Your three fav heavyweights in history.

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  1. Robbi

    Robbi Marvelous Full Member

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    I'm relaxed. However, you clearly weren't in your reply regarding 'composite' punchers. You were clearly wound up and not a happy chappy judging by your demeanour.
     
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  2. Pachilles

    Pachilles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Well the thing is that theyre both such epic characters. I like Ali as the larger than life anti-hero, and Frazier was his reality check. I dont think as a person overall he was particularly that bad. He stuck it to alot of people in his career. The mob-connected bully Liston, the monster Foreman, his 'whats my name?' **** etc..where right or wrong i love his messing with people.

    Then he tried to pull this stunt on Frazier, but Frazier is just not a guy you **** with. It got so nasty and personal because he was desperate to psyche him out, knowing what he was up against. It had the opposite effect, and the result was the two most evenly matched greats with no quit in either of them having the greatest rivalry in the history of the sport.


    I dont favour things as black and white, good and bad. Im abit of a twat myself so i can relate to Ali. I love Ali for what he did outside of the rivalry, and i love Frazier because of the rivalry.
     
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  3. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    Klitschko
    Holmes
    Jeffries
     
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  4. Kalasinn

    Kalasinn ♧ OG Kally ♤ Full Member

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    Is that just VK, or are you sneaking Wlad in there too? :D
     
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  5. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ali
    Tyson
    Holyfield -Young George

    Holmes is real close.
     
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  6. RockysSplitNose

    RockysSplitNose Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Rocky Marciano
    Jack Dempsey
    Joe Louis
     
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  7. Sonny Carson

    Sonny Carson Well-Known Member Full Member

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    1. Joe Louis
    2. Muhammad Ali
    3. Larry Holmes.
     
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  8. Flexe

    Flexe Boxing Addict Full Member

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    George Foreman
    Mike Tyson
    Frank Bruno
     
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  9. nahkis

    nahkis Robbed Full Member

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    Mike Tyson
    Jack Dempsey
    Joe Frazier

    Honorable mentions (you had to ask for 3 instead of 5, didnt you?): Evander Holyfield, Joe Louis.
     
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  10. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    My favourite TEN.

    The order could change from time to time, but the top three would probably stay the same.



    Ali
    Foreman
    Liston

    Tyson
    Marciano
    Lewis
    Louis
    Klitschko (Vitali)
    Frazier
    Cooper
     
    cuchulain, May 14, 2011
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  11. teeto

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    yeah that must have been what it was
     
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  12. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Out of those I watched sufficiently on video (computer) :
    (1) David Tua
    (2) Oliver McCall
    (3) James Toney (his obese version , that is)



    Norris is very hard to find videos of .
     
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  13. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    In general based on assorted knowledge (boxrec , forums , wikipedia , videos ) they are :
    (1) Sam Langford (wasn't really a HW either , just a bloated MW at most)
    (2) David Tua
    (3) Oliver McCall
     
    frankenfrank, May 14, 2011
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  14. quarry

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    Dempsey
    Ali
    Tyson
     
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  15. BlackWater

    BlackWater G.Wash. Full Member

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    Dempsey
    Tyson
    Liston
     
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