Patterson was down more times than any other HW Champ in History (20 times). In some of the fights he was down in... he got up and eventually...
Compared to many of the top HWs before him he was a big man. Holyfield is 6'2 1/2" with a 77 1/2" reach and very ripped even at age 48 and 220Lbs....
You think Charles got KOd like a *****? Nothing Ezzard Charles did in the ring was ***** like.
Jimmy Young- Ali L15, Foreman W12, Norton LSD15... only got the nod vs. Foreman but a case can be made that he should have went 3-0 vs. these...
We dont need it, its been tried, nobody cares. Remember the Super Cruiserweight division? 191-210 Lbs. before Cruiser was moved up to 200Lbs....
After going the 15 round distance to win the WBA CW Title from Qawi by split-decision Holyfield went on to defend the title 5 times, all by KO. In...
Holmes went 21-5 in HW World title fights and 69-6 (44) overall. He was only stopped once. He weighed between 209-223 1/2 Lbs. for fights during...
Joe Lewis was a great martial artist back in the 60's actually.
I didn't even look at this forum for a couple of months and I come back to see that nothing has stopped the Quarry love. So on that note... I...
He'd look like an amateur vs. Charles and maybe Walcott as well. Let's see... there was also Archie Moore, Jimmy Bivins, Joey Maxim, Elmer Ray,...
The count doesn't start until the fighter who scored the knockdown is on his way to a neutral corner.... it doesnt matter if Tunney was down for...
Holyfield went 4-0 in HW World Title fights before losing to Bowe. He regained the title vs. Bowe then lost it to Moorer. He beat Tyson and went...
Quarry's best chance at a HW world title came in '68 vs. Jimmy Ellis for the vacant WBA belt. Quarry fought Patterson to a draw in '67 (D10),...
I doubt it. I think it would be a good fight for as long as it lasted. In the end I do see Tua winning by KO though. Patterson would be a little...
Young beat Lyle, drew with Shavers in their rematch (I thought Young won), lost a disputed decision to Ali, beat Foremasn, lost a split-decision...