Great fighters who got better the longer the fight went on

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  • 1SILVA
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    Great fighters who got better the longer the fight went on

    In your opinion, who are some of the greats who got better as the fight progressed. I will list 10 names. Can the board add who they thonk got better?

    Ali
    Leonard
    Matthew Saad Muhammad
    Danny Lopez
    Alexis Arguello
    PacMan
    Chavez
    Whitaker
    Duran
    Holyfield
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    Arthur Abraham is a recent one who springs to mind.

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    • 1SILVA
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      #3
      Originally posted by John-Locke-9-22
      Arthur Abraham is a recent one who springs to mind.
      Excellent choice. Bernard Hopkins as well.

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      • J.R
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        #4
        Originally posted by 1SILVA
        Excellent choice. Bernard Hopkins as well.
        Hopkins is a good one, a master at his trade. Hmmm who else. Maybe Chris Eubank?

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          Originally posted by John-Locke-9-22
          Hopkins is a good one, a master at his trade. Hmmm who else. Maybe Chris Eubank?
          Jake LaMotta and Rocky Maricano I forgot to mention, as well as Salvador Sanchez

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          • J.R
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            #6
            Originally posted by 1SILVA
            Jake LaMotta and Rocky Maricano I forgot to mention, as well as Salvador Sanchez
            LaMotta definitely, unfamiliar with Sanchez, worth watching?

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            • Dynamite Kid
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              #7
              Nobody embodies this more than Alexis Arguello imo.

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                Salvador Sanchez, Juan Manuel Marquez, Floyd Mayweather

                Many technical fighters are often slow starters

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                  #9
                  Joe Frazier

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                  • oldgringo
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                    James Toney often got better as the fight progressed. His fights with Nunn, Charles Williams, Reggie Johnson, Mike McCallum, Vassiliy Jirov, among others, proved this. He is one of those special fighters who could fight well on experience and instinct when he was tired.

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