70's vs 90's heavyweights.

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  1. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    matchups and winners.
     
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    Don't be lazy OP. You post the match ups.
     
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  3. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Suffice to say that if you matched up the best seventies versions of Ali,Foreman,Frazier,Norton etc against those of the nineties such as Lewis,Bowe and Holyfield,the seventies would come out on top,in my view
     
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    I'm not so sure about that. It depends on who's fighting who.
     
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  5. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Muhammad Ali vs Evander Holyfield winner ali

    Lennox Lewis vs George Foreman winner foreman

    Mike Tyson vs Sonny Liston winner liston

    Riddick Bowe vs Larry Holmes winner holmes

    Joe Frazier vs David Tua winner frazier

    Michael Moorer vs Ken Norton winner moorer

    Jerry Quarry vs Tommy Morrison winner quarry

    Razor Ruddock vs Ron Lyle winner ron lyle

    Earnie Shavers vs Ray Mercer winner ray mercer

    George Chuvalo vs Gerry Cooney winner gerry cooney

    reply for detailed analysis for every fight one at a time.
     
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  6. atr

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    70s version of Liston would do well to beat 90s version of Tyson:rofl

    also, there was not really any version of Cooney in the 1990s (apart from the brief Foreman fight)
     
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  7. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    i put every fighter at their prime not just where they were at the 70's.
     
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  8. atr

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    so why title this thread as 70s vs 90s?:think
     
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    :good
     
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    The 70's sweep this thread IMO....with the matches you've made.
     
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    Even the Chuvalo-Cooney match...Chuvalo would break down Cooney.
     
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    Holyfield-Ali Holyfield. Holyfield ud12
    Lewis-Foreman Lewis Lewis ko2
    Tyson-Liston Tyson ko1
    Holmes-Bowe Holmes ud12
    Tua-Frazier Tua ko1
    Norton-Moorer Norton ko10
    Morrison-Quarry Morrison wko3
    Ruddock-Lyle Ruddock ko4
    Mercer-Shavers Mercer ko3
    Cooney-Chuvalo Cooney ko6
     
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    I don't know if I'd consider Sonny Liston a "70s" heavyweight. He died in 1970. I also don't consider Gerry Cooney a "90s" heavyweight. His last fight was in January 1990.

    Cooney's run as a "90s" heavyweight ended two weeks into the decade.

    There are plenty of other choices for "70s" heavyweights - including Joe Bugner, Jimmy Young, Leon Spinks, Duane Bobick, Jimmy Ellis, etc.

    As for the 90s, there was Frank Bruno, George Foreman, Andrew Golota, Ike Ibeabuchi, Henry Akinwande, Oliver McCall, Bruce Seldon, etc.

    Cooney in the 90s and Liston in the 70s don't really work.
     
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    Ali - Holyfield: I agree, however tough fight, like an Ali - Norton

    Lewis - Foreman: I'll go with Lewis, I think he can keep Foreman at bay with the jab, and land several big rights like round 8 in the jungle

    Frazier - Tua: Tua is tua strong (George Foreman power)

    Moorer - Norton: Agree, goes just like Moorer Holyfield

    Quarry - Morrison: Tommy lands the left hook and it's goodnight Jerry.

    Ruddock - Lyle: Don't know - never saw Lyle fight.

    Shavers - Mercer: Never saw Shavers.

    Chuvalo - Cooney: Chuvalo stronger and better chin.
     
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  15. Stevie G

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    I agree about Liston being void in this. He only had one fight in the seventies.
     
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