Great fighters' bogeymen

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  1. J Jones

    J Jones Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Big Duran fan here, but I have to admit that Hearns was his bogeyman. Not that it would’ve changed the outcome, but Duran seemed overly respectful of Hearns.

    I remember reading Steward’s comments about this fight, where he implied that he could sense Duran being a little intimidated by Hearns.
     
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  2. Flo_Raiden

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    Kalambay showed that he was a stylistic nightmare to a great technician like Mike McCallum, who was also skilled himself. Whitewashed McCallum in the first fight while McCallum narrowly edged the second.
     
  3. JohnThomas1

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    Been there done all that LOL
     
  4. J Jones

    J Jones Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Some guy by the name of IronChamp dug up one of my old posts from a Tyson vs Foreman thread and gave me the business. I’m still waiting to hear back from him. Given the fact that he said Tyson snatched defeat from Frans Botha, a 7 to 1 underdog, I don’t expect anything rational.
     
  5. JohnThomas1

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    LOL!!!!
     
  6. Birmingham

    Birmingham Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    No chance 10/10. The lazy big head version that didn't respect the game yes, but there was once a Naz with hunger desire and that version defo doesn't let it get to 10/10. Barrera's a great, but he can be ko'd, and prime Naz was different to Barrera Naz ! Without Ingle, his style regressed rapid and the desire was evaporating anyway with or without Ingle
     
  7. Birmingham

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    Jirov was imo. A prime excellent fighter and Toney showed what he could do with his serious head on
     
  8. J Jones

    J Jones Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Although he’s a shameless Tyson supporter, he’s actually lacks the venom of most Tyson supporters. I forgot who, but someone on these boards told me that he’d feel safe if he ever found himself sharing a foxhole with a Tyson supporter, who he characterized as being determined.
     
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  9. JohnThomas1

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    LOL!!!
     
  10. ironchamp

    ironchamp Boxing Addict Full Member

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    "In the murky pond that is professional boxing, there are many different types of ducks. There are lame ducks, like Bill Cayton trying to enforce his contract with Mike Tyson. There are sitting ducks, like Tommy Morrison hung up on the ropes against Ray Mercer. There are ducks that go quack-quack-quack, like Don King near a microphone.

    And then, there is the kind of duck that Evander Holyfield and his camp are trying to pull on Mike Tyson. Make no mistake about it, the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world and his "think tank" are indisputably ducking the No. 1 contender."

    "..Privately, another member of Team Evander was confiding to friends that he feared the Tyson fight and doubted Holyfield's ability to win it. This member believed Holyfield would be better served by fighting Foreman again, for between $15 million and $20 million, and then picking off the lesser contenders out there for $8 million to $10 million a pop. Instead, they were committed to going for the big score against the world's toughest fighter.

    As the fight neared, Holyfield's camp grew resigned to the match, but their statements were remarkably tame, almost conciliatory, to Tyson. Just another fight, they said. "One bag of sugar ain't no sweeter than another," trainer George Benton said.

    Even Holyfield seemed unexcited about the prospect of fighting Tyson. Last week in Houston he told me, "I keep thinking, 'What does Evander Holyfield gain from this fight?' I'm already the heavyweight champion of the world. I ain't getting anything more from this than a victory."

    It was almost as if it was an inconvenience to have to fight Tyson, even with a $30-million paycheck attached.

    Then came word that the fight was being postponed because of a rib injury Tyson had suffered Oct. 8. And instead of shock and outrage from Team Evander, I could almost hear the signals of relief blowing in from Houston. I called Lou Duva with the news Friday night, woke him out of a sound sleep; he reacted as if a waiter just had told him he'd have to take capellini instead of linguini."

    http://articles.latimes.com/1991-10-27/sports/sp-857_1_mike-tyson-fight

    The revisionist history debunked.
     
  11. ironchamp

    ironchamp Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1. Antonio Tarver for Roy Jones jr,

    2. Andrew Golota for Riddick Bowe,

    3. George Foreman for Joe Frazier,

    4. Vernon Forrest for Shane Mosley,

    5. Sonny Liston for Floyd Patterson