Was Tim Witherspoon a top 30 heavyweight ?

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  1. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I think he was very good
     
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    I think that Terrible Tim Witherspoon is a top 30 heavyweight, he was a WBA Heavyweight Champion, he fought the likes of Larry Holmes and Frank Bruno. A very talented heavyweight, good defense, and a good overhand right hand.
     
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    IDK, maybe in my top thirty. Even if u don't consider him top 30, on any given night, he could beat any heavyweight that ever lived. He was that good.
     
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    He gave then WBC Champion Larry Holmes a tough fight in 1983.
     
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    joebeadg Well-Known Member Full Member

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    yea, I loved that fight, I loved how Tim fought that fight. He was very slick and crafty when he wanted to be
     
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    I think so. IMO his resume of wins is 3rd best in the 1980's behind Tyson and Holmes.
     
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    Maybe, although far from given.
     
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    For fighters with significant activity after 1980, I have Holmes, Tyson, Holyfield, Bowe, Lewis, Wilder, Fury, Joshua, Foreman, McCall, Rahman, and both K bros ahead. And he'd be just barely ahead of Brewster, Thomas, Byrd, Povetkin and Michael Spinks. So that's 13.

    And he'd obviously be behind Ali, Frazier, Liston, Patterson, Marciano, Dempsey, Louis, and Jack Johnson. That's 21

    Then Jeffries, Norton, Corbett, Wills, Tunney, Schmeling, Eliis and Ezzard Charles might be ahead. So that's 29 if you count every one ahead of him, which they probably dont all deserve.

    So yes probably top 30.
     
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  9. William Walker

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    I would say in terms of a pile of big wins as well as for longevity, Tim is definitely in the top 30. Not the most original fighting style tho.
     
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    All time? Lower end, maybe.
     
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    yes, the lower end
     
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    Top 20? Nah
    Top 25? Maybe
    Top 30? Yep
     
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    I’d have him just outside personally
     
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    How about guys like Langford, McVey, Jeanette, Jackson, Fitz, Baer & Ray?


    Just curious
     
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