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The Golden Era of boxing early 70's thru Tyson's heyday, provided for great boxing matchups, with a hard core heavyweight gauntlet division. This is who was around the corner for you in the heavyweight division in the 70s: By the way, no ranking other than Ali#1
Ali
Jimmy Young
George Foreman
Leon Spinks (and later Michael)
Smokin Joe
Frickin Ken Norton ( busted Ali up bad)
Jerry Quarry
Ernie Shavers (said to be one of the hardest hitters ever)
* My dad was a Ron Lyle fan but I did not actually see him fight. Respect nevertheless.

Edit: in the 70s
 
1) Ali
2) Joe Frazier
3) Roberto Duran
4) Sugar Ray Leonard
5) Marvin Hagler

Reading suggestion: One of the Best Boxing Books of all time "Boxing Kings" (the history of Heavyweight Boxing from the beginning to Tyson)
 
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tyson all day

i hate boxing,brutal sport. i only watched it when tyson was on. the champ delivered
 
1: "The Greatest" Muhammad Ali
2: Teofilo Stevenson, The Cuban Assasin. It's a crime and a shame to the sport of boxing that Stevenson and Ali never met in the ring.
3: Sugar Ray Leonard
4: Rocky Balboa. I've seen every one of his fights, from the comfort of my living room couch.
5: Joe Frazier. No one ever had to chase "Smokin Joe". He chased you.

 
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Interesting how Tommy Hearns isn't on more of these lists. The guy was electric even when he lost......oh and he got robbed by the Sugar Ray "draw". His utter thrashing of Duran was one of those fights where you remembered where you were when ya saw it.
 
  • Muhammad Ali - the Greatest, no explanation needed
  • Marvin Hagler - took the long, winding path to the top; legendary work ethic; classic fights
  • Joe Calzaghe - a winner, pure and simple; very underrated and underappreciated
  • Andre Ward - superb ring intelligence; master technician; great family man
  • GGG - one of the hardest pure punchers ever; granite chin; fan friendly style, "this is boxing"
 
Waquoit said:
Because Hearns was the perceived heel at the time. I'm sorry I fell for it.
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Only fight I remember Hearns being the "heel" would have been against Leonard. And that's not unexpected. I'm a bit too young to remember the behind the scene narratives but I didn't think Hearns was a heel against Hagler and I was rooting for Hagler. Same for Duran or any other big fight for Hearns.
My memory of Hearns was that of a long, lanky kid always getting in to the ring against physically stronger fighters.
 
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Chin Diesel said:
Only fight I remember Hearns being the "heel" would have been against Leonard. And that's not unexpected. I'm a bit too young to remember the behind the scene narratives but I didn't think Hearns was a heel against Hagler and I was rooting for Hagler. Same for Duran or any other big fight for Hearns.
My memory of Hearns was that of a long, lanky kid always getting in to the ring against physically stronger fighters.
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Hearns had that Bruce Lee like power. Summoning all his muscle with each punch. He just had gifted power if you will.

I thougt he fought Ray too early, but nonetheless he messed up Sugar Ray's eye forever. Had he had waited a year or so, and gained some distance (late round boxing) experience he would have been unbeatable. I followed his whole career and saw greatness very early.

With that said Marvin Hagler kicked his arse. Hearns went up in division and paid a price partly because big boys hit harder and can take little boy's punches, at least until the fighter adjusts to the new weight class.

Goes to show you the level and number of great boxers back in the days.
 
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Kitaman said:
Hearns had that Bruce Lee like power. Summoning all his muscle with each punch. He just had gifted power if you will.

I think he fought Ray too early, but nonetheless he messed up Sugar Ray's eye forever. Had he had waited a year or so, and gained some distance (late round boxing) experience he would have been unbeatable. I followed his whole career and saw greatness very early.

With that said Marvin Hagler kicked his arse. Hearns went up in division and paid a price partly because big boys hit harder and can take little boy's punches at least until the fighter adjusts to the new weight class.

Goes to show you the level and number of great boxers back in the days.
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I'm hit and miss on Hitman's fight history. Some I remember clearly- Hagler because it was awesome and the second Sugar Ray fight because it was BS. But I don't have any memory of Hitman v Sugar Ray I or Hitman v. Duran.

Which brings me to my random rant. ESPN did awesome with the Top Rank catalog but they were showing the fight result on the scrolling bar at the bottom of the TV. Now I realize anyone with a cell phone can Google the result but some of them I honestly hadn't remembered the winner and wanted to watch just to see the result. Keep the result of the fight off the scroll. Thank you. I'm going back to watching weather radar now.
 
