Greatest fighter ever with two '1-punch KO/TKO' losses = _________? (w/ photos)

Age is just a number, what counts is how much they had left. Their subsequent careers indicate where they were respectively.

And was Lewis not considered the best HW in the world in 2001??? Did he not supposedly prove that when he knocked out Rahman? Clearly, he had a lot left.

Tarver was a touted contender for Jones' title long before he actually beat him. He was also a highly regarded amateur. Johnson, it is true, is more on the level of McCall and Rahman, but he's proven over the long run to be a better fighter.

 

I agree with that. Johnson and Tarver were both top class LHW's, Johnson still being one in fact.

Rahman and McCall are always 2nd raters, McCall at the time of KOing Lewis was almost considered a journeyman.

 

Zakman,


No way can their level of comp be compared. It can be quite legitimately argued that Jones' KO's came at the end of the career that-should-have-been-but-never-was. Jones fought to the level of cash on offer rather than legacy - many is the fan that wishes Jones had stepped up and faced all a' la Lennox rather than take the route he did.

 

Is McCall not NOW currently a mandatory challenger for the WBC?

Does that equal "top class" or not? Rahman held the belt again how long ago??


(Don't take that as me being a Rock fan. He's the biggest waste of 'some' talent there is.)

And what was Roy considered in the first KO loss to Tarver?? best, second best? What?


I can be convinced either way with a good argument. But comparison of opponents I find very similar. Johnson for years was considered the true definition of journeyman.

 

But look at the KO - a wild shot with the eyes closed does not equal class - it equals luck. Over a long career luck can desert you at any point in the fight game - combine that with a poor stoppage and you have Lewis-McCall.

BTW McCall for a "journeyman" back then has had a remarkable reinvigoration hasn't he - or maybe the HW's are that **** today.

 

i would say rjj is by far the better fighter

 

Wow people think the Johnson fight was a 1-punch KO? Lol he was kicking Roy's ass from the start of the first bell to the 9th. I don't consider that a 1 punch I consider that Roy getting hit repeatedly over and over again flush, then getting hurt and getting smashed. The Tarver KO is definitely 1 punch material, until that point Roy was winning the fight.

 

no he's right. Roy's skills weren't so great he was very unconventional and made alot of mistakes in the ring but his speed and reflexs always made up for it.

 

His first KO loss came about a year after beating Ruiz for the heavy title, when everyone was proclaiming RJJ as God himself.

Once again, you're skewing facts and slanting things one way for one guy, but not giving the SAME criteria to other guy.