Butterbean vs Liston

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  1. billyb71

    billyb71 Member Full Member

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    I'm a great admirer of the Butterbean. I think he is vastly underrated.
    Against Liston he's toast. Liston will KO him in one or two rounds.
    Bean is exactly the kind of fighter Liston wanted- coming at him with arms flailing.

    Lineal champions that Bean could have beaten:
    Floyd Patterson
    Ali (the Ali who fought Larry Holmes)
     
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    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Floyd Patterson would kill Butterbean and the corpse of 1980 Ali still has a shot. The 1981 Ali who fought Berbick schools Butterbean by virtue of the fact he could still throw a jab and knew how to box.

    Butterbean was a sideshow act. Not knocking him because he did alright out of it but he sucked as a boxer.
     
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    Vic The Gambler Active Member Full Member

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    Butterbean vs Liston??? Haha, you’re pulling our leg with that match up, surely!

    Do you mean Mrs Liston, Sonny’s mum? That one would be a close one
     
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    Patterson would have a fear lockup against Butterbean just like he had with Liston. He'd be beat before he stepped into the ring.
    1980 Ali might have had a shot, but I would bet on Bean.
     
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    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    I gotta go with Butterbean in this one. Liston would be too slow, he couldn't handle Butterbean's Charley Burley esque reflexes. Butterbean would counter him to death. Plus we know Butterbean could handle punchs from someone like Liston. Could Liston take punches from someone as powerful as Butterbean? I doubt it.
     
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    Superman vs Batman?
     
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    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Draw
     
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    Haha! You guys are killing me today.
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    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Liston folded whenever anyone intimidated him.
     
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    Butterbean via devastating KO in the same explosive fashion he wiped out Brawl For All champion Bart Gunn
     
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    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Since the topic is "Liston vs Butterbean" are you insinuating
    He'd (Butterbean) would intimidate Liston?
     
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    Yes
     
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    Do you think BB would intimadate Liston?
    The guys that Liston knocked around with, battled with, the hardships he overcame..
     
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