@Max Power, you know so much about heavyweight boxing, I can't believe people even try to convince you otherwise.
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@Max Power, you know so much about heavyweight boxing, I can't believe people even try to convince you otherwise.
You're Saddo's greatest poster of all time. Thanks for being here!
Sorry to get off topic but someone mentioned Butterbean. I used to enjoy watching him fight but I was young at the time and just a casual fan. I know he was labeled as a bumbeater but who was the best he ever faced.
Also, I can't wait for the day when we can seriously talk about Wilder. Really, one good opponent and we can start assessing where this guy is coming from or going.
But getting back to my original, who was the best that Butterbean beat. God he was funny to watch
The best opponent he faced was Larry Holmes and he lost.
The best opponent he beat was a decent opponent Peter McNeeley (you know, the one who said he was going to wrap Mike Tyson up in a "cocoon of horror" LOL and then proceeded to try and do so! But yeah considering Peter was a journeyman facing other journeymen it's clear Butterbean was cherry picking his entire career.
Butterbean is a good testament to a lot of things concerning "Max Powerism"...
1/ That weight (even fat weight) can substitute for quality (his win/loss ratio).
2/ That to make a proper assessment of boxers worth, you MUST define what is a bum and what is not a bum (for me this is a boxer who is a 10 fight green or less or has otherwise lost 25% of his fights). And you MUST kick all the bums off the record to make a proper comparison between any set of boxers.
By considering only meaningful fights, everything "automatically" falls into place and you can see clearly that guys like...
Deontay Wilder,
Ken Norton,
Butterbean,
Sonny Liston,
LaMar Clarke
as the most famous examples, are cherry pickers MAINLY! And there rating is in proper intuitive order.
As for whether Esch could beat Muhammad Ali or Joe Frazier, I don't really know! Frazier and Ali certainly had better records. Neither of them had the privilege of fighting such a rounded fat ass like butterball though! LOL I'll leave that for you to decide! haha
"Enough with the games mate! Your messing with the Grand Master!"
Lennox Lewis
I don't claim to be the greatest expert on boxing or HW boxing. But I do have access to a wide resource of stats and know how to make a proper analysis based on that and their recorded performances and their opponents.
I DO make a somewhat bold claim that so-called EXPERTS opinions in boxing in particular are next to worthless! Most of the time! Except on the rare occasion where that experts opinion falls in line with real evidence.
I don't claim to have expert training knowledge on the intricacies of coaching fighters, which is why I would never extend myself beyond anything basic. But I DO know straight up BS when I'm reading it too.
Your sarcasm is noted.
"Enough with the games mate! Your messing with the Grand Master!"
Lennox Lewis
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