A l l time Greats best opponents - The top 8

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  1. Utter1

    Utter1 Active Member Full Member

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    Just out of curiosity........was thinking what ranks as achievement?.......and felt that quality of opponent in terms of winning against has to be one where we guage the very best of each period.

    Off the top of my head ive Chosen Lennox Lewis and Muhammed Ali-

    Lennox Lewis-
    1. WPts12 E. Holyfield 1999
    2. WTko6 V. Klitshcko 2003
    3. WKor2 R. Ruddock 1992
    4. WKor8 M. Tyson 2002
    5. Wpts12 T.Tucker 1993
    6. Wkor7 F. Bruno 1993
    7. Wpts12 D. Tua
    8. Wkor4 H. Rahman 2001


    Muhammed Ali-
    1. Wkor8 G.Foreman 1974
    2. Wkor1 S. Liston 1965
    3. Wkor6 S.Liston 1964
    4. Wkor14 J. Frazier 1975
    5. Wkor11 R. Lyle 1975
    6. Wkor12 F. Patterson 1965
    7. Wkor3 C. Williams 1966
    8. Wpts12 K. Norton 1973
     
  2. El Cepillo

    El Cepillo Baddest Man on the Planet Full Member

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    What is the question :huh
     
  3. Utter1

    Utter1 Active Member Full Member

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    Getting the 8 best wins.....in terms of quality of opponent head to head.


    I mean you could say Ali win over L. Spinks to become 3 time champ was one of them but then we are basing it on quality of oponent head to head......so Leon is far down the ladder.
     
  4. AbbasKhan6428

    AbbasKhan6428 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    foreman once knocked out a horse with one punch!!! wtf has that gotta do with the thread I hear you say? well you ****in knock out a horse and then tell me
     
  5. billyk

    billyk Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I don't know if you can measure greatness purely by the head to head record.

    I'd put Tyson's eight best (without much thought) as:

    1 Tony Tucker (UD)
    2 Pinklon Thomas (TKO 6)
    3 Bonecrusher Smith (UD)
    4 Razor Ruddock (TKO 7 & UD)
    5 Michael Spinks (KO 1)
    6 Trevor Berbick (TKO 2)
    7 Frank Bruno (TKO 5 & TKO 3)
    8 Tony Tubbs (TKO 2)

    But it was the way he disposed of most of those that marked him out more than the opponents themselves.
     
  6. EL-MATADOR

    EL-MATADOR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Mayorga did as well :deal
     
  7. jaed

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    are you sure that was foreman I thought Duran was the guy who ko'd the horse
     
  8. EL-MATADOR

    EL-MATADOR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Mayorga
     
  9. TommyV

    TommyV Loyal Member banned

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    No fighter has ever knocked out a horse for **** sake.
     
  10. EL-MATADOR

    EL-MATADOR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Mayorga's manager Carl King says he did, could be bull**** who knows.
     
  11. AbbasKhan6428

    AbbasKhan6428 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I heard duran knocked out a cow. seriously i heard it was a cow. he thought it told him to mooooooove. well anyway maybe that horse had a glass jaw.....hu knows
     
  12. TommyV

    TommyV Loyal Member banned

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    Definately bull****. I won't even go into the detail of why he couldn't knock out a horse, seeing as it's his manager it's obviously he's just trying to hype his fighter.
     
  13. EL-MATADOR

    EL-MATADOR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Probably.
     
  14. ninebar

    ninebar Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Duran was the one that knocked out a horse.
     
  15. glimmerman

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    Dont forget holmes even if he was past it