The giant killers

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  1. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yep, he destroyed the giants Buster Douglas, Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis … oh wait.
     
  2. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    Unfortunately, ignorance of any laws, especially those protecting little people, does not constitute a defence. That’s the short and short of it.

    There may be a statute of limitations applicable however but without full disclosure of how, where and when, I cannot offer any more advice.

    Were any little people harmed in this particular instance? - was there consent? - etc.,etc., - the answers to these questions may or may not help your, err…I mean your “friend’s” case.

    Anyway, I wish your “friend”’the best of luck.
     
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  3. Storm-Chaser

    Storm-Chaser Well-Known Member Full Member

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    That list of giants is way short. Well that explains why you are so delusional
     
  4. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Kevin McBride was pretty big. Danny Williams was large but I wouldn’t call him a giant.
     
  5. Storm-Chaser

    Storm-Chaser Well-Known Member Full Member

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    No, I said put the crack pipe down, not to go get more dope and get all strung out.
    You are calling Evan Fields a giant @ 225lb? But not Danny Williams @ 265?

    Need your head examined?

    Why is Mike Tyson better remembered than Evander Holyfield?

    The answer is simple.

    Mike Tyson had a greater impact on popular culture. He was also a far more powerful puncher than Evander, and his knockouts were substantially more violent then the majority of Holyfields KOs.

    In fact Tyson’s impact on mainstream media is probably second only to Muhammad Ali.

    So how did he capture the public imagination? Certainly by not using steroids. He did it by biting Evander's ear!

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  6. Storm-Chaser

    Storm-Chaser Well-Known Member Full Member

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    And the important designation here, that we need to talk about is that while Holyfield was a giant "killer" of sorts, Tyson was actually a giant slayer, because his action in the ring and his excellent ability to finish his man, speaks more to the power of Tyson over that of Holyfield. Tyson also has a far superior KO ratio.
     
  7. Saintpat

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    To Mike, Evander was a giant. A mountain he couldn’t climb.

    Who cares about mainstream media? Mike was a sideshow attraction. Losing to Buster Douglas, getting himself thrown into prison for ****, fighting Peter Freaking McNeeley, the stench of the Seldon fight, ear biting, let biting, talking about eating children … yep, lot to be proud of there.]

    People slow down when they pass car crashes. Doesn’t mean the car crash is something to be proud of.
     
  8. Storm-Chaser

    Storm-Chaser Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Welcome to finally understanding boxing culture is voltile and many of these other professional boxers share similar destructive lifestyles.
    Just like the sin of homesexuality, You don't condemn the person you condemn the act.
    Applied thatt to boxing and its the same thing. I respect Tyson for his accomplishments IN THE RIING, not his lifestyle outside of it.
    Same with Larry Holnes, he's been known to flying leg kick people from the tops of cars before) but someday you will have to look beyond the dirty deeds of boxers because its blinding you right now.
     
  9. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Why didn't he fight Larry Holmes?
     
  10. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic Who is ready to suffer for Christ (the truth)? Full Member

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    You could say that Dwight Muhammad Qawi (5′ 5½″) is "The giant killer". Boxers of that height go to the bantamweight division, not to the Cruiserweight division, and especially not to the Heavyweight division (Foreman fight). So it could be said that Dwight Muhammad Qawi was "The giant killer" in every one of his wins (41 wins; among others Leon Spinks, who defeated Mohammad Ali). Dwight Muhammad Qawi is as tall as Naoya Inoue (miserable difference).
     
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  11. Saintpat

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    Because Larry wasn’t Floyd “Gimme the Amateur Rademacher and Tom McNeeley” Patterson?
     
  12. Terror

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  13. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic Who is ready to suffer for Christ (the truth)? Full Member

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    Harry Greb (5′ 8″) beat:
    - Gene Tunney (6′ 0″, 174½lbs); Greb 162¼lbs
    - Soldier Buck (5′ 10″, 190lbs); Greb 166lbs
    - Quintin Romero Rojas (6′ 0″, 195½lbs); Greb 169½lbs
    - Al Benedict (6′ 0½″, 210lbs); Greb 173lbs
    - Joe Cox (6′ 5″, 199½lbs); Greb 164½lbs
    - Billy Miske (6′ 0½″, 197lbs); Greb 178lbs
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