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Talking Legends:📽️ Manny Pacquiao

Written by Tré Berry III🖊️✍️ (Posted on 08/27/2021)

Filipino legend Emmanuel Dapridan Pacquiao, better known as 👑🇵🇭Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39KO👊) has fought in a record 12 different divisions, and is a 13 time, record-8 division titlist, with three of those Championship winning bouts coming at the expense of 3 HOF’ers.  Throughout his incredible 26 year career, he has defeated 🪙6 surefire HOF’ers, with two others on the bubble pending, so that total could rise up to eight that he has defeated, who secured boxing’s highest distinction – defeating half of those 8 on multiple occasions. Continue reading “Talking Legends:📽️ Manny Pacquiao” →

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Talking Legends:📽️ Wilfred Benitez

By Tré Berry III🖊️ | 09/09/2020

Some people are born with talent who are unable to harness it, and some have natural abilities that can be 🔑unlocked through repetition and hard work. There are also those who classify as prodigies, whose talent overrides the natural progression that one is supposed to take in harnessing those skills, which enables everything to come easy for them. That there describes 👑🇺🇸🇵🇷Wilfred “El Radar” Benitez (53-8-1, 31KO👊) to a “T”. He was as natural a talent that boxing has ever seen, with nearly unrivaled defensive capabilities. Continue reading “Talking Legends:📽️ Wilfred Benitez” →

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Talking Legends:📽️ Fighting Harada

By Tré Berry III🖊️ | 01/08/2020

These days, when you see the President of the Japanese Boxing Association, that being Masahiko Harada (better known as 🇯🇵Fighting Harada (55-7-0, 22KO👊)), you see a distinguished, quiet, jovial 76 year old man whose default facial expression is that of a smile and 🪞deep reflection – one who looks the part of being the least threatening man in the room if you were to base your assessments heavily weighing on aesthetics. What some folks today don’t realize that aren’t aware of his early legacy as a fighter was that this little guy was a nightmare Continue reading “Talking Legends:📽️ Fighting Harada” →

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Talking Legends:📽️ Marvelous Marvin Hagler

By Tré Berry III🖊️ | 09/25/2019

Relentless, menacing, a well oiled machine, Middleweight All-Time-Great legend 👑🇺🇸Marvelous Marvin Hagler (62-3-2, 52KO👊) was the closest thing to an actual 🎬“Terminator” that had touched down in the sport of boxing. Marvin was one of the most well conditioned fighters in boxing history, and also one of its most intimidating Champions, both from a physical and from a mental standpoint. Continue reading “Talking Legends:📽️ Marvelous Marvin Hagler” →

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Talking Legends:📽️ Archie Moore

Relentless, menacing, driven, as well as physically and mentally imposing, “The Mongoose” 👑🇺🇸Archie Moore (186-23-10, 132KO👊) cemented himself as a legend among legends, and was one of the best fighters of the Golden-Age in the 1950’s. Moore was well known for his ❌cross-armed defense and relentless nature in pressuring fighters to systematically break them down round by round. He had impeccable power, evidenced by his 132 KO’s, which stands as the second highest knockout total in boxing history. Continue reading “Talking Legends:📽️ Archie Moore” →