January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation
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just how feared Lewis is/was.Its a tough call, both Holmes and Lewis are<br />
true winners...I've also changed my views (i e not very confident) on picking<br />
winners of fighters from different eras after the Vernon Forrest/Shane Mosley<br />
fights, I mean there were 2 current fighters everyone knew all about and Forrest<br />
wins fooling everybody that i know of, twice! So if 2 current fighters can't be<br />
accurately picked when a lot is known about them ( common opponents, training<br />
methods, etc.)how can 2 excellant fighters from different eras be picked over<br />
one another? Dont get me wrong, its fun to do, its just the Mosley/Forrest fight<br />
pops in my head when i do it.|<br />
|7/29/03 03:13:54 AM|Evren|London||@||||10|I would have to side with Angelo on<br />
this one. Holmes was a master. He really new his stuff and knew how to win. It<br />
would'nt be an easy fight by any means but a prime Holmes would out jab Lewis<br />
and outwork him. Lennox may be pretty busted up by the end where he falls from<br />
the beating or lose a close'ish decision. Larry was a top tenner! |<br />
|7/29/03 04:26:09 AM|Massimo|Rome||Massimo.Cini@roma2.infn.it||||10|I' m an<br />
italian boxing fan and I would liketo watch a Primo Carnera' video clip; he<br />
beatUzcudun twice,Tommy Loughran,Jack Sharkey, the young star Walter<br />
Neusel ...So,I don' t understand why everybody keep sayinghe was so weak<br />
! Have a nice time and sorryfor my English !|<br />
|7/29/03 07:02:36 AM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|I would bet the<br />
ranch on Holmes over Lewis. Holmes got off the floor against Shavers, I doubt<br />
Lewis would have.|<br />
|7/29/03 04:15:51 PM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|I agree---<br />
Holmes got off the floor against Shavers and in my mind, Shavers was a harder<br />
hitter than Lewis. In fact, I believe Shavers was the hardest hitting<br />
heavyweight ever. Foreman at his peak might have been a better KO artist, using<br />
combinations to take out opponents, but Shavers pure, hard punch might have been<br />
the hardest to this point. <strong>The</strong> second Holmes-Shavers fight (when Holmes was<br />
Champion) was a defining moment for Larry Holmes. He was clocked by a punch<br />
that would have knocked out a mule, and climbed up to clear the cobwebs and go<br />
on to win. This was a vintage performance by a true champion. Holmes instincts<br />
to survive, his heart to continue and his skills to turn the fight around made<br />
him a top five all-time heavyweight in my opinion. Also, his first fight<br />
against Shavers thrust him into the spotlight. He proved to have great boxing<br />
skills and winning that elimination gave him the opportunity to defeat Norton in<br />
another classic---one that I've expressed opinions about previously. I truly<br />
believe that loss cemented Norton's greatness because of the heart and<br />
determination he showed in defeat. |<br />
|7/29/03 05:01:50 PM|Massimo|Rome||Massimo.Cini@roma2.infn.it||||10|How tall was<br />
Cleveland "Big Cat" Williams ?<strong>The</strong> official height was 6'3 but he<br />
lookedtwice taller than Sonny Liston in their fights !!He was famous for<br />
his punching power. I sawhim against Ali' and in the second Liston<br />
fightand he could' nt show his punch. Is it true that hewas one of the<br />
hardest punchers in the history of boxing ? Please, don' t neglect<br />
mypreceding message about Primo Carnera !!|<br />
|7/30/03 05:29:26 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|Massimo, no<br />
one here has said Canera was weak. In fact he was very strong. But being<br />
strong does not make someone a good boxer. He just didn't have the skills to<br />
compete with Joe Louis, Max Baer, and probably Max Schmeling, if the two of them<br />
ever fought. I feel he got lucky against Jack Sharkey when he won the title. I<br />
have that knockout on a tape and the final punch looks like an elbow or a<br />
forearm, not an uppercut he is credited with. Apparently the referee didn't see<br />
the illegal punch when he counted Sharkey out. Sharkey would have beaten Canera<br />
most of the time and he did defeat Canera once before the title<br />
bout.Don't worry about your english writing skills. You write very well<br />
in english.One thing that can't be argued is that Canera was a brave<br />
fighter. He showed a lot of courage in his losses to Baer and Louis.|
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