He was definately considered past prime vs. Norris... it was a true upset. When Brown fought McGirt he had just one loss (LSD12 Marlon...
Lewis W12 Tucker was a stinker... Tucker was down twice though
I thought Spinks was stripped because he didn't want to fight in the unification tournament... won by Tyson. I thought it was Tyson he was really...
In 1995 Tucker got the crap beat out of him by Bruce Seldon (LKOby7). He had won 4 in a row (all by KO) following his loss to Lewis in '93. The 4...
I think Foreman would've found a way to win. He didn't look great vs. Schulz in 1995 (WMD12)... but who was Schulz at that time? Foreman...
Brown was a heavy favorite going in. He had recently knocked out his best friend (M. Blocker KO10) and had yet to KO Norris.
wow!
101 3/4 Lbs. is the biggest difference in weight I've ever seen in a fight where the big guy gets knocked out! There may have been bigger...
Louis 196 KO6 Carnera 260 1/2 Carnera (264) was also stopped by Luigi Musina (KO7) who weighed (184 1/2)
Holyfield (208Lbs) KO3 Douglas (246Lbs)
T.O.S. Williamson (211 3/4 Lbs.) KO5 T-Rex Sanders (313 1/2 Lbs.) Levi Billups (211 Lbs.) KO5 Mike "The Giant" White (270 Lbs.) Mitch Rose...
Buddy McGirt by clear decision. At 147 he gave Whitaker many problems in both of their fights despite being past prime and having an injured...
McClellan but that doesn't mean that he couldn't score a KO over Duran either. Next best chance is Kalambay (who did go 1-1 vs. McCallum)....
Not sure what the clip of Ali (Clay at that time) vs. Jones is supposed to show... but trust me when I tell you that they fought a close fight...
Define toughest. Do you mean toughest for Ali to defeat? In that case I would pick the people who beat him or came very close to beating him...