most pathetically out of shape champion defending title...

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  1. shommel

    shommel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    who has come into the ring looking like a slob instead of the champion they were supposed to be?on the other hand who wa the best conditioned fighter? id have to say marciano on that.
     
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  2. OLD FOGEY

    OLD FOGEY Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Willard and Douglas stand out in my memory as champions who waddled into the ring in less than top shape and paid the price.
     
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  3. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Tony Tubbs against Whitherspoon; hell virtually any defence by the Lost Generation.;)
     
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  4. Holmes' Jab

    Holmes' Jab Master Jabber Full Member

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    Douglas against Evander.
     
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  5. Unforgiven

    Unforgiven VIP Member banned Full Member

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    Ali against Jimmy Young or Leon Spinks.
     
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  6. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    Buster Douglas's "effort" against Evander Holyfield was a disgrace.
     
    Thread Stealer, Jul 10, 2008
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  7. joe33

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    corrie sanders vs vitali klits,god he looked awful,and paid for it after a fairly decent start
     
    joe33, Jul 10, 2008
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  8. natonic

    natonic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Another vote for Tony Tubbs.
     
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  9. chino2dapiapimp

    chino2dapiapimp WBC Fecarbox champ Full Member

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    Yokozuna vs Hulk hogan... oops wrong forum
     
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  10. Betty Swollocks

    Betty Swollocks James 'Lights Out' Toney Full Member

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    I was gutted to see Corrie Sanders turn up in **** shape for Vitali weing-in, what the hell was he thinking? As it was he still fought a gutsy fight, unlike Douglas against Holy.
    Bowe between the first and second Holy fights...big difference in physical appearance.
     
    Betty Swollocks, Jul 11, 2008
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  11. DamonD

    DamonD Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bowe allegedly ballooned up to 280 pounds before Holyfield II, and had to rapidly drop a lot of weight to get down even to the too-heavy 246 for that fight. He really didn't think Holyfield stood a chance againt him in the rematch, and trained accordingly.

    While he couldn't match the shape he was in in '92, when he fought Holyfield the third time in '95 he did notably put in one of his best training camps...didn't want to underestimate Holy again.

    I thought Moorer wasn't in great shape for the second Holyfield fight in 1997, for his IBF title.
    223 pounds doesn't sound like much but it was for Moorer, 11 pounds heavier than his previous fight and giving him a bit of a 'jelly roll'. He even got some laughter from the journalists at the weigh-in when his weight was announced, which has got to be pretty humiliating.
    Of course, Moorer went on to redefine his heaviest wright over the following years...
     
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  12. fists of fury

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    Mentally it had to be McCall. Physically probably Buster.
     
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  13. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Between Page vs Tubbs and Tubbs vs Witherspoon, probably Tubbs by a hair.
     
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  14. JohnThomas1

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    Tubbs by a cheeseburger :lol:
     
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  15. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Moorer was coming off surgery among other things for Holyfield II.

    I find it funny how Holyfield's hepatitis/HGH derived issues are seemingly a excuse for him losing in Moorer I, yet Moorer has never gotten the same benefit of the doubt.
     
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