Quote Originally Posted by Mithrandir View Post
Coming off the Klitzchko vs Tyson thread, I thought this would be an interesting concept......
The danger, and I'm sure I'll succumb to it, is forgetting someone who belongs.....but here goes....

9. MIchael Moorer - Listening to Teddy Atlas against Foreman, in what was moving towards being his greatest fight, and a little more discipline - or, ok, a lot more could have seen him move way up on this list. First left-handed Heavyweight Champion in forever, and one of the few Light-Heavyweights to make the jump to heavy. Could have been so much more...

Also rans.......all of the WBA and then WBC champs of the 1980s - and a few contenders.....JohnRuiz, Nikolai Valuev, Greg Page, Gerrie Coetzee, Mike Weaver, Gerry Cooney, Chris Byrd, David Tua, etc......too many to remember.....and oh yeah......Buster Douglas......I just hope I didn't forget anyone on the top ten list.....but Bruce Seldon, Frank Bruno, and the like won't crack it, and niether will Michael Spinks......

Love to hear your thoughts.....
I Don't remember if Atlas was in his corner for that fight. But most notable to me was Atlas in his corner against Holyfield urging him on. Atlas, sitting on Moorer's stool telling him to pick up the pace, don't look back, you're gonna regret this o bad if you lose, etc. What a corner-man/trainer. You can see Moorer on the verge of just turning on Atlas and quitting. Probably thinking about how the TV is catching all these antics, and what a trained monkey he must look like!