Leon spinks is very unwell

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Re: Leon spinks is very unwell

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Nile4000 wrote: 15 Dec 2019, 17:42
Onetimeonly wrote: 15 Dec 2019, 17:22

:lol:
Well, it is true :OhYes: .
Page hitting harder than Cooney is not true, even if Young said it.
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Re: Leon spinks is very unwell

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George Chaplin is a good barometer. Dokes beat him 8-2ish, Cooney stopped him early and George soundly beat Greg twice.
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Onetimeonly wrote: 16 Dec 2019, 13:03 George Chaplin is a good barometer. Dokes beat him 8-2ish, Cooney stopped him early and George soundly beat Greg twice.
Not this again. Page won both fights closely, though the second could have been a draw. Jimmy Young was also a good barometer and Greg did better than Michael against him.
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Re: Leon spinks is very unwell

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Nile4000 wrote: 16 Dec 2019, 20:06
Onetimeonly wrote: 16 Dec 2019, 13:03 George Chaplin is a good barometer. Dokes beat him 8-2ish, Cooney stopped him early and George soundly beat Greg twice.
Not this again. Page won both fights closely, though the second could have been a draw. Jimmy Young was also a good barometer and Greg did better than Michael against him.
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Re: Leon spinks is very unwell

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Onetimeonly wrote: 16 Dec 2019, 20:06
Nile4000 wrote: 16 Dec 2019, 20:06

Not this again. Page won both fights closely, though the second could have been a draw. Jimmy Young was also a good barometer and Greg did better than Michael against him.
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Sleep aaaalllll you want, you know it's true.
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Re: Leon spinks is very unwell

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Nile4000 wrote: 16 Dec 2019, 20:08
Onetimeonly wrote: 16 Dec 2019, 20:06

:zzz:
Sleep aaaalllll you want, you know it's true.
:zzz:
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Re: Leon spinks is very unwell

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hhaehre wrote: 16 Dec 2019, 03:54
Nile4000 wrote: 15 Dec 2019, 17:42

Well, it is true :OhYes: .
Page hitting harder than Cooney is not true, even if Young said it.
One shot, yeah, but Greg had juice in both hands, something Gerry didn't have.
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Re: Leon spinks is very unwell

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Onetimeonly wrote: 16 Dec 2019, 03:11
tiny_acres wrote: 15 Dec 2019, 23:59

Page was a waste of talent. But no way was he a powerful puncher.
He didn't have pillows in his gloves, but obviously neither did dokes. Michael was just the greater talent and better fighter. His boner for Greg is raging.
Greg was the better talent, Michael had better results and connections.
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tiny_acres wrote: 15 Dec 2019, 23:59
Onetimeonly wrote: 15 Dec 2019, 21:37

Nothing you believe about page is true.
Page was a waste of talent. But no way was he a powerful puncher.
He was a very good puncher. He was definitely legit.
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Re: Leon spinks is very unwell

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Onetimeonly wrote: 15 Dec 2019, 21:37
Nile4000 wrote: 15 Dec 2019, 17:42

Well, it is true :OhYes: .
Nothing you believe about page is true.
It is, and then some :D
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Nile4000 wrote: 16 Dec 2019, 20:39
Onetimeonly wrote: 16 Dec 2019, 03:11

He didn't have pillows in his gloves, but obviously neither did dokes. Michael was just the greater talent and better fighter. His boner for Greg is raging.
Greg was the better talent, Michael had better results and connections.
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Re: Leon spinks is very unwell

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Nile4000 wrote: 16 Dec 2019, 20:43
Onetimeonly wrote: 15 Dec 2019, 21:37

Nothing you believe about page is true.
It is, and then some :D
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Onetimeonly wrote: 16 Dec 2019, 20:45
Nile4000 wrote: 16 Dec 2019, 20:43

It is, and then some :D
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Have special dreams about my homie Greg doing damage.
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Re: Leon spinks is very unwell

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Nile4000 wrote: 16 Dec 2019, 20:47
Onetimeonly wrote: 16 Dec 2019, 20:45

:zzz:
Have special dreams about my homie Greg doing damage.
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Re: Leon spinks is very unwell

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Dokes was the better fighter and had more power. I always wondered how good he could've been if not for his out of ring exploits. Page was always an afterthought to me. He had his moments early on, but proved to be mediocre.
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Re: Leon spinks is very unwell

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Nile4000 wrote: 16 Dec 2019, 20:41
tiny_acres wrote: 15 Dec 2019, 23:59

Page was a waste of talent. But no way was he a powerful puncher.
He was a very good puncher. He was definitely legit.
He had great skill. But average power
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Re: Leon spinks is very unwell

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tiny_acres wrote: 16 Dec 2019, 21:13
Nile4000 wrote: 16 Dec 2019, 20:41

He was a very good puncher. He was definitely legit.
He had great skill. But average power
Great skills? Hell no. He had good hand speed and a good chin. Power probably better than his skills.
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Re: Leon spinks is very unwell

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Dokes had more talent than Page but blew it away.

I don't give much fodder to what fighters say about other fighters, that's more of a popularity contest.
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Re: Leon spinks is very unwell

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Greg page at his best was about Muhammad Ali level in 1978..
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Re: Leon spinks is very unwell

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evrenb wrote: 17 Dec 2019, 13:25 Greg page at his best was about Muhammad Ali level in 1978..
He may have been a little better than that. Ali was crap in 78.
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Re: Leon spinks is very unwell

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Just getting back on topic. So Spinks is sufferring from prostate cancer. Reports are now saying his health is steadily improving.
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oogiebe wrote: 16 Dec 2019, 20:53 Dokes was the better fighter and had more power. I always wondered how good he could've been if not for his out of ring exploits. Page was always an afterthought to me. He had his moments early on, but proved to be mediocre.
Dokes was more serious about the game, but Page had more talent and power. Dokes was criticized early on for his punching ability. Cooney and Page were the Steve Stipanovich and Ralph Sampson of wasted talent. Dokes was the Sam Bowie of wasted talent.
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Re: Leon spinks is very unwell

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tiny_acres wrote: 16 Dec 2019, 21:13
Nile4000 wrote: 16 Dec 2019, 20:41

He was a very good puncher. He was definitely legit.
He had great skill. But average power
Dokes was the one with average power. And thought he was better than what he was.
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Re: Leon spinks is very unwell

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oogiebe wrote: 17 Dec 2019, 16:24 Just getting back on topic. So Spinks is sufferring from prostate cancer. Reports are now saying his health is steadily improving.
Happy to hear that Leon is improving :TU: .
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oogiebe wrote: 16 Dec 2019, 20:53 Dokes was the better fighter and had more power. I always wondered how good he could've been if not for his out of ring exploits. Page was always an afterthought to me. He had his moments early on, but proved to be mediocre.
He looked superb in Sun City vs Coetzee I thought.
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