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Discussion in 'Horse Racing' started by Cyclonic, May 17, 2015.

  1. smokethedeadbadger

    smokethedeadbadger Well-Known Member

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    Interesting rankings. Obviously very subjective but if I was rearranging the 10 above it'd look like:

    1. Muhammed Ali
    2. Joe Frazier
    3. Mike Tyson
    4. George Foreman
    5. Lennox Lewis
    6. Ken Norton
    7. Evander Holyfield
    8. Sonny Liston
    9. Larry Holmes
    10. Vitaly Klitschko
     
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    1)Lewis
    2)Tyson
    3)Ali
    4)Foreman
    5)Frazier
    6)Norton
    7)Holmes
    8)Holyfield
    9)Liston
    10)Klitschko
     
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  3. Ron

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    That's how I would have ranked them except swap Tyson and Lewis
     
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  4. Cyclonic

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    My real problem would be at the top end of things. The bottom could be switched about a bit and it wouldn't worry me, but the top is harder. For me.

    1. Ali.
    2. Tyson.
    3. Frazier.
    4. Liston.
    5. Foreman.
    6. Holmes.
    7. Lewis.
    8. Klitschko.
    9. Norton.
    10. Holyfield.
     
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  5. Cyclonic

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    Just a question guys, so please don't pelt me with too much rotten fruit. <laugh>

    Could a master spoiler like Tyson Fury beat somebody in the 10? I'm going right out to the very edge of a shaky limb and say .... yes.
     
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  6. smokethedeadbadger

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    I'd maybe give him a small shout against Vitali. He was better than his brother but there wasn't much between them so possibly Fury could have had a chance of upsetting him if fighting him at the right time like he did with Wlad.
     
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    Agree about Vitaly. He would have terrible problems against the other 9 though. Especially the crippling body punchers like Frazier and Tyson.
     
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    Which begs the question, how would a young Mike Tyson do against a young George Foreman?

    Personally even though I've rated him higher ,Tyson's style would be perfect for Big George and it would last about 5 to 6 rounds before George blasted him out .
     
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    I think a young Tyson would have taken Foreman out inside 3
     
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    I'm with Iron Mike on that one too. I'm a huge Foreman fan, but I think the prime Tyson was a monster. But I suppose any of those guys could take out each other on a given night.

    When I look at that list, I'm a bit dismayed at the quality of today's heavies.
     
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  11. Dancingbraveforever

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    My reasoning on Mike was that he got taken the distance by Smith and Tucker. And big George was infinitely more powerful than those two. Plus he had a very good chin.
     
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    A terrible match up.

     
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    I guess he can only bang out what's put in front of him.
     
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    Boxing trilogies come and go, some are great, others not so hot, and yet others are down right bizarre. A trilogy of the latter type too place over a 9 month period between 1994-95 between "Terrible" Terry Norris and the battling journeyman Luis Santana. At stake on all occasions, the WBC World Super Welterweight Title. I'll post all three fights. Really strange stuff.





     
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    Does anyone pay to watch these?
     
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    Not me, I don't pay to watch anything. I stream everything, and the few things I can't get, I watch on replay.
     
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    Same here mate. I didn't used to mind paying for box office but it's been a longtime where there's been a card good enough to justyify paying in my opinion. Matchroom used to put some great cards on, stacked full of talent and good fights but nowadays every fighter they have they try justify as box office so they get their own show with an undercard full of 'prospects'.
     
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    RIP Alan Minter. Hopefully the link works. His most famous opponent and most infamous fight

     
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    Povetkin - Whyte 2, November 21. At stake, the WBC Interim Heavyweight Title and the mandatory position.
     
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    It's all too easy to throw adoration in the direction of the likes of Lomachenko and Canelo, but there's a much seedier side to the sport that likes to paint itself as the sweet science. In fact boxing can ****in' stink. A couple of days ago in Russia, the 47 year old Danny Williams, a man who after knocking out Mike Tyson, earned a shot at Vilali Klitschko's WBC title, climbed into the ring against Sergey Kharitonov, a 40 year old man making his debut. It lasted 2 rounds. At several points the Russian was heard asking the ref to stop the fight. After the BBBoC refused Danny Williams a licence, he found permission in a central European country.

    After the fight, Danny said he was finished with the ring, but he's said in the past. Can he be saved from himself?

     
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