Underated heavyweight wars

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  1. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Gazelle, to this day, I am stunned Layne got up from that right hand. Not to mention actually winning.
     
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    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nick, you beat me to it. I was about to mention Morrison v Williams. Good fight.
     
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  3. OP_TheJawBreaker

    OP_TheJawBreaker NOBODY hit like that guy! Full Member

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    Duhaupas v Wilder and Satterfield v Layne is really good tho
     
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  4. Smokin Bert

    Smokin Bert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You can't ignore a fight that never happened.
     
  5. OP_TheJawBreaker

    OP_TheJawBreaker NOBODY hit like that guy! Full Member

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    I'm sorry, I meant Herbie Hide v Riddick Bowe.
     
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  6. William Walker

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    Lyle v Shavers is a absolute grit of war between two punching monsters with hearts of a lion, it is unfortunate that it wasn't preserved well and it seems there isn't any better quality version then this one.

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    tommy morrison-Joe Hipp

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  9. OP_TheJawBreaker

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    My my, who made that? Okay back to the topic, here are some underrated fights:

    Bob Satterfield vs Elkins Brothers
    David Izon vs Lou Savarese/Michael Grant/Darrol Wilson
    Andrew Golota vs Orlin Norris
    Tyrell Biggs vs Jeff Sims
    Tim Witherspoon vs Frank Bruno
    Joe Frazier vs Manuel Ramos
    Ron Lyle vs Jerry Quarry
    Ken Norton vs Jose Luis Garcia (Extremely Underrated)
    Trevor Berbick vs Greg Page
     
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  10. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Look to the 80s particularly.
     
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  11. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    That was a great fight. It also seemed winnable for Briggs, and like he lost by repeatedly allowing himself to be hit in the face.
     
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    He lost because he has awful stamina, not helped by being an asthmatic. He went all out to finish Wilson in the early rounds, tired himself out and had nothing left by the 3rd round.

    Wilson is also a bit underrated and Briggs underestimated him, Wilson has been involved in some terrific wars vs Courage Tshabalala, David Izon, so hes not the pushover that Briggs thought he would be.
     
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    Round 1 was awesome, I must say. Absolute mayhem.
     
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    Vitali vs. Sanders
     
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    lennox lewis vs ray mercer. action packed fight!