Sonny liston is overrated.

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  1. SonnyListon>

    SonnyListon> #1 Sonny Liston fan Full Member

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    I aspire to one be as intellectually Dominant as pugguy
     
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  2. Spreadeagle

    Spreadeagle Active Member Full Member

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    Thank you JT,advice duly noted and taken !
     
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  3. BoxingFan2002

    BoxingFan2002 Active Member Full Member

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    But was he green?
    He was very young too.

    Butthurt Liston fan detected...his opinion?...rejected!

    Not a single argument, just insults...which is common for Liston paroles here.
     
  4. Spreadeagle

    Spreadeagle Active Member Full Member

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    Cheers JT,I guess I'm just trying to convert the non-believers !
     
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  5. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    Don’t be fooled folks.

    The “competition” (read BF2002) is making me look far better than I am. Both you guys and others have served him just as effectively at the very least and, in many cases, more so.
     
  6. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    Nah, I’m a lover, not a fighter…:D
     
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  7. SonnyListon>

    SonnyListon> #1 Sonny Liston fan Full Member

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    Its like when you and the family try to get the highest flappy bird score on one of the kids Ipads. Its easy, to perform well in just gotta perform the best.
     
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  8. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 Loyal Member

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    I highly doubt you'd find yourself crossing him old mate hahaha
     
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  9. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 Loyal Member

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    I give it to him short and sharp every few weeks they lay in wait again hahahaha
     
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  10. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 Loyal Member

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    They need not be mutually exclusive :lol:
     
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  11. Spreadeagle

    Spreadeagle Active Member Full Member

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    LOL ! You can dish out the agro when you have to Pug.
     
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  12. Spreadeagle

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    Sonny Liston was defeated by Marshall in only Liston's 8th professional fight.Perhaps you don't
    know the circumstances of this fight ( or perhaps you do ).Marshall was fooling around and made
    Sonny liston laugh with his antics.During this distraction Liston's jaw was broken by Marshall.
    Still Sonny fought on for several rounds only losing on points while showing tremendous heart.
    You really are cherry-picking here.
    Ingemar Johansson took two rounds longer to defeat Floyd Patterson.
    Sonny Liston defeated Patterson inside one round in both of their fights.How on earth would
    Patterson do worse against Big George or Smokin' Joe ? This is just plain daft.
    Leotis Martin a light-heavyweight ? For the Liston fight he weighed 199 lbs.Admittedly a small
    heavyweight but obviously not a light-heavyweight.Besides by this time Sonny was an old man.
    Yes Quarry did eventually Patterson,but this was a far older version of Patterson than the one
    so emphatically beaten by Liston.
     
  13. Spreadeagle

    Spreadeagle Active Member Full Member

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    Hmm......I must admit my methods don't seem to be working with him.Perhaps I'll adopt your tactics !
     
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  14. HistoryZero26

    HistoryZero26 Active Member Full Member

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    Marty Marshall is underrated. He was on nice run in 1954 and knocked out Satterfield. He might have been a journeyman but calling him a bum probably isn't fair. He made my top 20 list for 1950-1955 the most prestigious honor there is!! Kidding kidding.
     
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  15. BoxingFan2002

    BoxingFan2002 Active Member Full Member

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    That's Liston side of the story, Marshall never claimed it did that way, he just caught him with good punch no smile or anything.

    Sonny had so much heart that he quit against Ali and blinded several of his opponents.
    Ingemar knocked him with one punch while Sonny neded several punches to KO him.

    Excuses again.

    Leotis started as a 175 pound LHW and was even a MW in amateurs.