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Stanley Ketchel

His name was Caroachio, Eduardo Caroachio.

Kelly Burden (Brian Kelly)

dberry wrote:His name was Caroachio, Eduardo Caroachio.

...of the upper-East Side, I believe.

dberry wrote:His name was Caroachio, Eduardo Caroachio.

He's pretty good, I'm a big fan of Art Vanderlay myself.

The Pennypacker vs. Varnson wars were the highlight of the times, though.

Barry Tompkins: "...& this time, advantage Varnson!"

An unforgettable broadcasting moment in the heat of battle.

Smokin' Joe Frazier, one of the purest warriors and best sportsman to ever set foot in the ring.

Archie Moore

Billy Conn

Rocky Marciano

But in recent times, Ricky Hatton

Roberto Duran by far my favorite one.

Salvador Sanchez and JCC.

Today is Marvin Hagler, but tomorrow could be another one. One thing for sure is Hagler is one of my all-time favorites.

I really liked Victor Galindez, because he looked like a fighter but he was actually more of a boxer, a clever, remarkably tough individual.

Mike Tyson!

elmersalsa wrote:Roberto Duran by far my favorite one.

You seem to maintain a pretty objective viewpoint in spite of your bias. I think we disagree about just how evenly matched Duran and Hearns were. My take is that the outcome of that fight was a fluke. I believe you think it would be repeated in any follow up encounters. I see Duran as capable of frustrating Tommy and slipping his punches on average and would be more likely to win than lose. And Duran does not top my list of favorites, I do however believe he had top skills and intelligence. He surely had a bad night with Hearns! lol.

BoxBuzz wrote:

elmersalsa wrote:Roberto Duran by far my favorite one.

You seem to maintain a pretty objective viewpoint in spite of your bias. I think we disagree about just how evenly matched Duran and Hearns were. My take is that the outcome of that fight was a fluke. I believe you think it would be repeated in any follow up encounters. I see Duran as capable of frustrating Tommy and slipping his punches on average and would be more likely to win than lose. And Duran does not top my list of favorites, I do however believe he had top skills and intelligence. He surely had a bad night with Hearns! lol.

Duran had an off night, yes. But Hearns was all wrong (style wise) for Duran. THe could fight at 154 ten times and Hearns would win 'em all.

Sugar Ray Robinson the man had it all, nothing more to say

This is hard for me to say, but I think it's probably George Foreman, I grew up watching him as an old guy winning the HW championship but my dad made sure to show me old footage of him as a young man obliterating guys. I was fascinated that somebody could still fight so good after so many years. He was kind of like a Beowulf type character.

Sounds like you'd appreciate Archie Moore as well, read up on his career.....

BoxBuzz wrote:Sounds like you'd appreciate Archie Moore as well, read up on his career.....

I admit I have seen and read a little bit about Moore (Bert Sugar can be good for some things despite many interesting opinions about him) but haven't really gone in-depth. Sometime soon I'll try to do some research on him because I find older elite fighters to be an interesting case study. I was fascinated by Daniel Zaragoza for the same reason since sub-Lightweights tend to burn out by age 30 because of inherent aging, slowing, and weight gain leading to fighting naturally bigger, stronger, younger opponents.

Foreman is one of those guys I grew up with though, so he holds a pretty special place in my mind as when you're a kid the world seems a lot more grand and amazing. So aside from Big George, I hold sentimentality toward the other big stars of the early-mid 90's like Bowe, Holyfield, Tyson, De La Hoya, Chavez, Carbajal, etc.

I think Moore inspired George to think about taking the right path. George was wearing a black hat for a long time in his life, and he found the will to trade in his hat. Moore was a part of that I.M.H.O. Foreman should be an inspiration for anyone with an ear for a success story. He may have a temper to this day, but I'm convinced he keeps his own ear open for his better angels to get through to him. And he listens to them.

In a world where many of us a are turning a deaf ear to doing the right thing, you could do a lot worse than be inspired by and then attempt to follow George's lead.

Henry Armstrong

I posted Conn earlier, but really,favorites of mine would have to be guys Ive known and invested energy in really rooting for.
Johnny Heard was for sure a favorite. Henry Sims also.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZdLJAYzV9M

The most exciting fighter I've ever seen and he always put entertainment first. I'd love to hear a story about the hitman not fighting someone because he needed more money, or they didn't have a name or that they needed a blood test, etc........

P.S. I hope hatton was drunk and wired when he took on that nickname. Disgraceful!