RayIsTheGOAT said:
People ENJOY watching Floyd Mayweather? Wild
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If you are a hardcore boxing fan you can appreciate how technically sound/superior he is. He's an absolute magician in the ring it's a thing of beauty. Most people find him boring but that's cause they don't understand he is a counter puncher and wins by purely out boxing his opponents. He could be more offensive but why would he when he could mitigate taking hits and still win
 
methodology said:
If you are a hardcore boxing fan you can appreciate how technically sound/superior he is. He's an absolute magician in the ring it's a thing of beauty. Most people find him boring but that's cause they don't understand he is a counter puncher and wins by purely out boxing his opponents. He could be more offensive but why would he when he could mitigate taking hits and still win
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As a hardcore casual fan who watches maybe 1 big fight every couple of years, I can appreciate how incredible his defensive abilities are, but it’s not entertaining to a casual observer. But his skill level and ability is completely separate from entertainment level.

I would’ve assumed hardcore boxing fans are sort of “anti-Floyd”, but I don’t know enough.
 
RayIsTheGOAT said:
As a hardcore casual fan who watches maybe 1 big fight every couple of years, I can appreciate how incredible his defensive abilities are, but it’s not entertaining to a casual observer. But his skill level and ability is completely separate from entertainment level.

I would’ve assumed hardcore boxing fans are sort of “anti-Floyd”, but I don’t know enough.
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He fights within the rules, which are boring.

They need to change the points to increase when engaging an opponent. Floyd can run all day in a ring and win with points, not his fault that he mastered the system, but his fights are dull
 
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Ron Pallilo (Horshack) UConn grad
Danny Bonaduce
Jose Canseco
Tonya Harding
Vanilla Ice
 
TyroneShoo said:
Interesting how Tommy Hearns isn't on more of these lists. The guy was electric even when he lost......oh and he got robbed by the Sugar Ray "draw". His utter thrashing of Duran was one of those fights where you remembered where you were when ya saw it.
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Kitaman said:
Hearns had that Bruce Lee like power. Summoning all his muscle with each punch. He just had gifted power if you will.

I thougt he fought Ray too early, but nonetheless he messed up Sugar Ray's eye forever. Had he had waited a year or so, and gained some distance (late round boxing) experience he would have been unbeatable. I followed his whole career and saw greatness very early.

With that said Marvin Hagler kicked his arse. Hearns went up in division and paid a price partly because big boys hit harder and can take little boy's punches, at least until the fighter adjusts to the new weight class.

Goes to show you the level and number of great boxers back in the days.
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Had an emergency email this morning with a "you must complete this online, self-paced video training with no tests" from a supervisor this morning. So, I put on the Hearns v Duran fight on my cell phone. Now I really can't believe I don't remember that fight because that right cross from Hearns just melted Duran. Absolutely one of the better one punch KO's topped off with fighter just wilting and falling forward.
 
B1GEast said:
He fights within the rules, which are boring.

They need to change the points to increase when engaging an opponent. Floyd can run all day in a ring and win with points, not his fault that he mastered the system, but his fights are dull
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I also think that, as he aged, he went from masterful head and body movement and superior counterpunching to very good counterpunching, and grabbing/tying up his opponent if he got inside. Effective, but frustratingly ugly.

Hopkins is another one who just tied up anyone who got in punching range. I hated watching him fight.
 
methodology said:
If you are a hardcore boxing fan you can appreciate how technically sound/superior he is. He's an absolute magician in the ring it's a thing of beauty. Most people find him boring but that's cause they don't understand he is a counter puncher and wins by purely out boxing his opponents. He could be more offensive but why would he when he could mitigate taking hits and still win
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I love that whenever anyone says Mayweather isn't fun to watch, they get a lesson from a boxing "expert" on what they're missing.

Maybe he's just not fun to watch regardless of his "technical boxing" skillset?
 
Most people watch boxing to see two fighters fight,not to watch someone throw jabs and run all night,never enjoyed a mayweather fight.people paid to see it too, smh.hagler vs ggg would have been a show fans would love to see
 
Deepster said:
I love that whenever anyone says Mayweather isn't fun to watch, they get a lesson from a boxing "expert" on what they're missing.

Maybe he's just not fun to watch regardless of his "technical boxing" skillset?
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I've only watched his highlights, mostly because I was cured of my boxing fanaticism. For one who never watched a whole fight of his, can you recommend a match to watch? I've got time.
 
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