Biggest misconception/narrative about the following fighters you don't agree with?

swagdelfadeel · Mar 4, 2020

Eddie Ezzard said: ↑

I'm going to focus on isolated incidents as well as generic assumptions. Here goes

Foreman - that he lifted Frazier off his feet. It didn't happen. He hit Joe, Joe staggered back then hopped off the ropes onto his knee. Foreman's arm was back when Joe went up. If he had lifted him with the punch, it happens on impact. Not after.
Louis - No real opinion on Joe, I'm afraid.
Dempsey - that the punch that kayoed Sharkey was devastating. It was an arm punch with no torque while he was walking forward. His feet weren't set, there was no whip from his legs or hips. And it hit Sharkey mid face. It should not have hurt a professional fighter of any note.
Ali - that Angelo split his glove and they had to send for a replacement in the first Cooper fight. Watch the fight. There is no significant delay. Clay got around a minute to recover.
Holmes - that he was a shell of himself v Tyson. He looked good until he got hit. It's just that Tyson ca 1988 was a brilliant finisher. But Larry looked better than anyone else had up to that point.
Johnson - that he put socks down his trunks to enhance his Johnson. If he did, they must have been booties as he looks like an Action Man in pics I've seen of him in his trunks.
Tyson - that he had a short prime. He held the title for three and a half years, similar to Marciano, longer than Liston or Foreman among his rivals for a spot in the all-time top 10. It wasn't as long a prime as it could/should have been but it was no flash in the pan and he fit a significant body of work into it.
Holyfield - that the 2nd round of the first Moorer fight shouldn't have been scored 10-10. Moorer was winning the round. He got knocked down. It goes from 10-9 Moorer to 10-10 in the same way that if Holyfield had been winning the round then put Moorer down, it's a 10-8 round. Knockdowns essentially equate to a point deduction from the victim. That's what happened here. No controversy.
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Don't forget Foreman quit against Ali

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Biggest misconception/narrative about the following fighters you don't agree with?

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