Its very rare that a Heavyweight beats a 'great' in their prime
There either old, have high milage, outta their best weight class or most times a combination of both.
Re: Its very rare that a Heavyweight beats a 'great' in their prime
Name one Heavyweight champ this dosent apply to.
Except George Foreman v Joe Fraizer ;)
Re: Its very rare that a Heavyweight beats a 'great' in their prime
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Originally Posted by Jimboogie
Name one Heavyweight champ this dosent apply to.
Except George Foreman v Joe Fraizer ;)
Ali-frazier 2
Ali- Foreman
Ali- patterson twice (if you wanna go that far)
Re: Its very rare that a Heavyweight beats a 'great' in their prime
Mike Tyson vs Michael Spinks
Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman
Re: Its very rare that a Heavyweight beats a 'great' in their prime
Okay the Foreman - Ali one shut me up
But the rest of em???
Spinks? Patterson?
Hello ::**
Re: Its very rare that a Heavyweight beats a 'great' in their prime
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Originally Posted by Jimboogie
Okay the Foreman - Ali one shut me up
But the rest of em???
Spinks? Patterson?
Hello ::**
hey i was saying if you really wanted to stretch things.
Re: Its very rare that a Heavyweight beats a 'great' in their prime
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Originally Posted by Jimboogie
Okay the Foreman - Ali one shut me up
But the rest of em???
Spinks? Patterson?
Hello ::**
Spinks was considered a great after beating Holmes twice even though imo he lost both still was a great achievement.
How about Tunney vs Dempsey ??
Or Sonny Liston beating Patterson ??
Re: Its very rare that a Heavyweight beats a 'great' in their prime
Michael Spinks.... ;D
I cant get over that one ;D ;D
Sory bruv, i know he beat an over the hill Holmes but seriously, those 'wins' in no whay make him a great heavyweight ;)
Dempsey was past it. Seriously, that fight was after a long spell of innactivity/ non title exhibitions.
Liston beating Patterson never had a wow factor to it. Infact Paterson (God rest his soul) never had a wow factor period. (In hind sight of course) & IMO is not a great.
Ali Fraizer 1 was a joke. If youve ever actually watched the fight (not just the knockdown) you'll see what i mean.
He was rusty, slow, out of shape and generally abismall...
From that point on, the Ali-Fraizer trilogy involved one or two fighters who just weren't quite the force they once was.
Of cousre im only doing this in response to the 'Lewis never beat a gerat Jibe' to simply highlight that in the Heavyweight division its apparent that its incredibly rare, in hindsight of course, to find a Championship Match between two touted greats were both men were seen to be in thier prime.
Once again, the only one i can think of is Foreman v Fraizer.
Its a shame because i think Vitali was about two punches and two years away from doing it.
Re: Its very rare that a Heavyweight beats a 'great' in their prime
I guess my suggestions wern't very good then ;D
Re: Its very rare that a Heavyweight beats a 'great' in their prime
No they wasn't.
Now remove yourself from my vision of total correctness (spelling not applicable) or i will be forced to write an even longer reply ^-^
Re: Its very rare that a Heavyweight beats a 'great' in their prime
How can Ali be past it,when he beats Foreman a year after Frazier beat him?
And how can Frazier be past it when Ali beats him a year after the Foreman fight?
Re: Its very rare that a Heavyweight beats a 'great' in their prime
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Originally Posted by Jimboogie
No they wasn't.
Now remove yourself from my vision of total correctness (spelling not applicable) or i will be forced to write an even longer reply ^-^
Thanks lol :o
Re: Its very rare that a Heavyweight beats a 'great' in their prime
Jack Dempsey vs Jess Willard
Hey he might not of been the best but he still beat Jack Johnson.
Re: Its very rare that a Heavyweight beats a 'great' in their prime
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Originally Posted by Trainer Monkey
How can Ali be past it,when he beats Foreman a year after Frazier beat him?
And how can Frazier be past it when Ali beats him a year after the Frazier fight?
:hypnotized:
Sorry, say that again ???
Re: Its very rare that a Heavyweight beats a 'great' in their prime
No hang on, i get it, Basically.....
Wait... Nope, youv'e lost me... Come again.
