Best fighter (Head-to-head) ever.

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  1. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Ali 1974 ? :huh
     
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  2. Ringnut

    Ringnut Boxing Addict Full Member

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    pretty much.

    but to keep the discussion going... do you view him as the greatest because you favor him over all the heavyweights though? or because he has a spectacular resume? (one doesn't automatically follow the other after all)

    if it's the former then no further explanation needed, but if it's the latter, then arguably, the best ever H2H is someone who could beat ali but isn't considered the greatest HW because of a lacking resume...
     
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  3. chatty

    chatty Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think a prime Lennox Lewis has a good shot at this
     
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  4. EverLast

    EverLast Well-Known Member Full Member

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    1.Ali
    2.Tyson
    3. Sugar Ray Robinson
     
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  5. MrMagic

    MrMagic Loyal Member Full Member

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    Prime SRR or Ali.

    /thread
     
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  6. Ringnut

    Ringnut Boxing Addict Full Member

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    so you would take SRR to beat guys like Frazier, Foreman etc? H2H, not P4P
     
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  7. MrMagic

    MrMagic Loyal Member Full Member

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    H2H not P2P?

    Whats the reasoning behind that?
    Then Ali wins this thread, because its simply just ranking heavyweights H2H.
     
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  8. DonBoxer

    DonBoxer The Lion! Full Member

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    1.Lennox Lewis
    2. Ali

    I slightly prefer Lewis H2H.
     
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  9. moreorless

    moreorless Active Member Full Member

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    Thats who I might go with aswell if this is a mythical "boxer fights ever other boxer ever to live" situation.

    Maybe a more questionable chin than some of the other big name HW's but in the (very) long run I think size would tell, espeically if we consider fighting guys from lower weightclasses aswell.
     
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  10. KayEpps

    KayEpps Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Excluding Weight - I take a Prime Roy Jones Jr. as well.

    Speed - Elusive - Power - with damn good skills - and a killer instinct.

    We can talk about his chin now - but no one ever mentioned anything about his chin back then. Even against the better HW's of all time - they would have to catch him - to hit him - and it wasn't that easy - when he's moving and firing back.
     
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  11. MrMagic

    MrMagic Loyal Member Full Member

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    I like the Lion, but I quite frankly do not know how he'd be able to cope with Ali, who fought taller and bigger men to perfection.

    With speed advantage, I think he'd confuse Lewis and frustrate him.
     
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  12. MrMagic

    MrMagic Loyal Member Full Member

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    That's so '90s of you.

    How do you see Roy doing against a 21 year old Floyd Patterson who captured the title against Archie Moore?
    How do you see Roy doing against Ezzard Charles?
     
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  13. kolokomandos

    kolokomandos GLASS IS NOT AN OPTION Full Member

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    Holyfield.
     
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  14. DonBoxer

    DonBoxer The Lion! Full Member

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    I have Lewis Ali pritty much a 50/50 fight. I think Lewis does better against the other top HWs than Ali does so i sometimes give Lewis the H2H edge.
    Styles make fights and this would be brilliant.
     
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  15. MrMagic

    MrMagic Loyal Member Full Member

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    How do you figure? Holyfield was probably the most inconsistent top10 of all times, he'd struggle badly against the likes of Alex Stewart.
     
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