LARRY HOLMES " frazier,norton,ali and myself in my prime would beat prime tyson"

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  1. Hookie

    Hookie Affeldt... Referee, Judge, and Timekeeper Full Member

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    Bonavena sucked
     
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  2. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Holmes cant get any lower in my eyes.

    What he was really hoping for when he made that comment, was all the guys in the room join him and gang up on Tyson. Didnt work.
    Frazier rightly stuck up for Tyson.

    Mike Tyson, the only guy who ever knocked out Holmes.
     
    Azzer85, Oct 16, 2011
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  3. combatesdboxeo2

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    riddick 21 years old 6´4 1/2 216 pounds


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    foreman 19 years old 6´3 1/2 226 pounds


    bowe was a big guy, but he was not naturally as strong as foreman
     
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  4. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    What about Bonavena Stevie G? I must have missed something.
     
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  5. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    He sucked bad enough to deck Frazier twice, lose a close decision and then go 15 with a near prime Frazier in the rematch and never come close to going down. Then he gave Ali a very good fight and gave it his all till the 15th...yeah, he sucked..:patsch
     
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  6. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    I would favour peak Ali over Tyson, Holmes & Frazier I really don`t know, those fights are hard to call tbh... Norton would get stopped IMO.
     
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  7. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    As I'm always saying,Bonavena may not have been a world beater,but he would always give the world's best a decent fight. A real tough hombre,was Ringo.
     
    Stevie G, Oct 17, 2011
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  8. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He may well have been. Tyson had more skills though. Which is why I can't figure out Holmes' logic when he says that Oscar would have beaten a prime Tyson. Mind you,the post prison Tyson of 1995 onwards would have lost to Bonavena.
     
    Stevie G, Oct 17, 2011
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  9. RockysSplitNose

    RockysSplitNose Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tyson TKO's Frazier in about 9

    Tyson's blows Norton to smithereens in 2 or 3

    Prime Ali easily beats young Tyson - maybe even stops Tyson mid to late but I struggle to give Tyson a round - Tyrell Biggs did a number on Tyson with that style and Ali could do it for 15 - plus he could hurt you to - he got Sonny Liston going a couple of times.

    Holmes wouldn't last with Tyson - I don't see a massive difference between their actual fight TBH
     
    RockysSplitNose, Oct 17, 2011
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  10. The Kurgan

    The Kurgan Boxing Junkie banned

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    TKO'd, not KO'd. And, though it was one left hook that did most of the damage, it wasn't a one-punch TKO either.
     
    The Kurgan, Oct 17, 2011
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