Where would Nikolay Valuev's place be in history if he beats Marciano's record?
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He'll get a mention alright but he doesn't have that 'aura' that we associate with Marciano.\n\nPS; I remember there was a heavyweight (or light heavy weight) who went something like 48-0, was it Michael Spinks, before he stepped up for another fight and lost? you can give me the answer in email or IM.
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I'd love to see Klitschko work inside on Valuev, but I see a bunch of nobodies fighting him for a while until he (Valuev) can harness his size.  I could see Calvin Brock in Wlad's future.  But we'll have to see how he does against Ibrigamov.  It's about time Brock gets tested, as well as Ibrigamov, both undefeated.
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It's a possibility. The larger fighter has a natural advantage and almost always wins. The only real obstacle I see is Wladimir Klitschko, which would be a great matchup.\n\nThe biggest problem, though, would be unifying the alphabet belts since most boxing organizations will not even rank someone who has a title from one of the other organizations (Valuev has the WBA title). The only way unification bouts could be made would be if there was enough interest and enough money in a fight for the organizations to decide to sanction it. This is especially difficult since most people think of Valuev as being slow with nothing in his arsenal other than the jab. Nikolai definitely needs to get on tv first (he's only been shown on pay-per-view here in the States) and have an exciting enough bout to get the public's attention. Then he might get a shot.
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Of heavyweights, I would have to say Rocky Marciano, the only heavyweight champion to retire undefeated. It is true that Joe Louis held the title for twelve years, but he rarely defended his title against anyone who had a chance to beat him. Even he referred to most of his title defenses as the 'Bum of the Month Club'.
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Yeah, probably, at least according to his numbers posted in the steroid/HGH era (ca. 1986 - present).  But then again, considering all that has been discovered over the past two seaons, I have the strong right to wonder if he were/is probably on some illegal performance enhancer himself.  So I would be hesitant to put his name on the top of the list.  In fact, I don't think any player of this same era should have any record in the record books, considering that there is just way too much of a cloud of doubt surrounding just about every single baseball star who has played during this period.  \n\nPersonally, I find it kind of strange that Clemens seemed to be on the decline of his career in the early-to-mid 90s only to re-surface as an amazingly dominant pitcher again a few years later with Toronto.  I mean, the Red Sox must have known that he was on his way out -- sure, teams make mistakes all the time (and the 1990s Red Sox weren't exactly the smartest team around), but not to the point where an organization would have been so entirely, utterly wrong about the future of a franchise player.  It's all just too fishy.  So, that said, I don't think we can ever really judge the extent of Clemens' "greatness".  Which, by the way, is the same reason why I'm not sure how easy it is to gauge any player's "greatness", because many "great" players have either found ways around the rules (corked bats, spit-ball pitchers, etc.) or have just benefitted from favorable conditions unavailable to players of other generations (such as pitchers during the dead-ball era, or sluggers during the Coors Field/Jose Canseco "juiced" era).
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i'd have to give the nod to pretty boy floyd. his combanation of speed and the added power cannot be matched at this time. look at his destruction of got-ti, and he hurt his right hand in the baldomir fight. i even give him the win against golden boy in may. floyd has no competition. the only thing that can beat floyd is floyd
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Not the Best, but definitely one of the world's best !! All the Big Teams wanted him, being born and raised in Roma ... he is 100% Romanista and deservingly the golden child of Roma!! He is a play maker, goal scorer and leader !! Forza Totti & Forza Roma !!
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I would say yes, if he was firing on all guns. I don't think anyone can beat him when he plays at the top, not anyone, Hope he wins the world championships. Come on Ronnie.
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As other people have said, the record doesn't mean much if the guys he beat were tomato cans.  About 20 years ago, there was a middleweight named John "The Beast" Mugabi who had a similar record.  He fought Marvin Hagler and promptly got pasted.  Not saying the guy isn't any good, just that you should take inflated records with a grain of salt.
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Yup, great fighter. I remember him from the '84 Olympics. I saw him fight (and lose to) Tommy Hearns at Caesars Palace for the WBA Light Heavyweight Title in '91...He should have hung 'em up after losing to Michalczewski and Jones Jr. in succession, cause all he ended up doing was moving up to Cruiserweight and fighting a bunch of stiffs...
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Would mostly be Gilardino or some Italian player.\nIn my opinion, Czech Republic will go crashing out of the WC.
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Karunya has a lot going for him.\nJust find out tonight
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There will definitely be another great heavyweight champion.  The question is however, is there a champion around now who has the potential to become one, and the answer is yes.  Wladimir Klitschko has had his difficulties in the past, but right now he is in the perfect position to become the next great heavyweight.  If he were to go on and fight Hasim Rahman and win, he would have, in my opinion, no one around who could beat him.  He easily dismantled Chris Byrd, who was in the opinion of many for a while to be the best heavyweight.  So the answer is yes, their will be one, and Wladimir Klitschko has the ability to become one.    \nAlso, I am rather surprised that you didn't mention Lennox Lewis as one of the titans of boxing.
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Mats Wilander. He beat Ivan Lendl by 3 sets to 2\n6-4 4-6 6-3 5-7 6-4
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Gold medalist Roman Sebrle of the Czech Republic.\nSebrle's wining point total of 8,893 set an Olympic record but was short of his world record of 9,026. \n Bryan Clay USA finished with a lifetime best of 8,820, 160 points more than the 8,660 he scored to win the U.S. trials. \nDmitriy Karpov of Kazakhstan, , 23, won the bronze, with 8,725 points.
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Yes! Only retired heavy weight to be  undefeated fighter.\n\nRocky's amazing record of 49 consecutive professional wins will probably never be exceeded. Killed in a tragic small plane crash on August 31, 1969, he is warmly remembered and held in the high esteem by all true Brocktonians..
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Efren "Bata" Reyes of the Philippines. Already a hall of famer. Just recently won the King of the hill tournament. $200,000 price money. Earl Strickland is second from the US though Francisco "Django" Bustamante of the Phil have something to say about that.