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Does not fighting the best in your era in thir primes exclude u from being the best..
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Originally posted by AlexKid View PostEven if he didnt duck or hand pick opponents like many think he does, the fact that he did not face a prime pacman, DLH, etc is enough to put doubt on his legacy, especially when compared with greats from far more competitive eras, that fought all the big names.
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Originally posted by Holywarrior View PostActually Robinson clearly ducked Burley.Last edited by Rockin'; 02-25-2014, 11:05 PM.
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Originally posted by AlexKid View PostThats not ducking thats standing up like a man for what you believe in, and doing it despite massive political and social pressure. Standing up and not ducking doesn't get more personified than with Muhammad Ali.
They, and he, made full use of the idiot students and drug addicts who were roaming across the country, distracting the authorities, leaving dirt and filth behind them. Hippies....... just pure drek from which the country and the world has not yet recovered.
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Ya and thats why Muhammad Ali is still considered the GOAT. Bcause he fought everyone AND multiple times. Plus, he made boxing a popular sport instead of kind of underground like what it is now with peopel not knowing other fighters besides may n pac.
Its like why people consider Michael Jordan the GOAT because he had to beat the best of is era multiple times to get to the top like ewing, malone, reggie, barkley, magic, isiah, etc.
Mayweather if he retires after beating maidana, khan, danny garcia, thurman
He will still not be remembered as the greatest. One of the greats btu not thee
I say onyl way he achies that is if he goes on to beat maidana, beat pacquiao or bradley in the fall, beat sergio martinez next spring (if he gets past cotto) n beats wos ever hot welterweight at his ast fight.
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Originally posted by AlexKid View Post... of all time?
Take for example Mayweather jr not fighting pacman etc, or lennox lewis not fighting a prime tyson, bowe, or holyfield
Well it may be due to ducking or it may not be the fighters fault, but either way if you dont fight and beat the best in your era in their primes then the greats from other eras have already beaten you because they have already beaten the best in their era without ducking or avoiding the other big threats though misfortune or calculating cowardice.
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Lewis fought a still very good version of Holyfield and beat the shyt out of a huge amount of good fighters.
Lennox destroys Wlad. H2H, resume to resume.
Deal with it racist.
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Look at the body of work...it's very rare to see two prime atg fight
in 45 fights Mayweather has beat better comp overall than guys with double or triple his amount of fights and won four lineal titles
in the big 3(wbc, Wba, ibf) era he has beat more champions and titlists than Duran, hearns, JCC, Whitaker, Morales, leonard,Pacquiao, etc
Leonard beat prime greats, none of the other did....nor did ray Robinson, Armstrong, arguello
It's rare most atg loose to guys not on their level if they were prime like all the aforementioned fighters
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