Dwight Braxton .Vs. Eddie Mustafa Muhammed

Qawi would've found a way inside Eddies defences I believe. EMM could be a little passive at times. Clear ud. Just discovering Qawi on youtube at the mo and I'm likeing what I see. 70s and early 80's were seriously dangerous times to be a lh!

 

Qawi outworks Eddie to UD win.

 

For the most part, I agree with Boro and Xplosive.

Who knows what Eddie was capable of though, if he was truly in shape and motivated.

 

Edward M. Muhammad was good and slippery, but never truly great or powerful.......... Qawi of 1980 / '81 tears into E.M. Muhammad and forces Eddie to the ropes where he takes a beating while trying to slip and counter a ferocious Qawi....... After E.M. Muhammad lost to "Snipes and Spinks" in 1981, Muhammad became a steppingstone........ Qawi all the way, Jose.......
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MR.BILL

 

E.M. Muhammad had a horrid build.... He looked good at 175, but claimed he was too light and weak there by 1980........ And I saw him at 187 on ESPN against some clubfighter and Eddie looked like Porky Pig in the ring............. Odd as it seems, I think 178 to 180 pounds was Eddie's best weight by 1980........ BUT! He had the wrong weight at the wrong time........ Sad.....

MR.BILL

 

Actually, he was still a top fighter for another year or so afterward. I think it was his refusal to make weight for the rematch with Spinks that sorta "blacklisted" him from big fights afterward. He did get another title shot a few years later against some guy over in Europe, but lost; I don't remember the details about that one.

 

Muhammad lost to Slob Kacar in 1985 for the 175 lb. title over 15 rds........... I believe Bobby Czyz beat Kacar later on for the title in around '86.....

MR.BILL

 

WTF? You come out with some of the wildest stuff at times Bill. Eddie was voted the hardest hitting 175 on earth for a couple of years running and had murderous power :huh

Don't let a mostly laidback style fool you. The man had dynamite power in both mitts.

 

Johnny Boy,

I'm sorry....... I do NOT see Eddie as a serious puncher..... Eddie was more so slick and tricky......... The losses to "Galindez, Scott, Snipes & Spinks" just to name a few dudes of note, really hurts his long-standing credibility......... I'm not saying Eddie was a powder-puncher, but he really wasn't a world-beater of a puncher either.........
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Plus, even though he racked up several wins after he blew them two fights to "Snipes & Spinks" in '81, nobody paid much atttention to Eddie ever again, including national TV........
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Q:

Has Eddie even found his way into the IBHOF up in New York yet?:huh

MR.BILL:yikes

 

Ali lost to Holmes, Leonard to Norris and Holmes to Tyson in mostly comparable career stages too. Norris later lost to Keith Mullings.

 

Not much more need be said, really

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C'mon Johnny, don't get pissed at me............ I'm not blaming Eddie for losing to Slob Kacar in 1985 at 175 pounds; Eddie was over-the-hill by then....... Eddie took the fight and made weight cuz of the payday it entailed........... ****, if 175 was hard to make in 1983 for the "Spinks" fight, Eddie must've starved for two days to make weight for Kacar......... In 1985 it was all for $$$ on the part of team Eddie........
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MR.BILL

 

Me pissed?

But i must say, far far better post



P.S. Did i see you pick McCallum over Monzon (McCallum would be Carlos' worst nightmare or summin was said) at 160 the other day, or was it someone else?

 

Yes... John, I am guilty of that remark as well.................. I just think that McCallum fought and won titles at 154, 160 & 175 pounds, as well as competing at 168 pounds with Roy Jones, too..............

Both Monzon & McCallum fought until they were either age 35 or 42........ Monzon was huge at 160, but McCallum was no slouch at 160, either.....

Skillwise, I think a late 80's McCallum could possibly outbox a '73 Monzon, in a time machine........

MR.BILL:bbb