90s Heavyweights VS 70s Heavyweights

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  1. TipNom

    TipNom Active Member Full Member

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    Ali v Lewis
    Foreman v Holyfield
    Frazier v Tyson
    Norton v Bowe
    Shavers v Ibeabuchi
    Young v Tua
    Quarry v Mercer
    Lyle v Morrison
    Ellis v Byrd
    Chuvalo v McCall
    Bonavena v Botha
    V Klitschko v Holmes
    Wepner v Cooper
    Old Liston v Old Foreman

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    Mavrovic vs Bugner
    Bruno vs Mathis
    Briggs vs Patterson
    Rahman vs Mac Foster
    Moorer vs (Bob) Foster
     
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  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Lewis UD12
    Lewis jabs and outlands his way to a UD against the slower 70s Ali imo.

    Foreman TKO3
    An epic brawl that sees Holyfield exchange viciously with a guy who can't afford to and is stopped.

    Frazier TKO11
    Frazier starts slow and maybe gets dropped but ultimately after round 6 starts turning Tyson into a punching bag and the ref mercifully stops it.

    Bowe TKO4
    Bowe is awful for Norton, he'd catch him at some point and when he does it's over. Bowe would also be strong enough to push Norton back.

    Ibeabuci TKO6
    Great fight, Shavers would hit Ike and possibly drop him, but Ike just hits too hard for Shavers and stops him.

    Young UD12
    Young beats Tua everyday of the week. Can deal with his power and outboxes him easily.

    Mercer TKO8
    Great war, I like Quarry to come forward and exchange with Mercer. You have to be a special fighter to beat an on form Mercer in a brawl, I don't Quarry was.

    Lyle KO3
    Morrison comes forward and brawls, gets hit and goes down. Lyle may taste the canvas here.

    Byrd UD12
    Byrd was just better than Elis, I expect him to use his feet to take a UD.

    Chuvalo UD12
    Chuvalo, more activity. No one's getting hurt in this one.

    Bonavena TKO2
    Bonavena was just a lot better than Botha

    Holmes UD12
    Holmes (Shavers 2) is good enough to beat Vitali (that KOed Hide) imo, he'd jab his way to a UD.

    Cooper TKO7
    Cooper on form is a handful, and would go straight for Wepner, who wasn't all that durable. I like Cooper to get a stoppage.

    Old Foreman KO4
    Foreman is just better than Liston in the 70s.

    Some great fights here, some poor but hard to pick ones.
     
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  3. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Some match ups to add which could be fun

    Mavrovic vs Bugner
    Bruno vs Mathis
    Briggs vs Patterson
    Rahman vs Mac Foster
    Moorer vs (Bob) Foster
     
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  4. The Senator

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    Ali v Lewis - Ali guts out a decision
    Foreman v Holyfield - Foreman and Holyfield drag each other into a brutal war, with Foreman emerging with the TKO, but Holyfield never backs down in the process
    Frazier v Tyson - Tyson either blows Frazier out of the water in a few rounds, or Frazier guts it out in a decision victory for the ages
    Norton v Bowe - Bowe by KO
    Shavers v Ibeabuchi - Ibeabuchi by mid round KO
    Young v Tua - Young by a dreary decision
    Quarry v Mercer - Toughest one to call, I have Quarry by a razor sharp decision, but would also accept a Mercer KO
    Lyle v Morrison - Lyle by KO
    Ellis v Byrd - Byrd by decision
    Chuvalo v McCall - Chuvalo by decision
    Bonavena v Botha - Bonavena by KO
    V Klitschko v Holmes - Holmes by decision
    Wepner v Cooper - Cooper by KO
    Old Liston v Old Foreman - Old Foreman by KO
     
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  5. The Undefeated Lachbuster

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    Half of the 90s roster are mental nutjobs who went hot and cold quick. No way they win
     
  6. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    But if we just assume that they're at their best, how does it go then?
     
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  7. The Undefeated Lachbuster

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    1. Ali
    2. Foreman
    3. Frazier beats 90s Tyson
    4. Bowe
    5. Ibeabuchi
    6. Young
    7. Mercer
    8. ... Lyle? Tough.
    9. Byrd
    10. Chuvalo
    11. Bonavena
    12. Holmes
    13. Cooper
    14. Old Foreman
    15. Bugner
    16. Bruno
    17. Patterson
    18. Foster
    19. Foster

    All in all: 70s wins 12-7
     
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    Ali v Lewis
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    Briggs vs Patterson
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  9. NoNeck

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    Lewis dec
    Holyfield tko
    Tyson ko
    Bowe ko
    Ibeahuchi tko
    Young dec
    Quarry draw Mercer
    Lyle ko
    Byrd dec
    Chuvalo dec
    Bonavena tko
    Vitali dec
    Wepner dec
    Old Liston dec
    Bugner dec
    Bruno ko
    Briggs ko
    (Haven't watched much Mac Foster)
    Moorer ko Foster

    9-8-1 90s
     
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    v Lewis
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    v Holyfield
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    Norton v
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    v Tua
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    v Mercer
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    Ellis v
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  11. The Undefeated Lachbuster

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    There isn't a snowflake's chance in hell that Botha goes the distance against hard slugging Bonavena but beyond that good post
     
  12. Mendoza

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    Winner in Green



    Ali v
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    Foreman v
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    Frazier v
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    Norton v
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    Shavers v
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    Quarry v Mercer - Hard to call
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  13. robert ungurean

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    This except I have Frazier beating Tyson
     
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  14. ThePainMan

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    Moorer would beat Foster pretty easily.