Compare Liston`s top 5 KO`s to Foreman`s

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    If you take Liston`s top 5 KO`s how do tyhey stack up against Foreman`s top 5 KO`s, I think Liston scored more one punch KO`s, but they were scored against smaller fighters than the guys Foreman blew away.
     
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  2. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hate the size argument as if it grants the individual a better chin. FYI it doesn’t.

    any how
    Liston top five Ko
    Patterson x2
    Folley
    Williams x2
    Nino
    Wepner

    Foreman
    Frazier x2
    Norton
    Moorer
    Lyle
    Chuvalo

    I’d give it to Foreman for quality but both very impressive
     
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  3. djanders

    djanders Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Muhammad Ali actually had 5 better stoppages than either of them.

    George Foreman
    Sonny Liston x2
    Joe Frazier
    Floyd Patterson x2
    James Ellis
     
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  4. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Archie Moore
    Henry Cooper x2
    Bonavena
    Quarry
    Lyle
    Williams
    Folley
    London
    Mildenberger
    The man was ridiculous
     
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  5. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Amazing.
     
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    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Marcianos on a side note
    Walcott x2
    Charles
    Moore
    Layne
    Louis

    Tysons
    Holmes
    Spinks
    Ruddock x2
    Bruno x2
    Tucker
     
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  7. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Not very impressive when you look into the actual quality of these opponents at the time Marciano faced them, or in Layne's case, his actual quality at any time.
     
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  8. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Lol you can’t help yourself. Not true at all but arguing is pointless. We both know it will go nowhere
     
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    Two old shot dudes who would never fight again, an old shot dude who would go .500 for the rest of his career, an old guy who retreated to light heavy and a never-was white hype. Great line-up.
     
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    ecto55 דמוקרטיזציה של השממות האיסלאמיות כעת banned Full Member

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    He's quite sick isn't he? One wonders whether he was once married to an Italian girl and its all went sideways....

    Anyway, I like Foreman's KO's more aesthetically...
     
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    Ouch hahahaa
     
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  12. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Cooper was stopped on cuts.
     
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  13. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Moore was a natural light heavy, Louis was shot, Holmes was way past his best, Spinks was small, Tyson didn`t stop Ruddock in the rematch and the first stoppage was controversial, it was a TKO not a KO, Bruno was stopped a few times in his career and had already been knocked out by Spoon and Smith before Tyson scored a TKO in his first fight with Bruno and Bruno had been stopped by Lewis before Mike scored another TKO v Frank, Tucker wasn`t stopped by Tyson who couldn`t even hurt Tony at all.
     
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  14. Kamikaze

    Kamikaze Bye for now! banned Full Member

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    Ali had the best list of stoppage victims to match his GOAT resume. Liston stopped pretty much no one to indicate he was powerful the manner In which he did it iswhy we consider him a puncher. Foremans best stoppage is Frazier and Moorer... Good not great.
     
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  15. Kamikaze

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    "You can only beat who is in front of you" Everytime, anyone anywhere says anything about his resume a Rocky fan crawls out under the fridge like a roach looks you in the eyes and utters the sacred words.
     
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