Timeline of the heavyweight division decline.

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  1. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    it has more to do with styles. old foreman stopped many fighters faster than prime tyson. better ko punchers in the 90's? thats just laughable.:lol: foreman lasted the distance against PRIME holyfield something tyson failed to do with an ANCIENT holyfield. its interesting to note ruddock only lasted the distance once in any of his losses and it was against tyson.
     
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    please explain how the 90's have edges in these.
     
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    holyfield said when he was punched by foreman he thought his teeth came out he was looking for his teeth on the canvas. the man was looking for his ****ing teeth. did bowe ever do this?
     
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  4. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon.

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    Holmes wasn't prime by the end of the 80s but he was in the first part. Holme's prime was somewhere between 1978-1983. Are you sure that most people don't consider Holyfield and tyson top 10 atgs? They are in my top 10. Since you ask, this is my top heavyweight h2h list.

    1.Muhammad Ali
    2.Joe Louis
    3.Larry Holmes
    4.Lennox Lewis
    5.George Foreman
    6.Vitali Klitschko
    7.Wladimir Klitschko
    8.Riddick Bowe
    9.Evander Holyfield
    10.Mike Tyson
    11.Joe Frazier
    12.Ken Norton
    13.Ike Ibeabuchi
    14.Tim Witherspoon
    15.Sonny Liston
    16.Pinklon Thomas
    17.Teofilo Stevenson
    18.Felix Savon
    19.Donovan Ruddock
    20.Michael Dokes
     
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  5. swagdelfadeel

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    :lol::lol: 70's had Foreman not old foreman prime foreman, the powerhouse foreman. 70's had the top 2 hardest hitters of all time, shavers and foreman top 3 if you include liston. they also had lyle, mac foster, frazier, cooney, bonavena. your argument that the 90's had more powerpunchers than the 70's carries no weight.
     
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  6. swagdelfadeel

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    :lol: the top 5 are okay but after that your list is a ****ing joke.
     
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  7. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    How ****ing stupid are you? Or are you just looking for someone to talk to?

    Foreman wasn't among the best 7 or 8 KO artists of the 90's.

    Liston fought ONE FIGHT in the 1970 and died.

    Bonavena or Morrison or Tua or Ruddock or Moorer or Lewis or Bowe or even ****ing Burt Cooper?

    Heading off to Cambodia in 28 hours. Thankfully I will not have to see any more of your inane s h i t.
     
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  8. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    not saying he was. but ko percentages don't tell the whole story. like ike williams low ko percentage but he hit very hard. and you still could go online in cambodia and just as easily see my posts nevertheless thank god you are leaving please don't come back :happy
     
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  9. Hookandjab

    Hookandjab Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Heavyweights today are bigger and better than ever before. Chauvinism and cognitive dissonance make this difficult for some people to accept. We had our day in the sun, but it's over now. The Eastern Europeans have taken heavyweight boxing to its highest level to date. Get over it.
     
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  10. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    :lol::lol: get out of here ****ing ******.:rofl:patsch
     
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  11. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Sure, Foreman still hits hard to this day I am sure. He's a ****ing freak.

    Look, I am not saying the 70's sucked (tho they did at times). Just saying the 90's were better. And those are likely the two best decades of the division.

    I'll send you a kiss and a postcard.
     
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  12. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    you have your own opinion even though it's wrong.
     
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  13. swagdelfadeel

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    how the hell did they get in here? you're list is a ****ing joke you should be arrested.
     
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  14. Chuck1052

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    Would boxing under the Marquis of Queensberry Rules have survived if John Ruiz or Wladimir Klitschko was the central figure in the sport instead of John L. Sullivan during the 1880s? I doubt it because watching Klitschko and Ruiz in action was or is like undergoing a root canal. Has there been a longtime world heavyweight champion like Klitschko who has attracted so little interest in the United States during his reign? Regardless of the merits of Ruiz and Klitschko as fighters or people, the heavyweight division has taken a huge hit with them on the scene.

    - Chuck Johnston
     
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  15. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    exactly.
     
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