The hell happened to Tim Spoon in his '99 rematch with Greg Page?

Spoon, had a bad back and he admitted after the fight. Actually, the fight had more action then their first encounter.

 

I suspect I could beat Nielsen.

 

I agree, I like both fighters, especially Spoon, he is one of my favorites. A prime inshape Spoon would give most HW champs in history a run for their money

 

MR. BILL if you haven't seen Nielsen vs Holmes, i uploaded it to youtube.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz7fJ6hQMeE[/ame]

 

Of course Holmes tried to win. You think he was bribed to lose? That would take a few armoured cars to get Holmes to agree to that. That fight was nowhere near the magnitude it would take to get Larry to play ball.

It's simply that Neilsen was not any good but he was still able to defeat an old version of Holmes. Neilesen's fights just mirror what happened later on with Valuev and it's a huge advantage being the house fighter.

 

Holmes-Nielsen was a nothing fight really. Nielsen got the decision because he was the hometown favorite. It shows that he was better than a Butterbean atleast, as he wasn't completely embarrassed by ancient Holmes.

 

Holmes was a professional fighter who was all about the money. I think it's entirely plausible that he'd take the an extra million to not try to win. It's not as if he was going to get a shot at Holyfield or Lewis, or that he'd particularly fancy one.

Having said that, I don't think Nielsen's people would necessarily feel they needed to bribe Holmes. I mean, Holmes wasn't knocking anyone out by this time, and was out-of-shape, almost 50, and reduced to fighting a few seconds each round.
I believe Holmes' fight with Maurice Harris was probably on the level, and Holmes was struggling with some poor opposition, so it was really not much of an achievement for Nielsen to win a disputed decision over him.

Stoppage wins over both Tubbs and Witherspoon are more suspicious.

 

Then why did he carry on fighting until he was a decrepit untrained grandfather with saggy jiggling tits ?

 

I agree. I was just kidding.
But I wouldn't rule out any professional fighter going into the tank. I mean, all good fighters are winners, warriors, and have fighting pride. Still, we know some of them have played the game once or twice.