Joe Frazier vs Rocky Marciano

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  1. Pedro_El_Chef

    Pedro_El_Chef Active Member Full Member

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    You might as well be trying to knock out George Chuvalo
     
  2. Seamus

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    He beat Morrison like a redheaded stepchild. He put that hypejob to rest.

    And it's called PRIZEFIGHTING... and fighting Byrd would bring no prize. The idea that Lennox was afeared of Chris Byrd is hysterical. Have you seen Lewis' record? He fought the biggest collection of powerpunching heavies of any fighter. He wasn't afeared of no man, including Ridiculous Bowe.
     
  3. Totentanz.

    Totentanz. Gator Wrestler Extraordinaire banned Full Member

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    Hey, it worked for me.
     
  4. BoxingFan2002

    BoxingFan2002 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    So did Mercer and Bentt who were average punchers at best and they knocked him even easier than Lewis.
    Why he ducked prime Holyfield and did not wanted to fight Byrd and Ike, he also beat old Holyfield, past prime Tyson and Morrison.
     
  5. Seamus

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    Ah, dude, I'm sorry. You must be Italian.

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  6. mcvey

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    Morrison was 26 You're a moron.
     
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  7. BoxingFan2002

    BoxingFan2002 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    How much layoff had and he had HIV right?
     
  8. Greg Price99

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    Layoff? Morrison stopped Ruddock less than 4 months before he fought Lewis.
     
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  9. BoxingFan2002

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    But he was past prime, he was not the Morrison that beat Foreman and was washed fighter, lost by 1st round against Bentt.
     
  10. Seamus

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    Yeah, he should have searched out some super prime geriatrics, perhaps some ex-lightheavies at that.
     
  11. The Long Count

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    Morrison was washed up he had HIV against Lewis. He looked horrible in that fight and it wasn’t because of Lewis. Lewis’s resume is strong enough to not have to give big accolades for beating Morrison. Lewis and the referee were both sent to be tested for HIV, after Morrison popped in his very next scheduled bout against Arthur Weathers. The testing used back in 1995 would only show HIV if it were in your system for 3 months or more meaning Tommy was infected at least as early as the Lewis bout. Only 3 states tested for HIV back then and Morrison was able to skirt around it until he was hoping to land a Tyson fight by fighting for King. Tommy was doing drugs drinking and sleeping with hookers he looked slow bloated and disinterested in the Lewis bout.
     
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  12. Totentanz.

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    Morrison had just gotten his best win off of a past prime Ruddock before the Lewis fight, and is likely in his peak form when he got taken out by The Lion.
    The "prime" Morrison that you're talking about is the same one that was getting schooled by Yuri Vaulin and Carl Williams ahead of the KOs, rocked hard by Mercer after he gassed out, got his jaw and hand broken against Joe Hipp, ran from Foreman to get a decision, got sparked out against Michael Bentt, and chose to grow a beard. That's without mentioning the robbery draw against Purity.
     
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  13. mcvey

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    No ,No ,and No.He had already fought 4 times that year ,his most recent ko over Ruddock only 4 months previously and he did not have HIV at that time.Yes, you are a moron.
     
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  14. mcvey

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    Morrison was 227lbs the same as he had weighed in his previous fight against Ruddock and lighter than he had been for 2 of his fights that year.
     
  15. The Long Count

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    Tommy’s weight was consistent for majority of his career. He still looked bloated and was exhausted quite quickly and had HIV. He looked terrible against Lewis and he really didn’t look all that good against Ruddock whom was faded himself. Most say Morrison began a bad spiral of alcohol and drugs post the upset by Bentt. Who knows. Mercer and Bentt both already exposed Tommy’s limitations and judging by the eye test he looked much sharper against Foreman than he did post Bentt.
     
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