1951 Joe Louis vs. Deontay Wilder

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  1. JackSilver

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    Wilder has now equalled Marciano’s 6 successful title defenses.
     
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    This must be an iconic sporting moment of the 21st Century:

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    About ten times more competitive than Wilder's latest.
     
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    Which is probably why competitiveness is not the singular feature in which you critique the quality of a fight.

    Again, Mike Tyson KOs.
     
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    I wish I'd filmed that time I sucker punch a grandma for her handbag in the park.

    reznick, you woulda loved it !

    I made it cinematic, trust me.
     
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    He’s not lineal Champ, doesn’t count.

    Unless we want to call the top four HWs pre-80’s champions?
     
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    ..... in my mugging days, of course.
    Long gone now.
    T'internet saved me.
    Kind of.
     
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    You can’t tell the difference between a sanctioned boxing match, and assault on an innocent grandma?

    I guess Bum Fights are like Ali-Foreman to you? D:
     
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    Depends who you think are the top 4 heavyweights
     
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    We can choose your top four, no difference.
    You think we should acknowledge them as champions?

    How would you decide who is a champion with one belt, versus a unified champion if those belts don’t even exist?
     
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    Last nights fight changed anyone’s minds?
     
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    It raised Wilder's stock in fantasy fights, and answered a few questions, if not all of them in his favor.
     
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    Tyson hadn't had the amount of fights Wilder has .
     
  13. Wass1985

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    I know Joe Louis is a great but i just can't see him doing anything apart from being stretchered out of the ring, that one-two would knock him in to next week IMO.
     
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    By now Tyson had already been knocked into Bolivion by Douglas.
     
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    Ortiz's Jab made Wilder look bad until he faded in the 10th. Louis by dec.
     
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