R.I.P The great Willie Pep, an all-time great ?
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I hadn't heard that, how sad.  Here's wikipedia's info on him:\n\nGugliermo Papaleo (September 19, 1922 - November 23, 2006) was a former boxer who was better known as Willie Pep. Pep had a total of 242 bouts, a considerable number of fights, even for a fighter of his era.\n\nPep started boxing professionally on July 10 of 1940, beating James McGovern by a decision in four rounds in Hartford. Like many boxers of the first half of the 20th century, Pep concentrated his early fighting career on boxing in New England, and he split his first 25 contests between Connecticut and Massachusetts. He was undefeated during that span, and for fight number 26, he finally headed 'west', beating Eddie Flores by a knockout in the first at Thompsonville, Michigan. A couple of fights later, he travelled further west and made his California debut, beating Billy Spencer by a decision in four at Los Angeles.\n\nBy the time Pep stepped up his quality of opposition when he met world title challenger Joey Archibald in 1942, he was already 41-0. He beat Archibald by a decision in ten, and in his next bout, he challenged Abe Denner for the New England-area featherweight title. He won the fight by a decision in 12, and his status among the world's top featherweights kept on rising.\n\nHe won ten more bouts to reach 52-0, including a rematch win over Archibald, before he was given his first world championship try in October of that year. He became the world's featherweight champion by outpointing the defending world champ Chalky Wright, over the 15 round distance. He fought twice more to finish the year, winning both by knockout.\n\nPep began 1943 by winning six bouts in a row to find himself with a record of 61-0. But in his seventh bout of 1943, he suffered his first defeat, at the hands of Sammy Angott, another world champion boxer. Angott beat Pep over the ten round distance, by decision. Willie was undefeated in 63 straight bouts. He won additional 58 before getting a draw. Ten days later, Pep was back in the ring, beating Bobby McIntyre by a decision. He closed 1943 winning five fights in a row, including two over future world champion Sal Bartolo and one over Jackie Wilson (boxer). The second win over Bartolo was in a defense of the world title.\n\n1944 was a very good year for Pep. He won all 16 of his bouts that year, including wins over world bantamweight champions Willie Joyce and Manuel Ramos, fringe contender Jackie Lemus and Wright, who was beaten two more times, one time with Pep's crown on the line. He also made his first fight abroad, because the fight with Lemus was held in Canada.\n\nHe had eight fights in 1945, winning seven and drawing one. He beat former world champion Phil Terranova to retain the title, and had a ten round draw with Jimmy McAllister.\n\nIn 1946, Pep had 18 fights, and won all of them, including a 12 round knockout of Bartolo and a three round knockout of Wright. He had a 6 fight knockout win streak during a span that year.\n\nPep had 10 bouts in 1947, once again, going undefeated. He retained the world's featherweight belt once that year, knocking out Jock Leslie in 12 rounds at Flint, Michigan.\n\n1948 was a year that would become important in Pep's life: He won 15 bouts before going into what would be the first fight of his four fight series with Sandy Saddler. He retained the title by beating Humberto Sierra by a knockout in 10, and he beat former world champion Paddy DeMarco, also in ten, but by decision. Then, on October 29, he lost the world featherweight title to Saddler by a knockout in four.\n\nAfter two wins, he and Saddler met in 1949. On their rivalry's second installment, Pep recovered the world's featherweight championship by beating Saddler by a 15 round decision, and then he engaged in a series of exhibition and ten round bouts before defending the crown against Eddie Campo, winning by a knockout in the seventh. He finished that year beating fringe con
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I think the best player of all time is Ronaldinho. Why? because he is very very talented and he scores a lot of goals also he doesn't keep the ball with him too long he passes it in the perfect place and time. another thing is that he uses his talents when he plays not like the other players who do some techniques only in the practice time not in the real matches.
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It is  PELE - all time hero.
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Pele, simply the greatest.
