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Offline indy007

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« Reply #15 on: May 27, 2005, 04:21:40 PM »
Lewis I don't think has that great of a jaw. He had to hold onto Tyson like his life depended on it for the first 4 or 5 rounds. Great champion overall, but imho, he doesn't have heart that I've seen in others.

George Foreman was not better than Moorer when he won... but he was alot smarter. Absolutely amazing he was able to keep his wits after that kind of beating, get Moorer into position, and then lay him out. He wasn't that smart when he fought Ali. Had he not left boxing when he did, he could very easily be a contender for the greatest.

Tyson was a rampaging beast in his prime, but he could never go the distance. He gets frustrated too easily and loses focus. He doesn't fight smart either. I watched him duck into the same Lewis uppercut probably 100 times.

Ali, Liston, Louis, Jefferies, Johnson, Tunney, Holmes... I dunno. If I had to pick, I'd go with Ali since he was pretty entertaining, but they're all on the same level imho.

Now, if we want to compare greatest pound for pound fighters of all time, that's easy, Sugar Ray Robinson.. unless you go back to bareknuckle & bring up Fitzsimmons & Dempsey.
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« Reply #16 on: May 27, 2005, 04:46:15 PM »
If you want to go back to bareknuckle fighters, I'd have to humbly submit men like Jem Mace and Morrison, as well as Dempsey.  Mace held titles in both England and America.

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« Reply #17 on: May 27, 2005, 05:09:08 PM »
I just watched a special about bareknuckle on the the history channel maybe a month ago.. man I wish I could remember this guys name...

iirc, it was something ridiculous like the 80th round, after trimming off pieces of his ears that had been nearly ground off, he popped his eye back in and went on to win the fight.

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« Reply #18 on: May 27, 2005, 05:25:45 PM »
Holeyfeild Micheal Spinks with Spinks winning??

 Spinks lost to Tyson in 91 seconds by knockout from a a punch to the chest


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« Reply #19 on: May 27, 2005, 05:40:43 PM »
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Holeyfeild Micheal Spinks with Spinks winning??

 Spinks lost to Tyson in 91 seconds by knockout from a a punch to the chest


It was the fourth shortest bout in boxing history


That lame Don King fight last week (was it this week? hard to keep track) on HBO didn't last more than a minute. Golata was knocked through the ropes on the second knockdown =P Then again, that's the same stooge that wouldn't come out back out of his corner in round 2 vs. Tyson

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« Reply #20 on: May 27, 2005, 05:45:01 PM »
'enry Cooper.


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« Reply #21 on: May 27, 2005, 05:55:02 PM »

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« Reply #22 on: May 27, 2005, 05:57:19 PM »
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Cool site.. a written comentary of a mythical Heavyweight tournament between all the greats in their prime...

The Final ---- Ali over Louis in a Majority Decision.

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that was cool read'n, but in the end ali would of taken him down.

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« Reply #23 on: May 27, 2005, 06:52:46 PM »
Lenny McLean ;)

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« Reply #24 on: May 27, 2005, 10:28:07 PM »
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Marciano?!? LOL Surely you jest. He was about 5'10, 185, and drug his right foot behind him so he looked like Quasimoto in the ring.

Ali woulda picked him apart.


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« Reply #25 on: May 27, 2005, 10:41:31 PM »
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« Reply #26 on: May 27, 2005, 10:55:37 PM »
Cool site MT.

I have to go wtih Foreman. Not for anything he did in the ring. But with how ****ing funny he was during his 80s comback.

I remember him on Letterman saying of Mike Tyson: "I'm gonna crush his head like Okra"

I have no idea WTF that means, but I laugh every time I think about it.

He also went on to explain how he got so fat: Fast food Drive throughs. It was probably the best interview I've ever seen.

And they had some awesome footage of him beating up tomato cans. He would just walk out there without pausing and beat the ever-living **** ouf of those poor ****ers.

Tyson-Foreman in their prime. That would be hillarious to watch.

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« Reply #27 on: May 28, 2005, 01:10:22 AM »
i am!!..i would beat mike typson like a early sunday morning boner:lol <~jk:) great fighter..tuff as hell in his prime

marciano was only undefeated heavy champ in the world....and unlike tyson..marciano had to fight up to 20 rounds a fight<~~if it lasted that long..tyson only 12 rounds at the most..i would say endurance i have to give the fight to rocky
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« Reply #28 on: May 28, 2005, 01:30:05 AM »
Max Baer. Killed a couple guys in the ring.
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« Reply #29 on: May 28, 2005, 02:24:20 AM »


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