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  • THEBADBOY BG
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    #11
    Originally posted by Nickman949
    A great fighter has to meet and beat the best.
    something floyd doesnt do...

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      #12
      Originally posted by THEBADBOY BG
      to tell u the true i do consider ali great but i dont consider sweat pea great...
      but ali style composed of "running" he never stood and trade he hit and moved( like pbf does) and why dont u consider sweet pea great?

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        #13
        Originally posted by Nickman949
        A great fighter has to meet and beat the best.
        Originally posted by siablo14
        but ali style composed of "running" he never stood and trade he hit and moved( like pbf does) and why dont u consider sweet pea great?
        yes but ali faught the best outhere floyd doesnt do that.

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          #14
          Originally posted by THEBADBOY BG
          something floyd doesnt do...
          well if pbf retires after the dlh fight he will not be as great as he thinks, but if does not retire i think he will face the fighters u want him to face which i assume i margarito right?

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            #15
            Originally posted by THEBADBOY BG
            yes but ali faught the best outhere floyd doesnt do that.
            the reason why pbf has not face some fighters is because if u look he does not stay very long in a certain weightclass he keeps moving up.

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              #16
              Originally posted by THEBADBOY BG
              Fighters that step in the ring to fight not to run like floyd...
              Exactly. Good insight.

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              • Gareth Ivanovic
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                #17
                Originally posted by Nickman949
                A great fighter has to meet and beat the best.
                Exactly. To me a great fighter consistently comes through in the big fights, whether they are title fights or against big name opponents.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by siablo14
                  well if pbf retires after the dlh fight he will not be as great as he thinks, but if does not retire i think he will face the fighters u want him to face which i assume i margarito right?
                  yes i like floyd but i want him to fight all the good young fighters you know how could he say hes the best if he hasnt done that.

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by Joartcc3
                    Exactly. Good insight.
                    As for all the blind PBF fans. Get ready to be creamed.

                    What makes a fighter great? The answer is simple yet extremely difficult to achieve.

                    Greatness in boxing is achieved by fighting the best and shutting up all critics by taking on the challenges before him. His wins are not characterized by gift decisions but by convincing fashion.

                    It's perfectly ok to talk trash, but a true great is permitted to talk trash only if he can live up to it. ALI TALKED A LOT OF TRASH in his time, but he commanded respect and when he talked, people listen because he lives up to it. PBF talks a lot of **** insulting someone to the bone yet runs like a chicken when challenged. That act commands disdain and should be castigated to the highest level. True greats doesn't open their mouth without validating it with their fists.

                    Greatness is not measured by the number of belts. One can have belts against noobs and on paper it may seem that it is an impressive resume. But at the end of the day, one will be asked, "WHO HAS YOU BEATEN AND HOW DID YOU BEAT THEM?"

                    Not belts.

                    Not shallow accolades impressive only on paper.

                    I am amazed that a lot of our so-called boxing critics does not realize this. This just proves that those critics does not deserve to be one as they do not even know the definition of greatness.

                    And lastly, PBF is not great, he is good, but good only against sub-par competition. The criteria of greatness has been measured on him and he has MISERABLY failed to live up to it. he opens his mouth like he's Superman yet runs like a coward making ****** excuses here and there. That is not a sign of greatness, but only of ******ity and egoism.

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by IncuFan
                      Exactly. To me a great fighter consistently comes through in the big fights, whether they are title fights or against big name opponents.
                      It's good to see you're coming along.

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