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Monkey Turned Wolf

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So over the past few months, there have been some debates on here over who is the 'greatest' boxer ever. I was thinking about it, and thought it would be fun to do a march madness-esque bracket tournament with boxers. If people are interested, post boxers who you think are/were great boxers, and I will create a randomized bracket with all of them. I'll link the bracket, and then each day create a thread for the next two boxers. Respond with the name of the boxer you are choosing, I'll tally them up and declare the winner.
I think this could be fun, let me know if anyone has any other ideas for it!

Two disclaimers: First, I'm referring to boxing since the Marquess rules were established (late 19th early 20th) century until modern day. Second, when I say the greatest that is entirely subjective to the person. I may think Floyd Mayweather is the greatest since he's never lost a match, while someone else may consider Ali the greatest for his Charisma and what he brought to the boxing world. This is meant to be fun, not to start a semantic argument over what the greatest means.
 
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As for my personal nominations for the tournament: Jack Dempsey, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali.
 
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All weight divisions?
 

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However you want to do it, I'll play. :)
 
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Unfortunately, it seems like only the two of us are interested in it. If other people are interested, reply to let me know, but the idea doesn't seem particularly popular.
 

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Nikolai Valuev, plz! :)
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So the fights are random? Ann's how many entries do we each get?

Ill take the following, in order.

Chuck Wepner
Buster Douglas
Evander holyfield
Leon Spinks
 

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My team -

Harry Greb
Sugar Ray Robinson
Rocky Marciano
Carlos Zarate
 
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So the fights are random? Ann's how many entries do we each get?
I completely forgot about this thread until the posts today, since not many seemed interested. My plan was to make the fights random, using excel and a tournament bracket. Since we have 15 fighters currently, I will add one more (unless someone has a suggestion) and make a thread with the bracket either tonight or tomorrow.
 

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