1970's 'Best of the Rest' Heavyweight Tournament: First Round (Part One)

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  1. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I have decided to do a 1970's Heavyweight tournament. I have included 32 of the better fighters who did not gain general recognition as Heavyweight Champion, so no Frazier, Foreman, Ali, Spinks and Holmes.

    For the sake of not clogging up the board, and making it a bit faster, I will be using multiple fights in a thread, with multiple options for people to vote. I will not vote, other than to break a tie. All fights will be over 15 rounds. The draw was done at random, and with no one seeded.

    Just one final thing, it is a 70's tournament, thus try and analyse the fighters at their 70s peak, even if they peaked in their career before or after the decade.
     
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  2. Curtis Lowe

    Curtis Lowe Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I picked Dokes over Cooper due to Henry's history of getting cut.

    I picked Young over Bobick, though this fight could go either way. I think Young could not punch hard enough to KO Duane like others did. That being said Bobick might out work Young. Still I picked Young.

    Norton over Ellis.

    Chuvalo wears down Lewis.
     
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  3. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Roughly 28 hours left to vote.
     
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  4. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    There's no way on Earth that Bobick would beat Young,imo.
     
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  5. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    No damned way on God's green earth does Bobick even land solidly over the distance. As a matter of fact, Young could very well have stopped Duane or at the very least decked him with the shots that he bothered Norton with.
     
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