View Full Version : who was the best fighter of the 60s?


azza
04-09-2008, 11:48 AM
Tell me, im interested, my knowledge doesn't go back that far and i want it too :lol1:

Sugarj
04-09-2008, 11:50 AM
A man called Muhammad Ali.

azza
04-09-2008, 11:53 AM
really? never heard of him :lol1: joking .. name all the best of that era, i will know of fighters from the 60s just not much about them besides ali

TheGreatA
04-09-2008, 01:37 PM
http://coxscorner.tripod.com/1960Frame1Source1.htm

This should give you some information.

Honorable Mentions: Nino Benvenuti, Flash Elorde, Emile Griffith, Fighting Harada, Eder Jofre, Carlos Ortiz, Dick Tiger.

Sugarj
04-09-2008, 06:25 PM
Bob Foster.

Thread Stealer
04-09-2008, 06:38 PM
The 3 names that came to mind are Jofre, Ali, and Griffith.

luke_ski
04-09-2008, 07:15 PM
You can throw Floyd Patterson in for the first couple years, but realistically, Ali was the king. The early to mid 70s was really when boxing reached another golden age.

HopeFalcon
04-10-2008, 08:48 PM
Joe Frazier

elozano4408
04-27-2008, 10:44 PM
Bruce Lee was the Best in the 60's and the 70's!Joe Frazier

~Lucky13~
04-27-2008, 10:48 PM
Popkins!!!
He's Older Than The Tree In Front Of My House And Trust Me, That Tree Is Old...

OMEGA PRIME
04-27-2008, 11:11 PM
probably ali.but we got to remember much of his greatness was cemented in the 70's.