Boring fighters who were huge draws

iceman21287 · Post by **iceman21287** » 19 Jan 2006, 15:06

I don't know for sure if he is a huge draw, but I'm assuming Valuev draws big wherever he goes because people like to see freaks of nature.

iceman21287 · Post by **iceman21287** » 19 Jan 2006, 15:07

iceman21287 wrote:I don't know for sure if he is a huge draw, but I'm assuming Valuev draws big wherever he goes because people like to see freaks of nature.

Now that I think about freaks of nature....

Primo Carnera was a huge draw wherever he went (in Europe especially).

Sherlock · Post by **Sherlock** » 19 Jan 2006, 15:32

Sven Ottke, often decried outside Germany as boring, sold out at nearly every location he defended his titles.

ebeneezer · Post by **ebeneezer** » 19 Jan 2006, 16:24

Wilfred Benitez.

(With the exception of the 3rd Frazier fight) post 1974 Muhammad Ali.

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 19 Jan 2006, 21:56

I dont know if he was a huge draw or not. but I do know that one right hand from Edwin Rosario and Hector Camacho was suddenly a little bit defensive henceforth.

iceman21287 · Post by **iceman21287** » 20 Jan 2006, 00:38

Sherlock wrote:Sven Ottke, often decried outside Germany as boring, sold out at nearly every location he defended his titles.

Uhoh....Sven Ottke...where's Pringle at

wouter · Post by **wouter** » 20 Jan 2006, 10:42

Decagon wrote:
Sherlock wrote:Sven Ottke, often decried outside Germany as boring, sold out at nearly every location he defended his titles.
But not all of those church basements were that big.

They were, I'm afraid.

DoubleM · Post by **DoubleM** » 20 Jan 2006, 16:43

Decagon wrote:Carlos Monzon

I don't consider Monzon boring. He did what he had to do to win, and usually that meant dishing out some big time damage. He had plenty of good fights.

kick asner · Post by **kick asner** » 20 Jan 2006, 21:12

Eddy Mustapha Mohaumed. He did have the big punch that helped make up fo his lack of aggressivness.

silkov · Post by **silkov** » 21 Jan 2006, 14:38

It's news to me that Monzon, Johnson and Ali were boring!!!.... how can anyone call Ali boring when he was in some of the most exciting heavyweight fights ever seen???.... :x

ebeneezer · Post by **ebeneezer** » 21 Jan 2006, 19:44

Ali's fights with Ron Lyle and Jimmy Young are tantamount to torture.

silkov · Post by **silkov** » 22 Jan 2006, 08:27

ebeneezer wrote:Ali's fights with Ron Lyle and Jimmy Young are tantamount to torture.

I don't see that at all. Against Lyle Ali let him wear himself out, against Young it was a strategic boxing match!.... remember that, boxing is a science, this isnt just handbags at dawn after too many shandys in the pub. As for exciting fights, Ali fought Frazier, Norton and Shavers after Zaire.... all of which were more than decent fights, even the first Spinks fight was a pretty good fight to watch... I have to wonder how many of Ali's fights some of you guys have actually seen???...

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 22 Jan 2006, 08:45

Decagon wrote:Lennox Lewis
Carlos Monzon

I actually enjoy watching both of these fighters.

The title fight between Monzon and Briscoe is a very entertaining fight in my opinion.

ebeneezer wrote:Wilfred Benitez..

Again I have to admit at times the defencive wizard was a joy to behold.

ebeneezer wrote:(With the exception of the 3rd Frazier fight) post 1974 Muhammad Ali.

I enjoyed the two Spinks fights. And the Norton and Shavers fights wern't too bad either.

perrycarter · Post by **perrycarter** » 22 Jan 2006, 15:33

Bernard Hopkins

dr_devious · Post by **dr_devious** » 22 Jan 2006, 16:12

I dont consider Lennox Lewis to be a boring fighter. He was cautious in some of his fights, but did what he needed to win

Seamus · Post by **Seamus** » 22 Jan 2006, 17:26

Monzon boring ??? I guess that means precision fighting is boring. Wilfred Benitez is also boring if you get tired watching a guy who had radar like defense in his prime. Lennox Lewis could be boring if he didn't score a KO in the first 6 rounds.

Chuck1052 · Post by **Chuck1052** » 23 Jan 2006, 01:38

Virgil Hill was a boring fighter who was a huge drawing
card in North Dakota.

- Chuck Johnston

harrygreb · Post by **harrygreb** » 30 Jan 2006, 20:42

buster mathis snr and butterbean both wore HUGE DRAWERS J mccline's are pretty awesome too

mrbassie · Post by **mrbassie** » 30 Jan 2006, 20:56

Roy Jones

harrygreb · Post by **harrygreb** » 02 Feb 2006, 06:35

Tony Galento wasnt a boring fighter but at 244lbs had huge drawers to cover his fat ass.
Theres a story to illustrate this but i dont know how true it is. Apparantly
in 1948, some years after Galento had retired, they were staging a juniors bill at Laural Garden in Newark NJ. In the afternoon they set up the ring but someone forgot the ropes!! Fortunately, a pair of Tony's old drawers were found in the locker room at Laurel. Somehow they managed to stretch the drawers around the four posts of the ring and the event was saved, although the view for the spectators was poor. I'm told that amateur footage exists of the evening. A rather humorous moment being when one of the young guys on the bill uses the elastic of Galento's undergarments to vault into the ring. The slo-mo reveals the boy spinning in the air 12 times before making a perfect landing.

RazorKO · Post by **RazorKO** » 02 Feb 2006, 13:11

Lennox Lewis is a hideously boring fighter.

His fights with Tua and Tyson was just a pure joke and to think I stayed up at 5 AM to watch Lewis clinch an old disinterested Tyson every second. You could say that Lewis clinched more in the Tyson fight than Ruiz did in the Golota or even the Rahman fight - And they went 12 rounds!

dalek · Post by **dalek** » 02 Feb 2006, 13:20

virgil hill always seemed popular in dakota.

mattyp151 · Post by **mattyp151** » 02 Feb 2006, 13:48

dalek wrote:virgil hill always seemed popular in dakota.

I think sheep are popular in Dakota too.

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