Dwight Muhammad Qawi

Qawi is one of the last men I'd want to fight in the streets. You can tell he's just a mean, mean, man when he fights, which is probably what attributed to his good chin.

Qawi utilized his shortness well to make it harder to hit him clean as he came in bobbing and weaving to get into range. His 5'6, compact frame suited his style of fighting very well and is one of the reasons why he was so good.

 

perhaps the greatest Little Bigman in boxing,
they talk about Langford, now these two might have been the match of the century!

 

He was comprehensively out-jabbed by Spinks for the duration of the fight.

 

I just wish Qawi didn't sell out for that lousy 50 G's back in '88 when he met Foreman in the ring. Qawi was gross at 222 pounds and had no chance at all against the mammoth Foreman.. Cheers...

Still, Qawi was kool.:hat

MR.BILL:bbb

 

Qawi forced Spinks to change his style in the fight.

Unfortunately for Qawi, Spinks had the tools to be able to change in midfight and still win.

 

An underrated, underappreciated guy. Glad he made the Hall of Fame. Loved his style. He called himself "an aggressive counter-puncher"....kind of a rare style to have. I also loved his long baggy trunks that he used for "camouflage" and his nickname, "The Camden Buzzsaw". Very, very skillful guy who got robbed on a couple of occasions.

 

I didn't think so. The main thing that sticks out in my memory about that fight was how well Spinks controlled Qawi with the jab, while simultaneously slipping Dwight's counter jab with a little head dip to the left. Beautifully executed time and again.

Not to say that Qawi had a bad jab, though. I agree with you that it was generally an excellent one, especially given his height/reach disadvantages.

 

Qawi is one of the meanest fighters that I've ever seen in the ring.Just a really sadistic and malicious ******* that would beat the ever loving **** out of his opponent and would smile while doing so.He seemed,atleast to me,to really get a kick out of hurting others in the ring.




He is,for any short pressure fighter,the very best example to follow and pattern themselves after.Very aggressive fighter,but also composed and intelligent with his pressure.Knew how to use his height(or lack of) to his advantage and had very good upper-body movement - very difficult to consistently land a clean punch on.Basically,just an excellent and well-schooled fighter.



Only the greats beat him when he was at,or atleast close,to his best - and that would not include Ossie Ocasio.

 

Qwai was a monster, a terrific fighter at light heavy ... Spinks fought a masterpiece to beat him that night ... Qwai, who fought very much like Langford minus the killer heavyweight punch, faced the same obstical against Spinks that Sam did against a certain type of much bigger man, essentially he could not get past tye jab of a huge man with speed and the power to make him pay coming in ..

Qwai / Spinks was practically decided in rd 1 when Michael landed some big shots that let Qwai know he was not walking through him like he did a shot Saad, James Scott, Bull Martin or others ...

That being said the man was a natural, an exceptional fighter in his short prime ... he's in my top ten to 15 at Light Heavy for sure ...

 

first thing that comes to my mind when i think of qawi was when he was fooling around with leon spinks. i loved that part

 

Fine...fine fighter. Like a lot of people,my first memory of him was when he battered the seemingly indestructible Matthew Saad Muhammad. 'The Camden Buzzsaw,indeed. His first fight with Evander Holyfield must be the greatest Cruiserweight bout ever.

 

Great fighter. He is acknowledged with being the first person to drop Spinks (though it was more like a step on the foot). I would have loved to have seen him fight Eddie Muhammad.