Sonny liston is overrated.

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  1. BoxingFan2002

    BoxingFan2002 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I wrote that book, you can buy it and find it yourself.
     
  2. Spreadeagle

    Spreadeagle Active Member Full Member

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    Gimme strength.Do you really believe Machen would keep his mouth shut for four years after being blinded ?
    Your source for Ali himself saying that Liston deliberately tried to blind him ?
    So according to you Sonny Liston is a coward for ' quitting ' against Ali.According to you no fighter ever
    ' quit ' like Liston.So according to you Roberto Duran and Vitali Klitschko are cowards ?
    Ok,to make you happy shall we forget that Patterson really looked like he had killed Johansson in their
    second fight.Just for your convenience let's pretend that never happened.
    Right here we go once again.......It took Sonny just one round to crush Patterson in each of their two fights.
    It took Johansson three rounds and several knockdowns to accomplish the same feat.Honestly,and I
    really do mean this,I can't believe that you're being so obtuse as to keep arguing this point.
     
  3. Spreadeagle

    Spreadeagle Active Member Full Member

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    Oh so you wrote it.No thanks,I think I'll pass on that one.
     
  4. SixesAndSevens

    SixesAndSevens Gator Wrestler Extraordinaire Full Member

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    You didn't write that ****, lol. I don't think dudes like Merchant or Lampley would endorse your book, and I sure as hell don't think it'd look as high quality as Collins' does.
     
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  5. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    :lol: :lol: :lol:
     
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  6. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    Machen displayed no issue with his eyes during the course of his fight with Liston. Why?

    Because his eye weren’t contaminated, duh!

    The type and degree of contamination that Machen claimed 4 years after the “fact” cannot be hidden. His eyes were fine.

    If we’re talking excuses, that is Machen’s own EXCUSE for his losing performance against Liston.

    Post fight, Machen claimed an injured right hand - if his eyes were contaminated also, he most certainly would’ve claimed same as at the time.

    I suspect that anyone buying Eddie’s claim could also be easily sold some swamp land also.

    Eddie saw his old mate Folley actually try to win and still get rolled in 3 by Sonny. Machen was having none of that and fought only to survive against Liston.

    And, if you watch the fight properly, you will see that it was Steady Eddie who employed a number of foul tactics in an attempt to put Liston off his game. Didn’t work. Machen was clearly outboxed over 12 full rounds.

    What’s the statute of limitations on one claiming that they were blinded by Liston?

    Is there still time for Chuck Wepner to join the “Me too…” movement?

    Well, Chuck was “blinded” via the spilling of his own blood caused by Liston’s gloves, I guess.

    Such “cheatery” would be good enough for “some” to claim foul play on Liston’s part - such is their irrational and abnormal hatred of Sonny.
     
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  7. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    I’ve actually read The Wit and Wisdom of BF2002 from cover to cover.

    That’s all there is. A front title cover and a blank back cover. No pages in between.

    Boom Boom!
     
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  8. BoxingFan2002

    BoxingFan2002 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    YEAH I am Collins myself ha haa...jokes aside if you read that book you could find what I have claimed.
     
  9. BoxingFan2002

    BoxingFan2002 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I am Collins myself lol a hahahahah.
     
  10. BoxingFan2002

    BoxingFan2002 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yes I would just like I would believe several guys got blinded on purpose by Liston and his team.
    Did any all time great quit like Liston did?
    I have seen fighters like Frazier and Marciano half dead and they did not quit until they die because that is what a true champ is unlike Liston and Tyson that became quitters and cheaters the first time they met resistance from their opponents.
    Johansson floored Patty with just one good right hand and then struggled to finish him because Liston was better finisher and more polished but based on just one shot punch Ingo did better against Machen and Patterson.
    Also Ingos chin has nothing to do with this and you again are bringing that second fight.
     
  11. BoxingFan2002

    BoxingFan2002 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Someone butthurt again...more than 2 people claimed they blinded and your best argument in this long and pointless sentences are that they are just lying?
    Laughable...as expected from you.
     
  12. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    Ah, Butt Boy (per your OWN preoccupation with butts and your OWN clear but unfulfilled desire to hurt them), triggered so easily, and still a prime candidate for the purchase of some prime swamp land.

    By all means, write your own book - call it BF2002’s Boxing Babble On.

    You’re not Collins but you’re definitely a Nigel.

    :lol::lol::lol:
     
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  13. Spreadeagle

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    Are you deliberately being dense ? If Johansson's punching power was overall greater than Liston's why did
    it take him so much longer than to beat Patterson ?
    What the hell do you mean that Johansson's chin has nothing to do with this ' debate ' ? The overall
    propostion put by you was that Johansson defeated Patterson more emphatically than Liston did.
    Had Liston been nearly been killed by Patterson,and had he lost two out of three fights against Patterson
    as what happened to Johansson would you have ignored this ? Like hell you would have.
    Joe Frazier and Rocky Marciano possessed insane degrees of courage.Does that mean that any other
    fighter who doesn't quite equal their courage is a coward? Of course it doesn't.
    The courage Liston showed in his fights with Marshall and Williams has been well documented.You now
    accuse Tyson of quitting the first time he met resistance.This is such a typically dumb statement from you.
    What about Tyson's fights against Buster Douglas,Razor Ruddock and the first Holyfield fight.What about
    Tyson's fight against Lennox Lewis.Are you seriously calling this man a coward ?
    Again are you also calling Duran and Vitali cowards ?
     
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  14. Spreadeagle

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    Honestly Pug,having an argument with this guy is like dealing with a stubborn toddler.
     
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  15. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    Agreed SE.

    He’s literally like a broken record.

    He could at least be creative in his trolling.

    I’d like a dollar for each and every time he’s mindlessly clacked out and projected “butt hurt” onto someone.

    The insanity. Lol.
     
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