Pick a fighter to knockout a fighter that's never been stopped in their career

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  1. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This is just for fun. Some boxers have been able to avoid a stoppage loss throughout their career. If you were to pick just one fighter that would have been capable of knocking them out from any era what fighter would that be? They also have to be within the same weight class that they fought in.

    I'd pick Roberto Duran to stop Juan Manuel Marquez at 135.
     
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  2. Ioakeim Tzortzakis

    Ioakeim Tzortzakis Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I'd pick:

    Louis to stop Fury
    Moore to stop Bivol
    Williams to stop Lomachenko
    Lewis to stop Marciano
    Robinson to stop Reggie Johnson
     
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  3. Mastrangelo

    Mastrangelo Active Member Full Member

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    I don't think Ike Quartey lasts the distance with Tommy Hearns.
     
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  4. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Wlad to stop McCall.
     
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  5. Ike

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    Foreman to stop Valuev

    Charles to stop Tarver

    Froch to stop Collins

    Kovalev to stop Bivol
     
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  6. SixesAndSevens

    SixesAndSevens Gator Wrestler Extraordinaire Full Member

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    Technically, the Lewis fight was a stoppage loss, so you'd have to pick someone else.
     
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  7. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Roy Jones Jr might be the only guy that could possibly be able to stop Carl Froch at 168.
     
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  8. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    You’re giving too much credit. Jermain Taylor came close.
     
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  9. OddR

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    I never thought of Foreman Valuev lol
     
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    Rafael Espinoza to stop Hamed.
     
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  11. Fogger

    Fogger Father, grandfather and big sports fan. Full Member

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    I'll go with Mike Tyson to knockout Rocky Marciano.
     
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  12. Ike

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    I understand this is a strange thought but we had two Valuev - Ruiz....I would have liked more to have a Valuev - Foreman and Ruiz - Foreman :D
     
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  13. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    I generally don't.
     
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  14. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Hearns to stop Mayweather Jr.

    Foreman to stop Marciano

    Foster to stop Ward
     
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  15. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    Chuvalo could be conceivably stopped after a sustained battering by several fighters imo.

    Not necessarily out on his feet but enduring punishment well beyond practical, with intervention from the ref and/or his corner - eg his fight vs Foreman.

    However, I’ve wondered which fighter could actually really hurt George and put him down.

    I’m thinking Joe Louis - though it would still involve a sustained battering prior to - Louis’ fists would easily find Chuvalo’s chin and I don’t know how much George could take before being seriously shook up and hurt.

    I think Louis had a very decent record of KO’ing/stopping fighters who had never failed to see the final bell prior to.
     
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