleweights of the 50s like Carmen Basilio, Robinison, and Fullmer. They not only were boxers, they were fighters.  Don't forget Bobo Olsen. Another favorite of mine was Frankie DePaula, a light heavy who was a real banger. I saw him fight Dick Tiger in one of best matches ever... a real slugfest. DePaula died way too young after being shot. He was allegedly killed because he was involved with a mob boss' girlfriend. Yeah, I left out Tiger, but I barely remember the others you mentioned. Watching or listening to those friday night fights with my dad ... the best.
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Re: All Time Favourite Boxer??
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Frazier, Hagler, Ward, Benn and Tapia!! I likes my scrappers You would have loved an older second cousin of mine, who fought in local bouts: Robert "Maddog" Mulgrew. He described himself as a "blood and snot" fighter. He won more than he lost, but he didn't fight anyone of consequence. He joined the Navy where he had his most successful fights...on barroom floors in the Phillipines. Some of the best fights i have ever seen have been on barroom floors. He sounds quite a character Klyd 
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Re: All Time Favourite Boxer??
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Now this is a topic I can sink my fangs into....
Fav of all time, no doubt Marciano, I was born in 84, so I didnt see anything in person obviously, but I watched all his boxing films on ESPN Classic and youtube... Im also a huge Aaron Pryor and Marvin Hagler fan big time.! My hometown hero Vinnie Pazienza was a great boxer to dont forget, he had some battles with Grag Haugen, but he def was past his prime and never as good as Jones JR however he(Paz) is in the Boxing hall of fame which is a great place to take a trip to in upstate NY, now-a-days I like some up and commers like Carlos Molina, Chris John, Adrian Broner, Andre Ward, Nonito Donaire and ofcourse the top dogs, Manny Pacquiao, Sergio Martinez, Saul Alvarez, blah blah blah... Boxing is my all-time favorite sport, with just football(NFL) ahead of it, I even boxed a bit when I was a kid, love the sport, just love it..
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Glad to have you aboard the boxing threads Fat Ralph! Thanks Nicky, I love talkin Boxing, I can talk Boxing for hrs seriously, all I do when Im with my buddies is talk Boxing/Football/Mob related topics and hiphop..
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Haha we sound alike! Me too I love my sport and Mob stuff lol LMMFAO.! I guess we do bud, also ya use the name of one of my fav mobsters, incidently my Fathers Uncle was a member of the Philly Mob(and no Im not bragging just sayin)Scarfo was stylish and blood thirsty he def had a Napolean complex...
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Yessir, born and raised... the Don of the New England Mafia made his home here and also ran his operations right up the block from where I live..
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Haha we sound alike! Me too I love my sport and Mob stuff lol LMMFAO.! I guess we do bud, also ya use the name of one of my fav mobsters, incidently my Fathers Uncle was a member of the Philly Mob(and no Im not bragging just sayin)Scarfo was stylish and blood thirsty he def had a Napolean complex... Who was your uncle? Please don't write I can't say because thats getting old
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Re: All Time Favourite Boxer??
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He wasnt my uncle, he was my pops uncle, well he was my great Uncle I guess, Frank Narducci SR..
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