Most bizarre world Heavyweight title fights in history

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  1. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    I will say that one of them was George Foreman versus my countryman, Jose Roman.

    You can nominate one for: ending, challenger's talent, the way the fight went, mismatches, any reason,
     
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    USFBulls727 Active Member Full Member

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    McCall's meltdown vs. Lewis comes to mind. Crying in the corner, and then strolling around the ring, making no effort to fight. Kind of hard to top that.

    Don't know if "bizarre" is necessarily the best description, but Schmeling's DQ win over Sharkey was the only time a HW title changed hands on a foul that I'm aware of. John Ruiz-Kirk Johnson is the only other DQ in a fight for a HW belt that I can think of, with Ruiz retaining his belt on that occasion.
     
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    The rematch between Schmelling and Sharkey where Schmelling gets robbed is so over the top it’s comical. Pay attention to the ring announcer before and after the fight.
     
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    The fan man incident was pretty..... WTF!!
     
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    Holmes-Frazier has to be up there at least as far as mismatches.
     
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    Mike_b Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Golota Ruiz in my books
     
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    Fan Man & Bite Fight.
     
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    FThabxinfan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Nobody mentioning Akinwande vs Lewis yet, Henry looks like a sibling who haven't saw Lewis in a long time.
     
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    There's being a fair few of those over the years.
    Bowe v Dokes and Ferguson spring to mind.
     
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    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Bowe Golota
     
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    Holyfield v Bowe 2.........Fan man
    Holyfield v Tyson 2.........Bite fight
    Lewis v McCall 2........McCall melt down
    To name the most bizarre I've seen.
     
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    Max Baer vs. Primo Carnera.

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    Was Frazier that bad cos he only lose to Holmes an Tyson an also bearing in mind Holmes had plenty of defences against no hopers?
     
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    David Haye v Audley Harrison
     
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    Hadn't watched that previously. I noticed that the ring announcer kicked somebody just after the decision was announced. Another first. Good call.

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