CW Qawi vs old Larry Holmes

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  1. WAR01

    WAR01 In the 7.2% Full Member

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    Qawi of the Holyfield war vs Larry of the Holyfield bout, Qawi is a very large CW honestly similar sized to Frazier shorter but more muscular being about 5 or so Lbs lighter I’m not sure how this would play out it would be interesting to say the least.
     
  2. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This, besides a projected Foreman bout, would have been the best to watch fight of Larry's comeback imo. Qawi, as relatively small as he was, gave Foreman FITS with his overhand right, and was no joke overall at all. He did way better than anyone expected, George was definitely having problems.

    I think Larry would make a fool out of Qawi early on with the jab and just kind of bully him on the outside. But Dwight would start inevitably landing the overhand right, Larry's Achilles' Heel, and that would have been when the fight got REALLY interesting. I don't think he'd floor 90s Holmes (if McCall couldn't, Quawi couldn't). But I think he would have shook Larry mightily and made him more cautious.

    George had started to catch up with Dwight by the 6th round, and I think a lot of that had to do with sheer size and bludgeoning power. Larry would have taken longer, but I think either Larry's right or uppercut would finish Dwight in 10. Dwight just wasn't cut out to be a heavyweight, he wasn't the imaginative fighter Michael Spinks was, and he was kind of stylistically limited. At light heavy, etc. he often really shined and he could put up a great fight when he wanted to. But I don't see him lasting the distance with the Holmes who dominated Mercer. No way.