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3. Holmes 4. Foreman 5. Marciano 6. Frazier 7. Liston 8. Dempsey 9. Tunney 10.
Bowe.Just below the top ten would be Lennox Lewis, Holyfield, and Tyson.
I am going by how good I think fighters were at their very best, no matter if
their very best in prime years were not long. An exception to this would be
Buster Douglas who had one great fight, verses Tyson because one great fight is
not measured in years. This would also leave off fighters such as Hasim Rahman
and Oliver McCall, who both had knockout wins over L.Lewis but who lost in
rematches with Lewis.Although Rahman's story may not have completely
written yet as he may be a late bloomer. He really looked good in his last
fight verses Kali Meehan. I look for Rahman to be a sleeper in the current mix
and if he cleans up the division by beating the Klitschko brothers, Byrd, Ruiz
(who he really beat no matter what the judges said) or whoever else is put in
front of him, then his rating could move close to the top ten.|
|3/6/05 08:49:04 PM|Fan|Fandom||Fan@Fandom.com||||10|Of course also Joe Louis
would have beaten Frazier too. My mistake.|
|3/6/05 08:59:16 PM|Fan |USA ||yes||||10| Frazier - slow starter; Cooney - huge
puncher with many early KO's; i.e. Gerry's puncher's chance similar to Shavers'.
After a few rounds, it's probably Frazier. Holmes over Joe, one way or the
other. |
|3/7/05 02:59:00 AM|Massimo |Roma||4||||10|I'm not that sure that Joe Louis
would have beaten Joe Frazier. He almost got his ass whipped by Tommy Farr and
Billy Conn. I can see no Billy Conn and no Tommy Farr whipping Joe Frazier. As
far as boxing skills go (good English !) Louis was much better than Frazier and
probably hit a little harder, but he wasn't as tough as Joe Frazier. In a "guts
battle" Joe Frazier would have won. I aint saying that Joe Louis wasn't a
warrior ! As he showed for instance in his fight against Ezzard Charles, he was
a lion ! But Joe Frazier was two lions. |
|3/7/05 08:47:16 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|FOLKS, I AM
POSTING A MESSAGE I GOT FROM ALEX RAMOS OF THE RETIRED BOXERS FOUNDATION ABOUT A
BOXING MOVIE WITH A LIMITED DISTRIBUTION. I HOPE YOU CAN SEE THIS MOVIE IN YOUR
AREA, IF IT IS THERE. I WILL BE MAKING THE DRIVE TO LOS ANGELES FOR A SHOWING
AROUND 8 PM, OR CLOSEST TO THIS TIME. ALSO, IF IT GETS WIDER DISTRIBUTION, THEN
I HOPE YOU CAN SEE IT THEN.Retired Boxers Foundation Promotes Rick
Schroder’s Movie: “Black Cloud”Retired Boxers Foundation Calls Rick
Schroeder’s Independent Film-- “Black Cloud”—A Real Drama of Life in the
Flesh(Two Page Press Release + Movie Information-May be reproduced and
posted)FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 7, 2005 [Simi Valley, CA]
Alex “The Bronx Bomber” Ramos, Founder and President of the Retired Boxers
Foundation, announced today that the Retired Boxers Foundation is undertaking an
unusual tact to promote the true heart and soul of boxing by publicly supporting
Actor Rick Schroder’s directorial debut of an inspiring drama—“Black Cloud.”
Black Cloud is a movie about boxing, a real drama of “life in the flesh.” The
movie, opening in selected theaters on March 11, 2005, is about Black Cloud
(Eddie Spears), a spirited young boxer who backs down from no one. “This
movie speaks to me and every boxer who has entered the ring with conviction, “
said Ramos. “Real fighters know boxing isn’t just about knocking somebody out—
it ain’t about street thugs and violence. It’s about our hearts and our
determination to climb that mountain to a better place in life—out of the
ghettos and the barrios and the streets.” The trailer for “Black Cloud” says,
“The will of a warrior. The heart of a champion.” This pretty much sums up
boxing for the real boxers,” continued Ramos. “Personally, I heard one line in
that movie that tells me that Rick Schroder knows what he’s doing with this
movie: “You have to lose yourself before you can find yourself.” This is a
movie about becoming a man as much as it is about becoming a champion. The
Retired Boxers Foundation and the thousands of fighters we represent will be
there for Rick and for the movie, which will educate the public about the heart
of the boxers who risk everything –the ones who fight with conviction.”