Heavyweight Fantasy Match-Ups

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  1. Showstopper97

    Showstopper97 The Icon Full Member

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    What are your hw fantasy match-ups?
    Mine are:
    Muhammad Ali vs Joe Louis
    Joe Frazier vs Evander Holyfield
    Mike Tyson vs Riddick Bowe
    George Foreman vs Larry Holmes
    Lennox Lewis vs Riddick Bowe
    Rocky Marciano vs Jack Dempsey
    Sonny Liston vs George Foreman
    Joe Louis vs Joe Frazier
     
  2. djanders

    djanders Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Nice match ups!
    I'll take a shot at the outscomes. IMO:

    Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Louis= A Split Decision Win by either guy, or a Draw are not out of the question here!
    Joe Frazier vs. Evander Holyfield= Holyfield gets ahead and then gets drawn into a war. I'll still give Holy the win, in a tough one. Majority Win.
    Mike Tyson vs. Riddick Bowe= My guess is that Tyson pulls this one out, but Bowe might be coming on late. Tyson shows courage at the end.
    George Foreman vs. Larry Holmes= Because of styles, I'd take Holmes head to head. Unanimous Decision.
    Lennox Lewis vs. Riddick Bowe= Lewis, in a Unanimous Decision win.
    Rocky Marciano vs. Jack Dempsey= Oh my God! I just want to watch this one! Both down. It wouldn't surprise me if they banged away to the end of the fight, totally exhausted. Both hard to stop.
    Sonny Liston vs. George Foreman= A war while it lasts. I'm going with George stopping Sonny at some point.
    Joe Louis vs. Joe Frazier= Louis takes it, but it won't be easy. Maybe a late stoppage or Decision win.

    I would have loved to have seen John L. Sullivan against any of the other Lineal Champions, just to have a better understanding of him.
     
  3. SheenLantern

    SheenLantern Active Member Full Member

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    Muhammad Ali vs Joe Louis = Ali by UD or late TKO
    Joe Frazier vs Evander Holyfield = Evander has the tools to win this one, but he gets lured into a brawl and gets stopped
    Mike Tyson vs Riddick Bowe = If you built a fighter in a lab to beat Mike Tyson, he'd look like Riddick Bowe
    George Foreman vs Larry Holmes = Holmes TKO, Prime Holmes is better than Zaire Ali in pretty much every way
    Lennox Lewis vs Riddick Bowe = Lewis UD
    Rocky Marciano vs Jack Dempsey = Dempsey on cuts
    Sonny Liston vs George Foreman = Foreman by KO, better chin, more power
    Joe Louis vs Joe Frazier = Louis by TKO
     
  4. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Think Marciano v Frazier is the best fight that could happen for me. So top three would love to see
    Marciano v Frazier
    Liston v Lewis
    Louis v Foreman
     
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  5. TipNom

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    Holyfield VS Frazier
    Ali VS Holmes
    Charles VS Liston
    V. Klitschko VS Bowe
    Mercer VS Marciano
    Frazier VS Liston
    Holmes VS Frazier
    Prime Holmes VS Holyfield
    Patterson VS Marciano
    Dempsey VS Louis
    Foreman VS Tyson
    Foreman VS W.Klitschko
    Foreman VS Lewis
    Marciano VS Holyfield
    Walcott VS Liston
     
  6. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Ali VS Louis - Ali UD
    Frazier VS Holyfield - Frazier UD or late TKO
    Dempsey VS Marciano - Dempsey early KO/TKO
    Liston VS Foreman - Liston mid round TKO
     
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  7. The Fighting Yoda

    The Fighting Yoda Active Member Full Member

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    My Top 20:
    Jeffries vs. Dempsey
    Langford vs. Tunney
    Johnson vs. Dempsey
    Dempsey vs. Schmeling
    Dempsey vs. Marciano
    Tunney vs. Schmeling
    Louis vs. Liston
    Louis vs. Ali
    Marciano vs. Frazier
    Marciano vs. Ali
    Liston vs. Foreman
    Liston vs. Tyson
    Liston vs. Bowe
    Ali vs. Tyson
    Ali vs. Holyfield
    Ali vs. Lewis
    Foreman vs. Tyson
    Foreman vs. V. Klitschko
    Holmes vs. Lewis
    Tyson vs. V. Klitschko
     
  8. KidDynamite

    KidDynamite Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Muhammad Ali vs Mike Tyson

    Can't think of a bigger or better fight

    It would be the greatest televised event in terms of viewership
     
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  9. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Joe Frazier vs Evander Holyfield
    Leon Spinks vs Clifford Ettienne
    Buster Douglas vs Ike Ibeabuci
    Rocky Marciano vs Evander Holyfield
    Joe Frazier vs Larry Holmes
    Evander Holyfield vs Mike Weaver
    Floyd Patterson vs Carl Thompson
    Buster Douglas vs Ray Mercer
    Joe Frazier vs Joe Louis
    Lamon Brewster vs Alexander Povetkin
    Joe Louis vs George Foreman
    Buster Douglas vs Hasim Rahman
    Joe Frazier vs Mike Tyson
    George Chuvalo vs Tommy Morrison

    There'd be some incredible action in these.
     
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  10. El Gallo Negro

    El Gallo Negro Active Member banned Full Member

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    I'm not one for era vs era matchups so much, so most of mines are guys that fought within 10 or 15 years of each other...
    More like fights we either missed by a couple of years or guys who's careers just never crossed paths for whatever reason.

    My all time list would include:

    -Jac Johnson vs Dempsey
    -Marciano vs Liston
    -Larry Holmes vs Cassius Clay from 1974 or before (only because I think Holmes gets no credit for his win and I believe he gives Clay problems anytime they fought)
    -Foreman vs Holmes
    -James Toney vs Roy Jones or Chris Byrd
    Malik Abdul Aziz vs James Toney
     
  11. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Picks are bolded.
     
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  12. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    All of my picks are the first named, although there's a few I think could go either way.
     
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  13. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    So we only disagree on about 4 fights? Not bad. I'd be open to changing my mind on Chuvalo-Morrison, and maybe Frazier-Louis (as Frazier is my favorite fighter).
     
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  14. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    To be honest, I was surprised you didn't have Chuvalo beating Morrison anyway.
     
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  15. swagdelfadeel

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    I thought about that for quite a while, then decided Morrison's superior boxing would bring him home.