Jimmy Young vs Sonny Liston

thanks for making me laugh this morning tommy.
I always loved Young but a big puncher he was not.
Tho I did always tell people that Young did hit hard enough
to keep the big power boys off of him; if not they would've
just walked right thru him.

 

Wait a minute ... my previous post compared Young to Wlad not Vitali ...

Vitali definately has a rock chin ...

Young is still the better man on defense , speed and movement ... Head to head Vitali wins a decision over Young ...

 

Oh, my god...:?

 

I agree, this fight would likely be similar.

 

Liston would have had better luck trying to nail jello to the wall than catching Young.

 

:roll:

 

Young was more a spoiler than a mover. Young wasn't nearly as fast as a 64 Clay and not as fast as Machen either.

Liston takes it.

 

Yes..... I'm talkin' VITALI.........

MR.BILL:hat

 

Young punched like a little *****... Foreman went down in round 12 down in Rico from exhaustion, high humidity, off-balance and Young's right paw.... That droppage of Foreman was NOT clean.... That was shaky and sketchy.... BUT! It was ruled a knockdown....

I have the fight on tape......

MR.BILL

 

You're right about the knockdown.

 

Well, put ballistics like that together with his renowned killer finishing instinct and there's no way Liston sees the final bell. Ooo, can we dehydrate Liston severely too? It might produce a highlight reel KO!

 

He was n't even as fast as a '74 Ali,truth be told. He never needed to be though Jimmy was a classy fighter in his own right. As I've always said,Young would have given a prime Liston a lot of problems,but Liston would have won over the distance.

 

Yes, Sir......bbb

MR.BILL:hat

 

Young loses to Liston by a split verdict, enough to warrant a rematch.