More shocking: Tarver KO Jones or Holyfield KO Tyson I?

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  1. klion22

    klion22 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    ??
     
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    easily for me Tarver KO Jones.....

    a better comparison might be Bowe KO Tyson
     
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    klion22 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Bowe didn't KO Tyson. You mean Douglas?
     
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    bowe?
     
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    Borincano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yes, if you would have put Douglas vs Tyson it would be a hard one to pick.
     
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    One punch KO in round 2. Easily Tarver.
     
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  7. klion22

    klion22 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Come to think of it, yeah, kind of a dumb question.

    But wasn't Tyson HEAVILY favored against Holyfield? What were the odds going into that one? Wasn't Holyfield supposed to be on the decline after all those wars? And he just made Tyson his *****.
     
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    :lol:...Douglas:good
     
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    Tyson was a 16-1 favourite over Holyfield in the first fight. :good

    This one takes the cake for me, though both men were on the slide at that point (similar to Tarver vs Jones actually).
     
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    klion22 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    16-1? That's incredible. You sure about that? That's unbelievable if true.
     
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    The KNOCKOUT in Tarver-Jones was shocking, not necessarily that Tarver beat him

    Tyson was supposed to MOW over Holyfield, considering Showtime offered the PPV in terms of rounds (you can order the first four rounds of Tyson-Holy I simply because the public thought it was going to be blowout)
     
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    Tyson was slowly getting beat down and frustrated, whilst Jones won the first round of his fight and looked as good as ever until he got his **** switched off hence making it more shocking.
     
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    klion22 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I completely disagree that Jones looked great. Tarver just was feeling Jones out in round 1 so Jones pot shotted. And in round 2, when Tarver started coming forward, he just missed a flush left hand. Check out 1:05 of the video. And after that miss, you see Jones try to come back with something because he realized Tarver had him but just missed it. About 20 seconds later, the KO happened. Jones was never comfortable against Tarver IMO. Tarver just knew how to fight Jones.

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7h7_xGoVsU&feature=related[/ame]
     
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    Tarver!
     
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    Tarver. It was a shocking, one-punch fight ender.

    Tyson had already been decked in his career and Holyfield was a much higher touted fighter than Tarver.
     
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