Prime Sonny Liston vs Prime wladimir klitschko

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  1. BCS8

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    * Against a field of cruiser sized heavies.
     
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  2. MarkusFlorez99

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    Wlad was well suited to beat cruiserweights but chin wise, I don't see Wladimir just ignoring shots from hard hitting smaller guys, he would get put down if they landed flush several times
     
  3. mcvey

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    Ali is considered to have an ATG excellent chin,ditto Chuvalo and Cobb how many 245/250lbs heavyweights did they face?

    Do you think Sanders and Purrity hit harder than Liston?
     
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  4. BCS8

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    good points
     
  5. BCS8

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    Wlad did not ignore punches. There's a reason he lasted so long: he's a defensive master.
     
  6. BCS8

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    Yes
     
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  7. Spreadeagle

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    Nooooo.........you're now trying to deny that Cleveland Williams was in the same league
    for punching power as Corrie Sanders. It is unlikely,very unlikely,that Liston would have been
    dismantled by Sanders in the same shattering way that Wlad was.
     
  8. BCS8

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    I think Sanders would have beaten Williams like a drum.
     
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  9. Spreadeagle

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    My girlfriend ? What a curious little boy you are.Oh well never mind.
    At the risk of upsetting you even further Wlad tended to outsize his opponents.
    Oh,and do try to try to keep it civil sonny.
     
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  10. Spreadeagle

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    That's debatable to say the least.
     
  11. BCS8

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    You are entitled to your (incorrect) opinion :)
     
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  12. Spreadeagle

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    LOL ! Ok mate,fair play to you.We''ll leave at that.At least you responded like an adult unlike
    a certain new recruit to this site.
     
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  13. Boxed Ears

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    The Leapai fight is really the only fight that matters in either of their respective histories that would even tell us how this one would go, Dino.
     
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  14. BCS8

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    I've always thought Leapai looks exactly like Liston. Kind of like Gonzalez is indistinguishable to Vitali to some ehrm, esteemed posters in these parts.
     
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  15. themaster458

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    If