Sonny Liston vs. George Foreman

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  1. mcvey

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    Norton did not have Liston's power or chin,better defence? How come every puncher he met ko'd him?
     
  2. Combatesdeboxeo_

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    Yes... Leotis martin only could knock out cold a guy with poor chin lol. Sorry liston lovers
     
  3. Combatesdeboxeo_

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    Norton got stopped ONLY BY elite punchers. You can't say the samething with liston.
     
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  4. mcvey

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    You sure are a hater aren't you.How old was Liston when Martin stopped him?
     
  5. mcvey

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    Liston was stopped twice , once when he dived, once when he was an old man, he retired against Ali in the other fight. Garcia was an elite puncher ? Who else of any repute did he stop? Norton was ko'd in his prime Liston never was. Seems your only reason for being here is to hate on Sonny, it's getting pretty tired now, and oh so predictable.
     
  6. Combatesdeboxeo_

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    Of course that garcía was hard puncher and norton knocked him out in the rematch. Does not matter the age. At 40 your chin still shows his real capacity . first of all only the fact of losing to martin was laughable but the brutal ko was too much. Norton was kod in his prime by a peak george foreman. Liston never fought a puncher of this level your argument is mongolish mate
     
  7. Combatesdeboxeo_

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    39? 40? Were foreman,Ali,Louis,Holmes etc stopped by a nobody late in their careers?
     
  8. mcvey

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    You're getting pretty close to unacceptable here.I don't appreciate the underlined. "At 40 your chin shows its real capacity," is just nonsense. Cleveland Williams is an all time great puncher.
    Run a poll and ask who was the harder hitter Williams or Garcia?
    You are not rational on the subject of Liston and ,as such there is no point in debating with you,so I'm giving you a miss now.
     
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  9. Combatesdeboxeo_

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    That relevance has williams here when he got stopped by leotis martin who was not even a puncher? Haha you are getting frustrated and mad and it is all you know that you have nothing to reply me with and you quit .yes better run lol
     
  10. JohnThomas1

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    The power of it knocked him clean off his feet.
     
  11. JohnThomas1

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    Garcia elite? He only had 19 stoppages in 30 wins, that stuffs very important to you isn't it?
     
  12. JohnThomas1

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    Really? So Norris would have dropped SRL as easily if he was a decade younger? How come Hamsho took ooooodles of power punchers off Hagler in their initial battle but folded like a cheap deck of cards 3 years later? What about your boy Ronny Lyle folding against Lynn Ball (Who?) in under 2 rounds at around the same age as Liston? Sean O'Grady is another good case. There are hundreds of examples.
     
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  13. mcvey

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    I'm not mad I just don't see the point of conversing with a clown.Ever see Martin fight? I did ,I was there when he beat Thad Spencer ,not a puncher? He killed Sonny Banks, maybe the referee was doing the punching.You should go back to the circus.
     
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  14. mcvey

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    The guys a muppet!Not worth talking to.
     
  15. Combatesdeboxeo_

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    I am not talking about losing a fight because you loses your abilities overall, it is not only about a single thing, terry norris would have a chance against leonard even prime for prime stylistically he was not a good for sugar with his speed. I see that you pointed the examples that did favour you.. Curiously you did not mention that foreman in his 40s despite being easy to hit took huge shots by huge punchers and liston was taking out by a nobody plus a cruiser