Who is the hardest man to ever step in a ring?

[DAVE2005]

jock mcAvoy the rochdale thunderbolt was a hard bastard in and out of the ring.he was always banging people out for all manners of things

[J]

indeed though can you explain why he never fougth Bert Gilroy, shamelessly ducked him, Jim glen for one would love to know.

[teddy007]

Though not very good boxers in the ring, I would love to see Tex Cobb vs Gypsy John Fury in a bareknuckle.

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[DG.]

Holyfield/Mccall.

[hitman_hatton1]

Holyfield/Mccall.

evander got stopped by bowe.

mccall burst into tears against lewis.

hagler wins.

[DG.]

Holyfield/Mccall.

evander got stopped by bowe.

mccall burst into tears against lewis.

hagler wins.

Holyfield was stopped by a man 3st heavier and ebven then only after nearly knocking him out Evander had flu for that contest, well known fact.

Mccall has never been knocked down and was taking full blooded shots from lewis with his hands down.

I say Hatton wins...oh - hang on a minute - he got kncoked out twice - my mistake.


DD

[demolitiondaley]

A young ray mercer was an incredibly tough man.

So is an old Ray Mercer, he KO'd Tim Silvia with a punch in 9 seconds earlier this year in an MMA bout.

[FLINT ISLAND]

Colin Jones was hard as nails - took Don Currys punchs and said he never felt them - despite Curry having bust his nose wide open.

[liamlion]

A young ray mercer was an incredibly tough man.

So is an old Ray Mercer, he KO'd Tim Silvia with a punch in 9 seconds earlier this year in an MMA bout.

Really... Didnt he get smashed by Kimbo Slice tho??

[demolitiondaley]

A young ray mercer was an incredibly tough man.

So is an old Ray Mercer, he KO'd Tim Silvia with a punch in 9 seconds earlier this year in an MMA bout.

Really... Didnt he get smashed by Kimbo Slice tho??

Kimbo guillotine choked him. It was an exhibition and Ray thought it would be a stand up fight and didnt train in any groundfighting.

[lvlarc]

Dempsey
Gatti
Lamotta
Morales
McCullough

[Nelson Gateau]

Emile Griffith - depending on the opponent, he was extremely hard when entering the ring.

Pathetic. Moron.

I was trying to figure out why you said that. Griffith is gay, right? And the 3rd fight with Paret (of which Paret died of the injuries sustained in the bout) was highly fueled because of Paret's comments towards Griffith's sexuality. Is that right?

Oh relax, that was pretty damn funny:)

[jimglen]

jock mcAvoy the rochdale thunderbolt was a hard bastard in and out of the ring.he was always banging people out for all manners of things

indeed though can you explain why he never fougth Bert Gilroy, shamelessly ducked him, Jim glen for one would love to know.

Jim Glen does know and the reason was World Titles for ENGLAND'S Bigmen!

circa 1940 McAvoy was nearing the end, but a shot at a MW or L-HW title would have been fine still, but the focus was NO longer on McAvoy but rather the coming Freddie Mills, in a 1940 article to the Ring, Freddie is not only posed as a World L-HW title bet but also a 'hope' for HW honours too, this is 1940, he's not even a British title holder yet and their selling him as potential HW title challenger!!!. Jump ahead a couple of years to 1942 Britain for the first time in decades are No Longer Horizontal Heavyweights or champions with the rise of the young Woodcock, thus the Mills, Woodcock Roadshow begins...

Britain had "real" chances among the Bigmen and for all the great legacy and linage of Britain's little men, it wasn't enough, No Way not when the Home of Boxing can finally produce 1 maybe 2 world champions among the Big boys, No way, this MUST be Secured.

Gilroy was a MW cum L-HW, Mills was a L-HW cum HW and Woodcock pure HW...
Gilroy was a "Tally Bastard" - Antonio Rea, Mills and Woodcock were ENGLISH pure and through. The WAR was on WHO was looking in and the little tight circle of Ted Broadribb, Jack Solomons and company... the Frank Warrens and Don Kings of their day. They RULED British boxing and how they shaped it and played who could do anything about it especially durring WW2.

Mills had to be guarded and he IS the ONLY British champion to NEVER defend a TITLE 8 years, yet gets 2 cracks at a World title, well it paid off for Britain and Solomons and Broadribb and Mills, Woodcock they hurried and wasted such was their desperation for the Big Titles and in Gilroy they shamefully assaulted very likely their greatest MW.

Him and McAvoy together were easy the Hardest and Best of Britains few true MW Kings!

[J]

Jim dont have to tell me mate i read the book

[Jon Saxon]

Marion Wilson fought a ton of heavyweights and was never dropped, only once was a fight stopped due to a cut.

Chin of iron.

[teddy007]

Marion Wilson fought a ton of heavyweights and was never dropped, only once was a fight stopped due to a cut.

Chin of iron.

Great knowledge mate.

[jabmasterflex]

davia tua and possibly tocker pudwill

[danamite5]

davia tua and possibly tocker pudwill

billy bessy an possibly geoff capes

[Nelson Gateau]

Marion Wilson fought a ton of heavyweights and was never dropped, only once was a fight stopped due to a cut.

Chin of iron.

But unlike fighters like Mercer and McCall, Wilson was a hugger. His 2 fights with Golota were excrutiangly boring because Marion looked scared witless and he just basically hugged Golota everytime there was the threat of an exchange.

Guys like Mercer, McCall, Tex Cobb, & Chuvalo actually FOUGHT and still couldn't be stopped.

[hitman_hatton1]

yeah david tua's tough.

watched the lewis fight again recently.

talk about get dispirited.

i forgot how negative tua went especially in the 2nd half of the fight.

[gemmell]

amir khan is the hardest man to step foot in a boxing ring by far