A spin off from zzz's post about good fighters losing only to the greats.
How about fighters who wern't great themselves but the beat the greats?
I'll start
Jimmy Young
Trevor Berbick & Leon Spinks
Buster Douglas
Antonio Tarver
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A spin off from zzz's post about good fighters losing only to the greats.
How about fighters who wern't great themselves but the beat the greats?
I'll start
Jimmy Young
Trevor Berbick & Leon Spinks
Buster Douglas
Antonio Tarver
This was to easy :P Lennox Lewis=Tyson,Holyfield,Mercer,Ruddock,Morrison,Golo ta,Tua,Briggs,Bruno,Etc....Quote:
Originally Posted by Bilbo
ha yep he sure did have a lucky run. He was like Carlos Baldimor on steroids 8)Quote:
Originally Posted by Just a Boxing Fan
Pac
Taylor....Time will tell if he will indeed be considered a great. But he sure is not one yet.
Camacho-Mancini,Duran,Vinny Paz,Leonard
Beat me to it ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Trainer Monkey
Kirklaind Laing beat Duran.
Frankie Randall against Chavez
Iran Barkley vs. Thomas Hearns and Kirkland Laing vs. Roberto DuranQuote:
Originally Posted by Bilbo
Glenn Johnson.....
I almost said Kenny Norton. Norton was good but to me he was not great. He had a good style for Ali. But Foreman demolished him and so did Cooney. The fight which I think might have put Norton in the upper echelon would be the Holmes fight. I like Ken I just think he was a guy who came along at the right time.
livingston bramble
there some i wanna say
but james j braddock
Bramble at the time seemed like a real prospect when he beat Mancini. He did beat a good Tyrone Crawley. But then the way he lost to Edwin Rosario seemed to take away everything he seemed to gain by beating Mancini. And he never came back. But do you think he was a guy who was not good and beat the best?? Because Mancini was not really the best, but he was a good iconic fighter.. His story was almost better than he was as a fighter.Quote:
Originally Posted by headson
Beat me to it. He has one of the best quotes in boxing. "I'm not the best, I'm just capable of beating the best." Great fighter who I hope never gets forgotten.Quote:
Originally Posted by killersheep
Vince Phillips and Hasim Rahman.