Michael Moorer should have stayed at 175

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  1. stephen

    stephen Well-Known Member Full Member

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    he was a beast at 175
     
  2. CottoDaBodykill

    CottoDaBodykill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    the weight was killing him though ..sometimes no matter how dominate and more powerful you are over your peers you must move up due to health reasons ..or else deigo corrales woulda never left 126/130
     
  3. Jennifer Love Hewitt

    Jennifer Love Hewitt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Uhm... He became heavyweight champion of the world. That in itself is pretty good evidence that he made the right choice.
     
  4. stephen

    stephen Well-Known Member Full Member

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    he should have went to cw won a world title then hw
     
  5. Vitor Belfort

    Vitor Belfort Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No freaking way. Then he wouldn't had a chance to beat evander holyfield.
     
  6. Jennifer Love Hewitt

    Jennifer Love Hewitt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I don't think you understand the concept of being "Heavyweight Champion of the World" and all of the accolades that go with it.
    Being heavyweight champion is better than any other title a boxer can achieve. You could win titles in like 7 different weight classes, but people are still more impressed by being Heavyweight champion of the world.
     
  7. butler08

    butler08 Active Member Full Member

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    and look at moore now no way he could have stayed at 175 he was just getting bigger
     
  8. Polymath

    Polymath Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He was eating 800 calories a day and training. He had to.
     
  9. Ripple633

    Ripple633 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Moore was at best a cruiserweight, and should of fought at cruiserweight, instead of taking the dangerous risk of moving up to heavyweight and fighting the likes of David Tua.
     
  10. Ripple633

    Ripple633 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Holyfield already moved up to heavyweight in 1990.
     
  11. CottoDaBodykill

    CottoDaBodykill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    jesus h christ thats horrible
     
  12. Silver

    Silver The Champ is Here Full Member

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    and you guys havent mentioned another key reason, the money.
     
  13. Jazzo

    Jazzo Non-Facebook Fag Full Member

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    What does that have to do with him having to stay there?
     
  14. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    Wouldnt have been possible...he would have killed himself to make the weight, progressively got weaker and would have probably lost to something not even that good.
     
  15. Muchmoore

    Muchmoore Guest

    Moorer could of went down as possibly the greatest CW of all time had he chose to fight there.

    But the $ is what counts and HW is where that's at.