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    Default Re: Who is the greatest Light heavyweight of all time

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    Surprised by the low number of votes for Michael Spinks.

    Spinks was a great, great fighter.

    He fought in a terrific LHW era and was undefeated at the weight, beating guys like Dwight Qawi, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Marvin Johnson, Yaqui Lopez, and the Davis brothers. Perhaps the most impressive thing about Michael was his versatility. He bombed out Marvin Johnson with one of the best uppercuts I've ever seen, but his main punch was actually his right hand, not his left uppercut. Spinks packed a wallop in that "Jinx" of a right hand, but he could also outbox guys as well behind his jab. His awkward style worked against Qawi and at heavyweight in the first fight against Larry Holmes (Holmes won the rematch regardless of what some judges said).

    Michael Spinks was my pick for the best. You just don't really know what could have happenend if he fought Bob Foster,I think he was too fast for Archie Moore.I think the majority here are looking at the accomplishment's so by far Archie but when you put these fighter's face to face you just never know. I would take Spinks over all of them,Bob Foster 2nd and Michael Moorer third.
    You were going so well until you got to your third choice WTF!
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    Sometime back mine were Ezzard Charles Micheal Spinks Gene Tunney in that order its not changed plus the Chinese biuld Great walls
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    Default Re: Who is the greatest Light heavyweight of all time

    Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
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    Surprised by the low number of votes for Michael Spinks.

    Spinks was a great, great fighter.

    He fought in a terrific LHW era and was undefeated at the weight, beating guys like Dwight Qawi, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Marvin Johnson, Yaqui Lopez, and the Davis brothers. Perhaps the most impressive thing about Michael was his versatility. He bombed out Marvin Johnson with one of the best uppercuts I've ever seen, but his main punch was actually his right hand, not his left uppercut. Spinks packed a wallop in that "Jinx" of a right hand, but he could also outbox guys as well behind his jab. His awkward style worked against Qawi and at heavyweight in the first fight against Larry Holmes (Holmes won the rematch regardless of what some judges said).

    Michael Spinks was my pick for the best. You just don't really know what could have happenend if he fought Bob Foster,I think he was too fast for Archie Moore.I think the majority here are looking at the accomplishment's so by far Archie but when you put these fighter's face to face you just never know. I would take Spinks over all of them,Bob Foster 2nd and Michael Moorer third.
    You were going so well until you got to your third choice WTF!
    Yeah, I don't really understand when people talk about Michael Moorer being one of the great light-heavyweights. He had an amazing KO record, but hell, so does Edwin Valero! I don't think the other champs were anxious to fight him, but still, it's not like he faced that high caliber of opposition and not like he looked great all the time either. He looked so-so for a lot of the Leslie Stewart fight, for instance.

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