I never said he was washed up, but he wasn't prime either. He was still a great boxer, but not 100 %.
He achieved a lot cause he was a brilliant boxer, the best ever. But one cannot say he was still in his prime after the age of 35.
Frazier, with ease
Haye. Way harder hitter.
Hagler was robbed. Leonard ran all night and did shoe shine punching to steal rounds. Those things should only be counted at amateur level.
That fight was stopped prematurely.
SRR in the 40s.
Fullmer and Basillio beat a past prime SRR. And Lamotta was bigger. Plus SRR beat him on 5 other occasions. And Turpin faced an exhausted SRR, who...
He warned him the first time. Now imagine Lane disqualifying him, he would have never been allowed to ref again and all the boxing community...
How many boxers that weighed in excess of 230 lbs has Shavers KO'd ? :rolleyes:
He handled that pretty good. You just can't disqualify the biggest star in boxing as easily as you think.
He was completely incompetent in the Ali-Liston rematch.
True, Bowe is not as strong, but he's more skilled.
I doubt Lewis would have beat Bowe in 92, he was too crude/unrefined at that point.
Naseem Hamed. ;)