Collection of Best I've faced/trained (Ring Magazine)

[ironfist05]

The Azumah Nelson link takes you to the Ronnie Shields story.

thanks, fixed that

 

[nastyleft]

Mr Left has already begun to absorb long ago Mr Fist. He is sprouting as we speak.

The herbs of knowledge have been marinating my existence since the moment they were rubbed onto my flesh.

 

[ironfist05]

Duran added, as well as a few others

 

[Seano]

Duran's is weird. I find it hard to accept that Buchanan was more skillful than Leonard or the De Jesus was a better puncher than Hearns. No mention of Benitez either, who completely shut Duran down.

 

[Helmut Zemo]

For Duran, I would go with:

Best skills: Marcel
Best jab: Buchanan or Hearns
Best defence: Benitez
Best chin: Hagler, HM to Buchanan
Best puncher: Hearns
Fastest hands: Leonard
Best feet: Marcel
Smartest: Leonard
Strongest: Hagler
Best Overall: Hagler or Leonard

 

[ironfist05]

Duran's is weird. I find it hard to accept that Buchanan was more skillful than Leonard or the De Jesus was a better puncher than Hearns. No mention of Benitez either, who completely shut Duran down.

yeah, same with me, but like I said earlier in this thread, personality has a lot to do with it, Duran is stubborn and is given to talking up certain fighters and talking others down, just like anybody else

 

[ironfist05]

Pryor and some others

 

[stuff jones]

Thanks. A lot of dead links though.

 

[ironfist05]

Thanks. A lot of dead links though.

I'll fix those

 

[Sebbe]

90% dead links. Great thread idea though @ironfist05. Was looking forward to reading a lot of them.

 

[ironfist05]

90% dead links. Great thread idea though @ironfist05. Was looking forward to reading a lot of them.

fixed the ones that I could find links to

 

[5acrossYOeye]

None of this testing stuff would've mattered had Manny just trained in ocean water. Didn't need an approval for that!

 

[ironfist05]

Bump

Fenech, Finito, Tokuyama, Zaragoza and some more

 

[ironfist05]

Juan LaPorte (has a lot of top fighters listed, like Nelson, Pedroza, Sanchez, Chavez, Gomez and many others)

and Paulie, which is always fun

Spinks and Bute too

 

[ironfist05]

Raul Marquez, Holyfield, Michalczewski, Rafa Marquez, and Salido

 

[MC Paul Barman]

Another great one:

Evander Holyfield - My Toughest Opponents

 

[ironfist05]

^317 million views... jesus christ

 

[ironfist05]

Guerrero, Pavlik, SRL, Mugabi, Barkley, Zapata, and McGuigan

 

[moosaev]

LOL @ Carl Froch saying Mikel Kessller is the best he's faced. Bitter motherfucker.

 

[Sunfish]

LOL @ Carl Froch saying Mikel Kessller is the best he's faced. Bitter motherfucker.

I don't think he appreciates the smothering and use of head as third fist. Carl's speciality was in fighting and ward was all wrong. He's said that because Kessler would stand and bang.