The no.1 Heavyweight nearly man

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Who was the ultimate nearly man?

Poll closed Apr 16, 2020.

  1. Axel Schulz

    4 vote(s)
    8.9%

  2. Ken Norton

    12 vote(s)
    26.7%

  3. Tua

    4 vote(s)
    8.9%

  4. Shavers

    2 vote(s)
    4.4%

  5. Golota

    10 vote(s)
    22.2%

  6. Ruddock

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  7. Povetkin

    11 vote(s)
    24.4%

  8. Joe mesi

    2 vote(s)
    4.4%
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  1. guncho

    guncho next champion! Full Member

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    Tua imo was not even close to helding title. And he lost wide to Lewis
     
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  2. Eggman

    Eggman "The cream of the crop! Nobody does it better! Full Member

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    ok....so are you just there to complain or Are you gonna take a drink from the poisonous cup and choose???
     
    Eggman, Apr 15, 2020
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  3. guncho

    guncho next champion! Full Member

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    Ok then its golota he had the most title shots aswell if we count bowe fights as title fights
     
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  4. guncho

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    Already did?
     
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  5. Eggman

    Eggman "The cream of the crop! Nobody does it better! Full Member

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    good lad
     
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  6. guncho

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    Sorry misread title i thought that we can add our choices
     
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  7. Big Ukrainian

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    Yes, it doesn't look right, but Lennox Lewis also got his first WBC title without the fight.
     
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  8. Somali Sanil

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    He did yeah..Showed his dominance after it though, and he was avoided by Bowe
     
    Somali Sanil, Apr 15, 2020
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  9. Eggman

    Eggman "The cream of the crop! Nobody does it better! Full Member

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    Schulz- stiffed v foreman, lost to a juiced Botha, close fight with Moorer

    Norton- many believe he beat ali and holmes

    Tua- drew with Rahman most feel he won, beat 5 world champs but In not title fights

    Shavers- so close to stopping holmes, went the distance with Ali,
    Fought in a golden era

    Golota- dropper Ruiz twice and lost a UD, drew with Byrd, bowex2

    Ruddock- great fight with Tyson second time, beat champions just not when it counted

    povetkin- very good resume. Waited too long. Klitschko match he was fouled out of winning. Wilder avoided him. Got a fair an square 1 on 1 championship fight eventually, shame he was old and it was against aj
     
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  10. Dubblechin

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    In that group, I voted Golota.

    I thought Golota deserved the decisions against both the IBF champ Byrd and the WBA champ John Ruiz. I could't even sleep after the Ruiz fight.

    Golota's fight with WBO champ Lamon Brewster should've been for three of the four belts (with Golota holding two of them).

    The fighters fought the fights, the judges just blew it.

    Shulz would be second. I had him beating Foreman, but I thought both Botha and Moorer deserved the decisions against him (and I was rooting for Shulz in both).
     
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  11. Eggman

    Eggman "The cream of the crop! Nobody does it better! Full Member

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    I watched the Schulz- Moorer fight out of boredom and scored it a draw. So Schulz still remains the nearly man haha

    Botha from memory deserved the win, may rewatch that tomorrow
     
    Eggman, Apr 15, 2020
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  12. dinovelvet

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    Norton and Golota were very talented HWs but not the most durable. Both were slick. Watch Golota bob n weave in the pocket like a HW Duran against Bowe
     
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  13. Dubblechin

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    Yeah, I haven't watched them in years (when they happened and when I converted my VHS tapes to DVD). I remember how surprising it was there was a riot after Botha-Shulz. I wanted Axel to win as much as anyone. He got the fight at home. (Got the Moorer fight at home, too.) He just didn't pull it off either time, IMO. He deserved to win against Foreman, though.
     
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  14. LoadedGlove

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    Has to be Ken Norton for me. Razor thin decisions against Ali and Holmes. Foreman blew him away but he was doing that to everyone at the time. Carried himself like a Champion too.
     
    LoadedGlove, Apr 15, 2020
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  15. Eggman

    Eggman "The cream of the crop! Nobody does it better! Full Member

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    If I had to list

    1. golota/Schulz

    2. Norton

    3. Shavers, Holmes got up incredible heart and chin

    4. Tua, the man beat so many champions and always appeared to be in eliminators against high level opponents. Iced ruiz and moorer, took rahman and fres 0s, stopped big O masgaev. How he never got a belt I don’t know

    5- povetkin. Fight with Klitschko was an absolute joke. Wilder 100% did not fancy the job against him and missed his chance over a ropey test. Faced aj at 40 and gave him some problems early. Still top 10 in his 40s

    6- ruddock , great heart, fought out his skin in Tyson 2, Lennox iced him, if his chin held up he could have got a belt. It was softened up by two back to back fights with iron mike
     
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