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04-06-2016, 06:24
(This post was last modified: 04-06-2016, 06:30 by CRAZY-HORSE.)
I know its not music but the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time (IMO) has died
age 74...
heres a clip of some of his greatest highlights:
[video=youtube;6igy7hmildM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6igy7hmildM[/video]
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They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
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and Ali in the ring:
[video=youtube;C_fEIVwjrew]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_fEIVwjrew[/video]
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
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My totally favourite boxer of all time! Rest peacefully Muhammad!
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No denying he was a great boxer and by all accounts a great humanitarian as well. RIP. I don't really follow boxing because I think it is a crazy sport but the one I always admired was Roberto Duran. He held 4 titles in 4 different weight divisions. (Losing and gaining weight in order to fight in those divisions) If you get a chance read his bio on Wiki. Not trying to take anything away from MA, but in my book RD had more nerve and guts than any other boxer I know of. Can't remember who he was fighting at the time, but he was beaten to a within an inch of his life but refused to go down in the ring, instead clinging on through sheer willpower. Don't know how he managed to do it.
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^ Yes J man! Duran was definitely a tenacious pugilist who could take a tremendous shellacking but still managed to survive or even win! I loved watching his fights!
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thanks for that Jerome...
my dad rates Duran as the best boxer he ever saw fight...
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
