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Greg Page seemed to have it all at one time , but he was lazy in training and in the ring. Tillis to be fair was a poor mans Greg Page , who was a poor mans Ali
Both Page and Tillis were just short of being in the first division, they were tough fights for up and comers and both had their moments in the sun, for whatever reason and only they could answer they didn't quite measure up when it really counted.
I remember Ali being impressed with Page, a lot of people thought Page was the new Ali since Page come from Louisville Kentucky like Ali. Plus he had the same low hands style. A lot of the 80's Heavyweights were talented, but i think the best of 80's Heavyweight's was Tim Witherspoon at his best he gave Larry Holmes hell. In fact im big Holmes fan and i had Holmes only winning by 1 point but i wouldn't have been disappointed had it gone the other way very razor thin close fight.
I agree totally about Witherspoon. But he didn't really underachieve his whole career - he was the third man to regain the heavyweight title after Ali and Patterson.

The reason he underachieved in the latter half of his career was because Don King put a hex on him after Spoon initiated legal proceedings against him for stealing his money. After that Tim couldn't get a fight in a bar.

Witherspoon had it all - great chin, good defence and excellent power with the right hand.

He showed up out of shape against Bonecrusher which cost him big - if he won that he would have got Tyson next. He also wasn't the most dedicated of trainers. But I advise anyone to check out the Holmes/Witherspoon fight - Larry was lucky to get out of that one.