I don't think Foreman's height and reach advantage are the be-all, end-all factors, but I definitely disagree with the notion that they're non-issues.
Bummy beat me to it...my pick is Griffith.
You might want to concede the 5+ inches of height and 10+ inches of reach, too. :)
It's interesting how there seem to be two distinct schools of thought about the criteria - Nobody has Dokes 2nd. He's either first or last.
You're correct that none of the judges scored a round even. They all had it 133-133 (7-7) after 14, and two gave Holmes the 15th, while one saw...
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I'll get the ball rolling with Sugar Ray Robinson, though I'm sure he wasn't the first to do so. We can work backward. :)
I think the mist you can say for Qawi in this fight is that he'd be up on points at the time of the stoppage.
Crack cocaine is a terrible thing. I hope Tom Kaczmarek got some help. BTW, if it's not obvious, that's a JOKE. But there's no excuse for...
Ummm...
Just for my own amusement, could you start a thread about a fighter you don't have "the utmost respect" for? That might really be something to read.
I think Chuvalo keeps his feet, but the ref saves him somewhere in the late rounds.
Technically true, but one of the No Decisions was an easy newspaper verdict for Tunney. In the words of the A.P.: "Tunney gave Greb as...
Duran (Montreal) only beat Leonard (Montreal) by one point, so "Duran (Montreal) beats *any* SRL" posts are essentially saying that Leonard...
This. Marciano fought one top-rank heavyweight under the age of 35. Ezzard Charles.
