most unstoppable heavyweight performance

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  1. luke

    luke Well-Known Member Full Member

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    what is the most unstoppable heavyweight performance you have ever seen, im sitting here thinking and i cant pick one, i would love to know what you think.
     
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  2. DonBoxer

    DonBoxer The Lion! Full Member

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    Lewis v Golota
     
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  3. MagnaNasakki

    MagnaNasakki Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    When George Foreman took out Joe Frazier, the planet Earth decided he was unstoppable.

    No great, respected heavyweight champion has EVER been blown out like that. Foreman looked like a giant among men, and given the respect and awe Frazier had accumulated after withstanding the FOTC, he was, overnight, called a bigger puncher than the great Joe Louis.

    Talk about a legend making performance.
     
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  4. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    How about Liston taking out Patterson?

    How about Tyson taking out Spinks?

    How about Schulz taking out Botha?
     
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  5. Hands of Iron

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    No Dempsey-Willard? :D
     
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  6. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    I agree with this. Foreman-Frazier was harsh but Foreman was the bigger man. Here, Dempsey was the smaller man and completely brutalized Willard. Anyone have a picture of Willard's face after the fight?
     
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  7. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    I consider the heavyweight division to have begun with Liston beating Patterson. Before that was merely prehistory.
     
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  8. Hands of Iron

    Hands of Iron #MSE Full Member

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    Are there particular fights that determine this for the other seven? :deal
     
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  9. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    How about Louis-Schmeling II? Does that qualify for "unstoppable"?
     
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  10. willcross

    willcross Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Tyson vs Spinks for me. Not in historical greatness. If a computer was gonna pick a random heavyweight opponent and I had to pick a fighter to represent my interests, and my life is on the line. I want that version of Tyson.
     
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  11. Hands of Iron

    Hands of Iron #MSE Full Member

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    :deal
     
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  12. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    No. The heavyweight division is the only one which has undergone such radical change.
     
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  13. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    In reality, Joe Louis beat up some big men too.
     
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  14. Hands of Iron

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    :clap:
     
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  15. MagnaNasakki

    MagnaNasakki Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Not great, not great, and not great.

    Frazier was great. Top 10, clearly.
     
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