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