Classic Forum! Let us decide on the Best 10 Wins in History!

Douglas was technically counted out at one stage and allowed to get up after the 10 apparently...

No doubt that was a huge win but I dunno about 10 best ever calibre

 

He got up at nine....?

 

Foreman vs Moorer

 

Don King wanted the fight outcome written off........it was a slow count

Either way the victory and manner of victory was excellent but the whole performance doesn't deserve top 10 all time

 

Has anyone mentioned Tunney's one and only yet? Sorry if someone has.

 

Get real. Watch the tape and you will se Douglas following the count from early on. Should he have kept his own stop watch?

 

I said apparently and am well aware of what happened in the fight....that controversy topped with the rest of Douglas' career puts this fight far out the top 10 of all time....

A top 10 all time win has to be great fighters beating other great fighters not just a one off knock out against an off colour and unfocussed Tyson

 

I think i must be very close to the biggest Tyson fan ever. He's the only boxer that i defend with bias, (and i won the last award for most unbiased poster of the year!!), but when i watched Douglas-Tyson last i must say it was special as the fight went on and Buster was throwing him up against the ropes and slamming him everywhere. The points about Mike being unfocused are something that may hold water, but if im not sure exactly how much on the subject of this thread. Just thought i'd add something to the debate, though i havent really committed to anything there!!

 

Like I said earlier...it was a massive upset, huge and the knockout made it more spectacular, but I feel it's not a top 10 win of all time. If I'm wrong I'm wrong.......

 

hopkins vs pavlik was quite an achievemnt

 

Nar im not saying you're wrong, i don't know, that's why i never really committed to anything, im just trying to get posting again so i added something on a fighter i like to talk about that's all!

If it was about upsets then it would definitely fit right in, i just don't know here though.

 

Eh? :huh

 

I think the two best wins in boxing history are:

1) Foreman-Frazier I - An undefeated, acknowledged HOF heavyweight champ is walked over in 2 rounds, dropped 6 times, and even lifted off the canvas with an uppercut, all of which seemed beyond the realm of comprehension coming in.

2) Armstrong-Ross - The world's top featherweight jumps up the equivalent of four weight classes, takes on a proven great, long-reigning, HOF welterweight champ, who had only lost 3 times in roughly 80 fights, and complete whups and outclasses him. Amazing.

As far as the rest of the list goes, here are some that I would most likely include in my ten (not in any order):

Duran-Leonard I
Ali-Foreman
Jofre-Legra
Douglas-Tyson
Fitzsimmons-Corbett
Spinks-Holmes I

...and then a few candidates I would consider for the rest of the list, or just on the fringes of it.

Zivic-Armstrong I
Ali-Liston I
Harada-Jofre I
Holyfield-Tyson I
Dempsey-Willard
Tunney-Dempsey I
Randall-Chavez I
Pacquiao-DeLaHoya
Tarver-Jones II
Leonard-Hearns I
Hearns-Hill

 

ali frazier 1 was the first clash of undefeated ex champion and champion for a world title

 

No he wasn't 'technically counted out', the count is the refs count, not a 10second count, if it takes the ref 30seconds to count to 10 then thats the right count, end of discusion