Witherspoon, Dokes, Page, Coetzee, Tubbs, Thomas, Berbick

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  1. Vince Voltage

    Vince Voltage Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Rank in order thiese seven 80's heavyweights. I feel on a good night any of them might've upset Holmes (except maybe Berbick). I'd say:

    1) Witherspoon
    2) Thomas
    3) Page
    4) Dokes
    5) Tubbs
    6) Coetzee
    7) Berbick

    But it's tough, and I could see it shuffled around very easily.
     
    Vince Voltage, Feb 23, 2011
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  2. mr. magoo

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    1) Witherspoon
    2) Berbick
    3) Dokes
    4) Tubbs
    5) Thomas
    6) Page
    7) Coetzee
     
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  3. sportofkings

    sportofkings Boxing Junkie banned

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    This is a good list of all the under achieving and forgotten heavyweight's of the 80's. They all could have been so much more.
     
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  4. natonic

    natonic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    On any given night:
    Witherspoon
    Dokes
    Page
    Thomas
    Coetzee
    Tubbs
    Berbick

    At their very best, I'd vault Page to the top. He had loads of talent.
     
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  5. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    1980s chumps:

    1. Tim Spoon
    2. Tony Tubbs
    3. Mike Dokes
    4. Pinky Thomas
    5. Tony Tucker
    6. Greg Page
    7. Bones Smith
    8. Mike Weaver
    9. G. Coetzee
    * Trevor Berbick

    MR.BILL:bbb
     
    MRBILL, Feb 23, 2011
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  6. Muchmoore

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    Head to head at their best Berbick's the worst imo, Coatzee second to the bottom. Other than that, the top 5 could be arranged in just about any order although I'd prefer Spoon at 1.
     
    Muchmoore, Feb 23, 2011
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  7. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Attempting to blend talent and accomplishments........

    Spoon
    Page
    Thomas
    Dokes
    Coetzee
    Berbick
    Tubbs
     
    salsanchezfan, Feb 23, 2011
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  8. Sister Sledge

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    1) Thomas - Excellent fighter who beat a prim Spoon. Drugs made him decline in skill rapidly.
    2) Witherspoon - Very good fighter who got derailed by managerial problems and laziness.
    3) Page - A guy with good sized blessed with Ali and Holmesish skills. Too bad he was too lazy to apply them.
    4) Dokes - One of the quickest HW's at the time. Very good boxer who was felled by the narcotic.
    5) Berbick - Limited hustler who's workrate and pressure won him fights.
    6) Tubbs - Excellent, but lazy boxer/
    7) Coetzee - Big bomber with a weak chin.
     
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  9. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No i dont think a prime Holmes but most would give him a tough fight, i remember at one time (before he lost to Berbick) many including myself thought Pinklon Thomas had replaced Holmes as the top heavyweight in the world... Pinklon was underrated and lot of people have forgotten(or just dont know) how highly regarded he was, but his prime didnt last long. Prime Thomas beat a prime WItherspoon by the way.

    1. Thomas
    2. Witherspoon
    You can arrange the next 4 any way you want with out an argument
    7. Berbick
     
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  10. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Remember, Holmes' legacy is built on beating some of these "chumps".

    Cooney is not in the List.

    Could be Holmes is overrated too.
     
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  11. MRBILL

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    Tubbs at the bottom?:huh

    MR.BILL:-(
     
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  12. Mendoza

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    Witherspoon
    Thomas
    Dokes
    Tubbs
    Page
    Coetzee
    Berbick
     
    Mendoza, Feb 24, 2011
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  13. Foreman Hook

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    "Chumps" :nut:nut:patsch

    Hows about a list of 2000s lazy caveman Chumps??
    Those 80s dudes at least at skills!

    2000s Chumps -

    1 - Corrie Golfer Sanders
    2 - Lame Brewster
    3 - Sammy Caveman Peter
    4 - Chris Super-Middle Feather-Fist Byrd
    5 - Shot Shannon Asthma-Pump Briggs
    6 - Siarhei Who? Liakhobitchichski
    7 - Ruslan Hep-B Chagaev
    8 - Shot Mercer
    9 - Eddie Fast-Food Chambers
    10 - Chris Taco-Bell Arreola

    :rofl:rofl:rofl
     
    Foreman Hook, Feb 24, 2011
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  14. Stevie G

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    :lol: :lol: :good I love it !
     
    Stevie G, Feb 24, 2011
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  15. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Witherspoon was the best at his best ... the rest are all in the same lot as one beats one and loses to another ...
     
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