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re: Help settle a work debate, greatest heavyweight boxersquote: Agreed  Reply • Back to Top |
nice pic but this one is my favorite  Reply • Back to Top |
quote: He KO'd his first pro opponent with a fricking jab that's why. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: Does not help your case Reply • Back to Top |
| I thought the same thing Reply • Back to Top |
| You should see some of the garbage they drag out for pro debuts for guys with decent amateur backgrounds. It's honestly a shame Reply • Back to Top |
| Not sure of greatest but John Ruiz was the worst and most boring hw to ever hold a title Hahaha. Reply • Back to Top |
| Jack Johnson doc. Some people in this thread should see Johnson's greatness. This is one of the better documentaries i've seen on him. It's long. If you have time, its a good watch. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: Misleading. The 1947 fight against Walcott is widely considered to be the biggest ripoff in boxing history. Walcott won that fight by any objective standard. Also, look to see how many times Louis fought between 1941-1950. Also note that Louis "retired" in 1949 before coming back to get a no decision against some guy named Johnny Schkor and then getting beat by Ezzard Charles. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: I'm not making excuses for Tyson. Note that my stance on Tyson has been the same throughout this thread. He fired Cayton and Rooney after the Spinks fight, and completely self-destructed both as a fighter and a human being after that. Reply • Back to Top |
| Didn't he also fight in WWII? Reply • Back to Top |
quote: He served. Fought a bunch of exhibitions to raise money for the troops while he was in the service. Got screwed by the IRS because they considered that "taxable income." Even though it was all going to the troops. Went bankrupt as a result and has to come out of retirement to make money when he had no business still fighting. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: And, to be clear, your statement has no bearing on the statement you quoted. Ali in his prime would have absolutely made Joe Louis look silly. He was in a different category athletically. Taller, heavier, way way faster, better footwork, better defensively. It wouldn't have been a close fight. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: What i was getting at. His title was never held up in those fights. Therefore, he was champ throughout without having to put his title up. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: He holds the record for the most title defenses 25. quote: You realize that he was enlisted in the army in Jan of 1942. He only had one fight between then and Nov of 1944. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: Which is exactly why it's misleading to say 1937-1950 Reply • Back to Top |
quote: Bum of the month club. Reply • Back to Top |
Posted by RandySavage on 12/10 at 6:46 pm to buckboudreaux quote: Except for Buster Douglas? Reply • Back to Top |
quote: Do you even know what that means? Reply • Back to Top |
quote: See definition of Tyson's prime. It's a damn shame that he unraveled both as a fighter and a person after firing Rooney and Cayton at the ripe old age of 22. But it's undeniably true. Reply • Back to Top • Refresh |
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