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(1983) vs Hasim RahmanPinklon Thomas (1985) vs John RuizMike Weaver
(1983) vs Oliver McCallMichael Dokes (1982) vs Chris ByrdGerrie
Coetzee (1982) vs James Buster DouglasGreg Page (1983) vs Frank
BrunoTony Tubbs (1984) vs Bruce SeldonTony Tucker (1987) vs
Riddick BoweTrevor Berbick (1986) vs Michael MoorerMichael Spinks
(1985) vs Roy Jones jr.Im maybe forgetting a few but this was the card i
came up with was just wondering what everyone thought.|
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|12/29/03 10:16:31 AM|Massimo|Rome||4||||10|Sean-Pinkon Thomas would
have beaten John Ruiz easily ! Last night I have seen on ESPN ClassicJoe
Louis-Tommy Farr and I can say that Farr gave Louis a very close fight !
Sometimes I think that Louis is a little overrated... Billy Conn almost whipped
his ass in the first fight, Schmeling knocked him out, Tommy Farr ( a guy with
30 losses in his record) gave him a very close fight and, dulcis in fundo,
Walcott knocked down him 3 times ! What do you think about , Paul ? Anyway, his
combinations were the best in boxing history, that' s for sure !|
|12/29/03 10:29:00 AM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Wow,
Sean's list will give us something to write about for the next month!!! Holmes
would take Lewis, in my opinion, without much trouble. True, Lewis is bigger
and stronger, but Holmes would break him down like he did Leroy Jones. Jones
was also taller and substantially heavier than Holmes and Larry found a way to
neutralize him. And before everyone starts saying Leroy Jones is no Lennox
Lewis, I'll beg to differ with that as well. Jones was fat, but had speed and
boxing skills and could double and triple up on his jab as well or better than
Lewis. Holmes would use the entire ring to outbox Lewis and would probably win
an easy decision. Let's put it this way, if Holmes could survive Earnie Shavers
best punches, which he did, he'd have absolutely NOTHING to worry about with
Lewis' power. And if Holmes best punch could knock out Mike Weaver (which he
did), he could also KO Lewis, whose chin is suspect. Also, Tim Witherspoon, a
very good and underrated fighter, would beat Hasim Rahman. The contemporary
fighters have the big size advantage, but that's about all. Witherspoon had
very good boxing AND fighting skills and his career was stalled because he was
on Don King's bad side. Witherspoon would have been a great champion if his
management/promoters circumstances had been better. |
|12/29/03 10:50:15
AM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Massimo -
While some people tend to think whomever is the current star could take
anyone from the past, a more common occurrence is to take a great fighter from
the past and feel they could have taken anyone, probably easily. Louis and
Marciano were great, great fighters, but in the 70s, both men would have been in
the thick of things, but not dominant. There would have been both wins and
losses with the big three, just as there would have been if Holmes, Tyson,
Dempsey, or anyone else had fought in the Golden Age. Joe and the Rock would
also have had some tough fights, possibly the odd loss here and there with even
the contenders then, certainly no slouches by any means.|
|12/29/03 01:06:54 PM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|Of course,
far be it from me to be one-sided in favor of yesterday's fighters. From Sean's
list, I'd pick the following contemporaries: Roy Jones over Michael Spinks
(Jones is simply better), Riddick Bowe over Tony Tucker (Bowe is simply better),
Frank Bruno over Greg Page (Bruno would out-work Page) and likely, Moorer over
Berbick (Close one). Page and Bowe were two big and fast guys, with good
fundamentals, who might have been long time Champions if they had a harder
training and work ethic. In his prime, I believe Bowe would have trained
furiously and beaten Lewis. But that was the problem with Bowe: He trained