Prime for Prime

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  1. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Two of the biggest upset winners in heavyweight history pitted against one another. I'm talking Buster Douglas the night he outsped and pounded Tyson into a knockout versus Schmeling the night he stopped Louis.

    Who wins? My pick is Douglas. Too fast for the unathletic and plodding Schmeling.
     
    redrooster, Oct 20, 2007
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    brownpimp88 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Douglas blasts him out with relative ease.
     
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  3. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah. Schmeling was good in the dark ages but in today's world, guys like prime Douglas would constantly beat Max before he could get a punch off.

    And I don't have to tell you what Tyson or Bowe would do to him. :bbb :tired
     
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    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Schmeling KO's Buster in 10.
     
    young griffo, Oct 21, 2007
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    Mega Lamps Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Schmeling.
     
    Mega Lamps, Oct 21, 2007
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  6. C. M. Clay II

    C. M. Clay II Manassah's finest! Full Member

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    Why?
     
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  7. Luigi1985

    Luigi1985 Cane Corso Full Member

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    Schmeling was a consistent great fighter, who beat very good opposition, you can´t compare him with the nine-days wonder Douglas, IMO Max would KO him pretty early...
     
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  8. C. M. Clay II

    C. M. Clay II Manassah's finest! Full Member

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    We're talking about the version who beat Tyson, not just any version.:roll:
     
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  9. C. M. Clay II

    C. M. Clay II Manassah's finest! Full Member

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    Also Schmeling himself was not that consistent. Getting pounded by Baer, starched by Daniels, etc.
     
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  10. Luigi1985

    Luigi1985 Cane Corso Full Member

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    Against the bum Daniels he wasn´t prime, and against Baer it doesn´t count, because Max was himself a great fighter...
     
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  11. C. M. Clay II

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    Max Baer was not a great fighter.
     
    C. M. Clay II, Oct 22, 2007
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  12. Luigi1985

    Luigi1985 Cane Corso Full Member

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    Sorry, I know, he was a bum, he didn´t fight in the Ali-era...


    how could I forget that? :patsch
     
    Luigi1985, Oct 22, 2007
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  13. C. M. Clay II

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    I didn't say he was a bum.

    There is a huge gap between being a great fighter and being a bum. Baer was somewhere in between that gap.:good
     
    C. M. Clay II, Oct 22, 2007
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  14. Luigi1985

    Luigi1985 Cane Corso Full Member

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    No, he was at least very good, and with the right alignment he could have been a Top10 HW of all times...
     
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  15. ChrisPontius

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    You can say exactly the same about Douglas.
     
    ChrisPontius, Oct 22, 2007
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