As ever, these comparisons across time are problematic. When I think back on the heavyweight champs there really weren't many if any "pure...
Ali, TK11 because Louis is having trouble seeing due to blood and swelling. Louis the stalker fails to cut of the ring on Ali.
I wonder which one weighs more...
Holyfield by majority decision. Rough fight, but Holyfield remains disciplined and manages to avoid the "jinx".
Dempsey beats Liston with merciless body punching. Liston didn't have to defend against animals like Dempsey. If Dempsey let Frazier hit him the...
I'll never forget Foster's one punch KO of Mike Quarry. Quarry hit the canvas face down and stayed there. I think Foster beats Charles, but...
Chuvalo bloodies him up. The fight gets stopped on cuts in round 9 or 10. If it went the full 15 I think Chuvalo still wins due to superior stamina.
Oh that's easy. Lyle TK5 Carnera vs. Tubbs Just kidding...
Saddler, D15
As I remember though punchers bothered Buchanan a lot and Arguello was a hard puncher.
Nice point about Louis. I'm not sure Lennox belongs in the conversation really... I wonder what he would have done against someone like Foreman....
The young, fresh Jack Dempsey was unapproachable, but he didn't fight much. Although this will be unpopular, films of Dempsey are comparable to...
Look who you're resorting to though: Shavers, Witherspoon, Weaver, Cooney, Mercer. In the early to mid 70s the field was Ali, Foreman, Frazier,...
The Joe thing was weird. I'm not sure any of us saw that coming at least in the shear enormity of the wipe-out. It was almost exactly like...
Yeh, and George was just coming off the amateurs. This comment opened up a whole new mental thread for me about a REAL Liston v. Foreman. I read...