Prime Holmes vs prime Tyson

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  1. HerolGee

    HerolGee Loyal Member banned Full Member

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    Buster says no.
     
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    The bell rang ,don't you watch anything? :patsch
     
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    the claim was he could finish anyone he dropped.
     
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    I know holnes was older against mike but I can't shake in my mind how good holmes looked against holy and Mercer as an even older man..
     
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    "Could" and "did" are different concepts.
     
  6. Vanboxingfan

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    First of all, I don't see Tyson winning a decision, so he either gets the KO or Larry wins on points. tough fight to call, I think I'd lean ever so slightly to Tyson getting him out of there in the mid rounds. If it's a 15 round right I think Larry wins the longer the fight goes so, if Tyson doesn't get him out of there in the 7-8 round, I think Larry wins by decision.
     
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    Imo, the most sensible post on this thread.
     
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    China chinned Danny Williams says otherwise as well.....
     
  9. Foxy 01

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    Don't you EVER learn? The nut huggers are only interested in the 86 - 88 Tyson that fed on junkies, alcoholics, and weirdo's, or a 38 year old well past his prime.:lol::lol:
     
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    Mercer was having only his 19th fight, and only his 5th scheduled for 12 rounds. 3 more were scheduled for 10 rounds the rest were 8 rounders or less.

    Holmes lost to Holyfield, so whether or not he looked good doing so is neither here nor there.
     
  11. Azzer85

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    Funny, didn't your boy Lewis make a career out of fighting the same alcoholics and junkies?

    Do we need to go further into the second Mcall fight?
     
  12. latineg

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    awww that's not fair to Foxy!!

    He only hates with biased against Tyson, don't force him to play fair :p
     
  13. uncletermite

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    Tucker out of rehab took Lewis the distance and that was in another era,not his 80's era..you are clueless to think Tyson fought watered down opponents,Lewis as high as I rate him got some Tyson left overs and Ruddock was another one,didnt Bruno almost drop Lewis as well. :smooch
     
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    Foxy dislikes Tyson personally termite.

    Thus he refuses to acknowledge him as a fighter across the board.

    More over if anyone gives their opinion upon his fighting skills as being great Foxy will attack them to prove what a superior human being he is by standing up for all of Tysons past transgressions,,,,,what that has to do with how good a boxer Tyson was is anyone's guess, lol,,,,
     
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    Hes not here to talk boxing hes here to discredit,the problem with that is Tyson is by far the least one in HW history you can actually do that with,hes either to slow or to hatfule towards Tyson either way,his posts always back fire on him regardless.