His Greatest Hour?

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Flump wrote:Beau Jack I - brutal

Alfredo Evangelista
The second Lucien Rodriguez fight.

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tiny_acres wrote:
Flump wrote:Beau Jack I - brutal

Alfredo Evangelista
The second Lucien Rodriguez fight.

Earnie Shavers

KO 1 Ken Norton


Rocky Lockridge
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Tomasino wrote:
tiny_acres wrote:
Flump wrote:Beau Jack I - brutal

Alfredo Evangelista
The second Lucien Rodriguez fight.

Earnie Shavers

KO 1 Ken Norton


Rocky Lockridge
ko 1 Roger Mayweather

Tony Galento
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Earnie Shavers[/quote]


KO 1 Ken Norton


Rocky Lockridge[/quote]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c38_1383849787
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palooka wrote:Earnie Shavers

KO 1 Ken Norton


Rocky Lockridge[/quote]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c38_1383849787[/quote]


He still has that right hand power! Great clip :TU:
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Thanks Tom, my brother sent me it a while ago. He's still got the power and gameness, what a boyo :TU:
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galento? smashing up Al Ettore! - tony must have a great time winging in wide crude swings all of which seemed to connect on Ettore. what a brute.

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Barney Ross

2 wins over the very hard hitting Jimmy McClarnin.

Mark Kaylor?
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palooka wrote:Barney Ross

2 wins over the very hard hitting Jimmy McClarnin.

Mark Kaylor?

Errol Christie


George's Carpentier
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Tomasino wrote:
palooka wrote:Barney Ross

2 wins over the very hard hitting Jimmy McClarnin.

Mark Kaylor?

Errol Christie


George's Carpentier
Ted KID Lewis

Hector MACHO Camacho
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The best name is Leonard with Duran a very close second; best performance either Ramirez or Boza Edwards.

Steve Robinson?
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palooka wrote:The best name is Leonard with Duran a very close second; best performance either Ramirez or Boza Edwards.

Steve Robinson?


Tough one, I'd say Paul Hodkinson



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Good call Tom, I remember watching that one with my heart in my mouth.

I'll leave the Dempsey for someone more qualified.
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I'd say the sharkey fight - after Dempsey's first loss to tunney he needed a really good win and destroyed sharkey in his inimitable manner to set up another tilt at his arch foe.

a pro for over 20 years, but what was bobo Olsen's greatest hour?
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misterpunch wrote:I'd say the sharkey fight - after Dempsey's first loss to tunney he needed a really good win and destroyed sharkey in his inimitable manner to set up another tilt at his arch foe.

a pro for over 20 years, but what was bobo Olsen's greatest hour?

Tough, between Gavilan and Turpin. I'm going with Randy Turpin.


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the night he beat greb on points in my view, although he must have been happy with the draw against the whirlwind a bit later - underrated fighter loughran.

next up? its gotta be ...rubin carter
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Rubin Carter's finest hour has got to be when he KO'd Emile Griffith in 1 round. Considering that Griffith was only stopped one other time in his career in 14 rounds against the Legendary Middleweight Champion Carlos Monzon, that is one hell of a great victory.

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gilgamesh wrote:Rubin Carter's finest hour has got to be when he KO'd Emile Griffith in 1 round. Considering that Griffith was only stopped one other time in his career in 14 rounds against the Legendary Middleweight Champion Carlos Monzon, that is one hell of a great victory.

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manny pacquia

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tiny_acres wrote:
gilgamesh wrote:Rubin Carter's finest hour has got to be when he KO'd Emile Griffith in 1 round. Considering that Griffith was only stopped one other time in his career in 14 rounds against the Legendary Middleweight Champion Carlos Monzon, that is one hell of a great victory.

Erik Morales
manny pacquia

billy conn

Gus Lesnevich although he got great credit for his performance against Joe Louis.


Joe Louis
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KO1 Schmeling

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The best name on Pedroza's record was Olivares though the best win was Lujan.

What about Duke McKenzie?
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Best win Lujan? :confused:
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No Tomorrow wrote:Best win Lujan? :confused:
I thought Lujan was a good win over a very good fighter.

Who'd you have?
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It is a good win, but I wouldn't say his greatest or greatest hour. I'm not sure who I'd have as an answer, but I don't Lujan would be it. And I've never watched Duke McKenzie so I am of no service on that
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That's a honest answer and if you look through Eusebio's record it's not full of top level hard contenders; Lujan is my honest answer to the question with Lockridge a close second.

You ought to have a look at Duke McKenzie - that man could box and fight.

:salut:
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