The Three Worst Heavyweight Title Challengers?

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  1. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    Rademacher is the obvious choice. After that, Jean-Pierre Coopman or Terry Daniels. The best fighter Daniels beat for a shot at the crown was probably a washed-up Manual Ramos. The best fighter Coopman beat? A washed-up Terry Daniels. :lol:


    Spinks at least beat a fighter around the Top 10 in Righetti, irrespective of how little fights he had. Another that springs to mind being hugely undeserving of a shot is Freddie Beshore.
     
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    John (Jack) Finnegan
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    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing

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    Steffen Tangsted
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  7. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Cleveland Williams
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  8. Kalasinn

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    Really? Cooney was 25-0, & had stoppage wins over Shot Norton, Shot Lyle & Shot Young.
     
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  9. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    His stoppage over Shot Norton was not really a legitimate stoppage as he hit Norton while down , blatantly . His win over Shot Young was only due to cuts , and regarding the Lyle fite idk , do you ?
    Cooney was total **** , either 1 of Ray Austin or Tony Thompson would have demolished him.
     
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  10. Kalasinn

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    If Cooney was "total ****" (he wasn't) then there isn't a word to describe how wank Austin was.
     
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  11. SenorRamirez

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    jey vs ali he was past his prime,but in the liston fight,he was great
     
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    Cooney did deserve his shot...he could ko anyone , even Holmes if he had some luck
     
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    Rademacher and Audley surely up!
     
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  14. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    At least Austin has a draw with Ibragimov , which is way lot more than what Cooney actually achieved.
    if
    Greatness = getting stopped quickly
    Cooney couldn't KO no1 , proof : his record . well , he could have KOd severely undersized bums .
     
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    Don Cockell was the #2 ranked contender, so I don't think that we can rank him among the less deserving title challengers.
     
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