Fights between ATGs where one fighter was prime and the other was shot… (READ FIRST POST)

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  1. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    … which would have had a different winner if both were prime.

    Name some.
     
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    Larry Holmes vs Muhammad Ali
     
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    Joe Louis vs he who shall not be named.
     
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    Lennox Lewis vs Evander Holyfield I & II
     
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    Muhammad Ali vs Archie Moore (I doubt ali was primed at this point but Moore was no where near prime either)
     
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    Archie's next and last fight was against a wrestler.
     
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    Oh yeah he did
     
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    Holyfield wasn't shot when he fought Lewis, past his prime yes but not shot.
     
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    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    Agreed. Prime Primo destroys Joe.
     
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    He was probably sixty, lol.
     
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    238 years old if I’m not wrong
     
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    Maher certainly belongs in this argument!
     
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    Peter Maher?
     
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    Lewis Tyson?
    Holmes Ali?
     
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    Alexis Arguello vs Ruben Olivares
     
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