Bigger robbery, "Foreman-Schulz" of '95 or "Foreman-Briggs" of '97?

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  1. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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  2. clark

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    Lewis would not have knocked out George.
     
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  3. Sangria

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    Unfortunately you're not gonna get a response from the Salt man. He's been long gone from ESB for a while now. Lennox would show Foreman respect, but he methodically breaks him down over the course of the fight. Schulz and Stewart puffed him up pretty good. Lennox Lewis would just, uh, yeah.
     
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  4. klompton2

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    Schulz
     
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  5. Mendoza

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    Right. I had Lou winning that fight.
     
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  6. klompton2

    klompton2 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    The sad thing about the Schulz robbery, which really encompasses the whole Foreman circus sideshow of his second career was that Foreman wasnt willing to defend against anyone threatening and Bob Arum wanted to keep the gravvy train rolling as Foreman was a bankable fighter, so they paid something like $250,000 to the IBF to get the unknown Schulz ranked in the top ten so Foreman could fight him. Then Foreman gets pretty well dominated but wins a decision (so you know the officials were bribed as well) and then when an immediate rematch is ordered Foreman basically dumps his belt rather than be forced to defend against a guy that didnt deserve his first shot but that they paid to get ranked... Talk about pathetic.
     
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  7. clark

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    "Foreman-Briggs" of '97.
     
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  8. Big Ukrainian

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    Foreman - Briggs.

    Anyway, Shulz in his short prime was way better than Briggs.

    He should've won vs Foreman 115-113. Foreman beat Briggs easily, I scored it 117-111 Foreman.

    Also Shulz was robbed vs Botha, I had it 115-113 for Axel.

    And Botha later dominated Briggs, won every round except one (when he was knocked down), the scores should be 98-91 Botha, but somehow they scored it a draw

    Shulz > Briggs
     
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  9. The Long Count

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    I had Schulz by one more round than you but everything else is spot on!
     
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  10. Hookandjab

    Hookandjab Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Both were horrible decisions. I didn't think either fight was close.
     
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