Dwight Muhammad Qawi was a 5'6" light heavyweight champion.

hard as nails, courageous, strong as a Bull and of course he could fight!

Qawi vs Langford, the ultimate match up of the 'Little BIGMEN'.

 

He was a bad man very underrated.

 

5'6, and 3'4 of it was just ball matter.

 

That would have been one awesome fight.

Dwight was a firecracker in the ring.

 

Head to head I think he's one of the toughest fights for any light heavyweight. It took a superlative, disciplined effort from a true ATG in Spinks to beat him, and it was still highly competitive.

 

In his prime, it was extremely difficult to hit him with a right hand. Saad only landed one really telling right hand. But there were under ten seconds left in the round (7th) and Braxton recovered quickly.

However Eddie Davis showed he was suseptable to uppercuts.

I think absolute prime Saad would have been tougher for Braxton because Saad threw a full arsenal of punches and didn't go right hand crazy.

 

Awesome fighter, so skilled and he was brilliant in defense and countered off that defense exceptionally well. Good power and hard as nails as well. Imagine fighting someone so relentless. He would have fit in well back in the 40's. It kills me that the Spinks rematch didn't reach fruition as i would have liked to see if he could make any improvements to his plan. Spinks could not have fought any better.

 

My favorite fighter

 

A great fighter at light heavyweight.

 

What I find incredible about Qawi is he had no amateur background. Learnt to box while in Rahway prison sparring with James Scott who he then defeated in what was basically a world title eliminator. How he developed such an amazing defense I will never know.

The biggest impressions of him are the demolition (and humiliation) of Leon Spinks, giving young Holyfield hell in their 1st fight and the way he showed no fear against comebacking George Foreman. Brilliant fighter.

 

The thing w/ Qawi is the amount of conditioning it takes for him at that weight. He really is on a tightrope and it is a deep and tough division. Dwight looked terrible in that Evander rematch and was not fighting low. He simply cannot fight at 175 if he becomes a stand up fighter. He has to have the ability to stay low at all times.

 

Always loved Qawi. The Camden Buzzsaw had endless stamina at his peak and is one of the best examples of someone in the ring who is absolutely head over heels in love with the sheer thrill of combat. Loved his Leon Spinks fight where he's grinning from ear to ear as he bobs, weaves, and slips about 2 dozen punches thrown in combination, all of which only ever graze him at best, hands down, taunts Leon then throws back some killer combinations. When he was fighting Foreman and pretended to slump to the canvas to trick Big George then sucker punch him when he put his guard down was so creative and funny, the only time I've ever seen anyone do that in the ring. Qawi was an absolute joy to watch, I remember really enjoying reading his Best I Faced article from the Ring. Great little fighter, just this compact ball of aggression.

 

Anyone remember his Cruiser run? His success there surprised me, though the size disadvantages he faced even there were telling. This one was Qawi'esque in it's brutality.

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