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Oh, yes...yes...yes...there will never be anyone like him....and I am glad...Freddie deserves to  remain the icon he was....for Christmas one year I got everyone of his (Queens) songs on video tape...(well most of them )....I must have gotten six or eight tapes...now I have replaced most of them with Cd's....they are wonderful and almost a family heirloom to me and my kids....neither one of my children can listen to any of his songs without thinking of their childhood where Queen rocked the house down....Believe me...you have some competition when it comes to Freddie trivia...real name....hometown...even his religious convictions...I loved him....it is so nice to be reminded of this great artist and human being on this anniversary of his death.....Thank you for this post and God Bless
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RKO is the best no one better than RKO he is the greatest u guys have to know that ^_^
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He's decent but I wouldn't say he was the greatest. Not even close to being the greatest. In my opinion Pete Rose was the greatest player on earth. But i do have a biased opinion because I love the Cincinnati Reds
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One of the most skilled players in the game
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Definitely, he is one of the greatest in football history.
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Hes great.....PERIOD!
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Ronaldinho..for sure. he is simply the best. Look at what he has done to Barcelona. the inspiration provided by him is the major reason for their fairytale run. Also remember that amazing freekick in the last wc against England when Brazil were 1 down...that to go with a beatiful pass to set up Rivaldo 4 the second...He is as good as it can get...
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of all time:\n                            Peter Schmeical\n Poalo Maldini      Jaap Stam         Pallister   Dennis irwin\n\n Beckham          Ronaldinho       Maradona      jomo Sono\n                             Kaka\n                            Cantona\n\nsubs:   \nPele\nMario Kempes\nPuskas
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Absolutely.... he is the absolute best!!
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There have been so many great players in the history of football, and everyone will have a different criteria in their determination of what makes a player ‘iconic’, but there are a few names who I think must surely be in the hat…\n\nAside from Pele and Maradona, who are penned in already, I’d say the most obvious would be the great George Best, who sadly passed away last year.\nPele himself once described Best as ‘the greatest footballer in the world’, and for pure, unadulterated talent he’s certainly up there with finest proponents of the game. He had a unique genius that made him one of the most exciting players of his, or any other generation, as well as one of the first ‘celebrity’ footballers. The cheeky character so evident in his football was mirrored in his personality and the young Best was a star on and off the pitch, but he also had a self-destructive streak that controlled much of his life.\n\nAfter Best, I’d have to consider a good few others:\n\nPuskas – The Hungarian that showed England that rest of the world were actually quite good at football. Fearsomely powerful and one of the finest international goal scorers of all time.\n\nGordon Banks – Seemingly super-human English goalkeeper that made that unbelievable stop from Pele’s close range header in ’70. To my mind the best keeper ever, and in that sense a football icon.\n\nJohan Cruyff – The original Dutch master, he invented half the skills you see today off the top of his head. Wickedly creative, strong and skilful, Cruyff brought something new to the game and was at the heart of one of the most gifted World Cup sides ever.\n\nZidane – In my opinion the greatest player in modern football. Powerful and skilful with ridiculous vision, Zidane is a French playmaker that creates and scores goals that no one else can even imagine, let alone actually realise.\n\nPhew! And I haven’t even mentioned Van Basten, Eusebio, Ronaldo, Henry, Muller, Beckenbauer, Platini, Charlton, Garrincha, Zoff, Di Stefano, Maldini etc, etc…
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Yup i totally agree with you. great team amd great players and ronaldo well he is just great isn't he?! he is soooooooooooooo hotttttttt.
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Do you mean the best player ever in England.  I agree with GB to a point, although whether he would have coped in todays game is anyones guess.  I thought Eric Cantona was fantastic ...ok, he never did much, but what he did do changed a whole game (or even season)\n\nAt the present time the best in England in Thierry Henry ... and in Europe ...Ronaldinho without a doubt.
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No one...not one player can be compared to Ronaldinho.  He is the absolute best player in the world. If any club could select one player, it would be Ronaldinho.  His style is bar none, his skills are bar none, he raises his team to another level....whether it be Barcelona or Brasil.  Pele's status of all-time best player could have it's days numbered if Ronaldinho continues his ways.