How do these rites to passage fights compare?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    How do these heavyweight up and coming legend v top 10 contender fights compare, and which prospect gave the best performance in their respective bout?
    Tyson v Tillis, Muhammad Ali with Jones,Joe Frazier-Oscar Bonavena and George Foreman-Gregorio Peralta.
     
  2. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Frazier had the toughest one but Jones was crafty and tricky too. Tyson was just a freak of nature.
     
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  3. Stiches Yarn

    Stiches Yarn Active Member Full Member

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    Very hard to tell.
    4 close fights but i guess we can take Fraizer right away since he earned a split decison and was knocked down like twice in the first round.
    I really have no idea....
    who do you think the greater fighter among Tillis, peralta or Jones or Bonavena?
    Personnally i don't know but i can tell you that most of these guys are proud members of the group of heavyweights who gets overrated due to the facts They fared very well against green fighters who would go on to become ATG's...
    Henry cooper is the leader of that group.
     
  4. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    The Cooper fight was just one fight before Ali`s fight v Liston.
     
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    Stiches Yarn Active Member Full Member

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    But why did he fare a lot better in the rematch?
    He might have gained the experience after the first cooper fight and made sure he doesn't get tagged again by anyone before his exile.
     
  6. Indefatigable

    Indefatigable Active Member banned Full Member

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    Mark how often do you flog the dolphin watching Tyson. You are intensely obsessed.
     
  7. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Yes and he trained harder too, plus he wasn`t messing around leaving himself wide open to that hook.
     
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  8. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    He was veruy good, @Morlocks would agree.