Cases where the great big man beats a great smaller man

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  1. Devon

    Devon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Where the smaller man is just as skilled or more skilled than the big man, but the big man uses his advantaged to neutralise his skills, bigger as in height and weight, like Lewis vs Holyfield
     
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    The fact that Holyfield was 36 was more a factor why he lost against Lewis, Bowe beating a prime Holyfield in 92 is a better example.
     
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    Johnson v ketcheal. I mean it's the archetypal David verses gelioth.
     
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    In the lower weight levels the big man and the little man may not be that much different size wise. The examples I always think of are Jose Napoles-Carlos Monzon, Carlos Zarate-Wilfredo Gomez and Wilfredo Gomez-Salvador Sanchez
     
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    Jeffries v Fitzsimmons.
    Monzon v Napoles.
    Herman v Wilde
     
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    Most of them.
     
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    The most obvious one to me is Foreman v Frazier.
     
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    Terry Norris vs Meldrick Taylor
     
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    Monzon vs Valdez
     
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    Bernard Hopkins has two of these wins with ODH and Trinidad.

    Mayweather Junior against JMM, not a great win at the time just Márquez did enough afterwards to elevate it.
     
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    Tyson Fury against everyone
     
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    Liston—Patterson
    Tyson—Spinks
    Canelo—Bivol
     
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    Hagler vs Duran
     
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    Monzon-Napoles is the proverbial good big man beats good small man fight.
     
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    Tunney - Greb
     
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