Boxers with Great Heart: Who Are They?

[Nautilus]

Pac - Morales is the fist fest i'm waiting for

that would be awesome

[grayfist]

Boxers with a great heart. If that means the ones who pick themselves up after KD's to take some more, the ones that come to mind are:

1-CHRISTY WILLIAMS- Against Battling Nelson in Hot Springs, Arkansas (1902), Williams was decked 42 times before Nelson put him away for good in the 17th round!Williams also decked Nelson 7 times in a bout that went down in history as the one with the most number of KDs under the Queensberry Rules!

2-JOE GRIM- born Saverio Giannone, weighed only 165lbs, but fought the likes of Joe Gans (lightweight) and Jack Johnson (Heavyweight). Johnson floored Grim 20 times in 6 rounds while Bob Fitzsimmons dumped Grim 17 times also in 6 rounds!

And, if having a big heart also means the capacity to get a beating ( without any KD) and yet seemingly beg for more, then I'll add:

3-Randall "Tex" Cobb- whose capacity to absorb punishment and just go on fighting with nothing more than HEART was best illustrated in his fight against Larry Holmes-- a fight so one-sided and so ugly for Cobb, that the late Howard Cossel quit covering boxing on TV for good! Cobb also won against Ernie Shavers in 8 rounds, but only after having been mauled by Shavers through 7 rounds!

I don't think any of the current crop of fighters can touch these guys when it comes to HEART!

[Hurlex]

aww yeas...so forget it my new list is
1-Gatti
2-ward
3-Mayorga
4-corrales/MAB
5-Morales/JMM

[TheGreat1]

1-Gatti
2-Ward
3-Mayorga
4-(i hate him but heart he has)Diego Corrales
5-Kosta T...i know there another ( 5 ) out there i cant think of anyone else thought right now...dont anyone dare say DLH or Tito

how could u not enclude Holy?

[TheGreat1]

Boxers with a great heart. If that means the ones who pick themselves up after KD's to take some more, the ones that come to mind are:

1-CHRISTY WILLIAMS- Against Battling Nelson in Hot Springs, Arkansas (1902), Williams was decked 42 times before Nelson put him away for good in the 17th round!Williams also decked Nelson 7 times in a bout that went down in history as the one with the most number of KDs under the Queensberry Rules!

2-JOE GRIM- born Saverio Giannone, weighed only 165lbs, but fought the likes of Joe Gans (lightweight) and Jack Johnson (Heavyweight). Johnson floored Grim 20 times in 6 rounds while Bob Fitzsimmons dumped Grim 17 times also in 6 rounds!

And, if having a big heart also means the capacity to get a beating ( without any KD) and yet seemingly beg for more, then I'll add:

3-Randall "Tex" Cobb- whose capacity to absorb punishment and just go on fighting with nothing more than HEART was best illustrated in his fight against Larry Holmes-- a fight so one-sided and so ugly for Cobb, that the late Howard Cossel quit covering boxing on TV for good! Cobb also won against Ernie Shavers in 8 rounds, but only after having been mauled by Shavers through 7 rounds!

I don't think any of the current crop of fighters can touch these guys when it comes to HEART!

i disagree, Brewster is tough as nails, the only difference between him and the guys you names is Brewster won't go down, and will still continue to win the fight against bigger stronger guys.

[NAB]

Gatti
Tszyu
Jirov

[grayfist]

i disagree, Brewster is tough as nails, the only difference between him and the guys you names is Brewster won't go down, and will still continue to win the fight against bigger stronger guys.

The closest Brewster would be to is Cobb, who didn't go down either, even as he faced the biggest hitters of his era. But then if one talks about really tough guys---not just heart but chin, et al--- one has to mention George Chuvalo, whom Nat Fletcher-- often referred to as the Father of Modern Boxing Journalism-- dubbed as the toughest Heavyweight ever. In 97, yes, 97 fights, Chuvalo never kissed the canvass; never even came close to it. Both Joe Frazier and George Foreman stopped him, but on cuts. The late Rocky Marciano, another tough cookie who should know what he was talking about, said, "If they still fought bare-knuckle, George would reign champion for the next twenty years!"
I don't think Brewster can touch that, could he?

[Silver_wing]

If you are a patriot, you have heart!!!

[J !]

PAST
ALI, FRAZIER, JAKE LA MOTTA, RANDY TURPIN, MICKY WARD


Present
WILLIAMS (What other fighter disclocated his shoulder four times continued and won, for that alone he makes the list)
HOLYFIELD
MORALES
GATTI
MARQUEZ (JM).

both list arent in a particular order.

[Ivansmamma]

Holyfield and Brewster.