is it really true all fighters have one big one left in them?
tyson didnt, ali didnt unless u count beating spinks with parkinsons, which is valid
holmes never really did
just wondering as peiope always say fighters have one last big one in them
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is it really true all fighters have one big one left in them?
tyson didnt, ali didnt unless u count beating spinks with parkinsons, which is valid
holmes never really did
just wondering as peiope always say fighters have one last big one in them
Well..Sure it works and doesnt work..Quote:
Originally Posted by oakleyno1
But lots of people have came back for great fights..
Durans was iran barkley..
Leonards was hagler
Toney revived his career with jirov and holyfeild and was fighter of the year..
Trinidad had mayorga..
Hell Barrera Had morales twice and naseem!
And lets not forget how gatti came back from many mediocre (Yet extremely exciting) Years of fighting to gain his light welterweight championship and beat a couple of great fighters before loosing to Pbf! :)
And Foreman re-took the title in his 40's
"George I had you losing every single one of those rounds"
"Yeah thats just how I saw it,right up until I knocked him out"
bRo I'm going to have to disagree with the word "GREAT" in your sentence there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tito_BHB
bhop had tarver
shane had vargas
oscar and tito had mayorga
casamayor had corrales
sanders did it to wlady
IMO it goes better this way.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Julius Rain
Gonzalez did it twice to Carbajal
Carbajal did it to Arce
Olivares did it to Chacon
Gomez did it to Lockridge
Zaragoza did it to McGullough
McKinney did it to Jr Jones
Don't forget Jim Braddock vs. Max Baer. Hell, they even made a movie about it.
Bhop and shane are still going.. Tito counts but thats been said... Oscar is still going.. as is casamayorQuote:
Originally Posted by Julius Rain
and how can you disagree with great? Arturo gatti IS great! No arguement
I think Julius is reffering to the opposition. Not Gatti.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tito_BHB
Cause you said "and beat a couple of GREAT fighters" meaning his opposition.
In all fairness..It wasnt all about his opposition.. It was about the way he came back..He was boxing nicely.. And the opposition werent world beaters.. But hell i would rank them above most of joe calzaghe's title defenses!Quote:
Originally Posted by CutMeMicK
Dorin was undefeated and had taken spadafora to the limit!
And jesse james leija and such a bad ol fighter whether past it or not..I wouldnt say leija was atall past it...Just that he wasnt as affective having grown out of the lighter weights..Still a good fighter
Suppose it all depends on how shot they are...
I thought Ali's was the 3rd Frazier fight, he was spent after that.
Leonard v Hagler, it was a great effort by Leonard.
I'll go Duran's win over Davey Moore as his last great one even though he beat Barkley years later, the Moore fight was more emphatic.
gerry cooney vs. ken norton
chavez vs. de la hoya
camacho vs. de la hoya
mancini vs. camacho
salvador sanchez without the car crash would of had many others great fights
Holmes did in way he schooled Ray Mercer lost close ud to Holyfield lost controversial decision to McCall lost another controversial decision to Brian Nielsen and beat his old rivals James Smith and Mike Weaver and who could forget Butterbean Vs Holmes 8)Quote:
Originally Posted by oakleyno1
Lol!! As soon as you mentioned holmes the first thing that came into my head was butterbean!! :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
How old was larry then? Like 52? lol!
Classic!!!!! loved that!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Trainer Monkey
i dont think it's so much of them having it in them as it is them thinking they have it in them. Every successful athlete struggles to come to terms with the fact that they can't do what they used to. Ali winning that third title was an exception because he was so far passed his prime its almost funny.
Morales vs PACMAN I. He should have taken the win and run away. LOL
Vargas vs Mosley I This was a great fight, I had it close to even and Vargas had a big chance of taking it if it had not gotten stopped. This was IMO Vargas's last great fight. In the rematch he had nothing left.