Greatest Aura Of Invincibility?

Dempseys promoter (or was it his trainer, or even Dempsey himself) appeared to not want to fight Greb, so there were quite a few that favoured Greb at one stage.

Plenty of people favoured Spinks to beat Tyson. It was a not that far off a 50/50 call, but that performance cemented the Tyson aura of invincibility.

By the way, did many people really favour Roy Jones Jr to beat Lennox Lewis? he would have been an underdog if he fought him. I am not even sure whether RJJ was an underdog when he fought Ruiz. Certainly plenty of people favoured Ruiz.

 

Sonny Liston he was seen as a monster .

 

I think you have to be around at the time to get a true feel for it. I wasn't even born in Liston's heyday, but I vividly remember Tyson in the late 80's. I just seemed like he couldn't possibly be beat. He defintely had an aura of invincibilty.

 

Muhammed Ali - 'Pre Exile
George Foreman - 'Pre Zaire
Mike Tyson - 'Pre Tokyo

 

Yeah tyson for me to,till that fatal night in tokyo,the guy seemed set for immortality,and maybe was set to become the best fighter of all time in the heavyweights

 

Roberto Duran at Lightweight. Marvin Hagler , Wilfredo Gomez. Sugar Ray Robinson at Welterweight.

 

George Foreman after destroying Frazier and Norton.

 

In the lighter weights, Wilfredo Gomez, and the "Z" boys.

Maybe Ricardo Lopez too.

And Monzon, not only the writers said it, but Monzon back it up.

 

Liston for a 4-5 year period prior to the Clay I fight.

 

How about Chavez prior to the Pea fight? Phenominal unbeaten streak, yet thoroughly outboxed by a fellow great (at least in the eyes of most observers).

 

Louis
Liston
Foreman
Tyson

 

Tyson and Liston
also Hearns right after he kayoed Cuevas

 

Totally agree unless you live through it you can't understand the aura...