Undeserving Heavyweight Challengers

you could probably add all of the modern contenders bar one or two
i watched a couple of fights on eurosport the other night featuring a couple of american contenders.................they were awful.
jersey joe walcott had more skill as a 3 year old than all these modern american heavies.what has happened ????????????

 

I would disagree with Tommy Jackson and Cleavland Williams.

I think that they did deserve their title shots.

 

Agreed. Also, I think Ali deserved a rematch in 1978.

Going back a little further, Jack Roper was a decent journeyman but had no place in a title fight.

 

So why is Alfredo more deserving in 1978? Oh, because he was against Holmes. Not susprised you listed 10/80 Ali as his only undeserving challenger.

 

He'd won the European title and had more than two years experience as a pro? Still undeserving, though, if we're going to say that the likes of Zyglewicz and Jackson were undeserving.

 

Bert Cooper for both his shots against holyfield and moorer

 

Exactly. And Tommy Jackson was only the #1 contender according to Ring Magazine.

 

Go to hell, homo. Cooper had to step up because Tyson was at home waxing his legs. Fact. :tong

 

nono he was picked to come in cause he could dish it out but not take it and holyfield wanted a nice easy defence in atlanta.and he only done ok cause holyfield took him lightly . homo

 

Cooper was a third tier last minute replacement...you dumb dumb homosexual. And by rib injury, they mean "leg waxing."

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no the thread was undeserving heavyweight challengers which cooper was and so fits the thread very nicely you homo

 

Cooper is the hardest puncher in history.


What Bert Cooper's peers had to say about him:


Oliver McCall boxinginsider:

Who was the hardest puncher you faced?

“Bert Cooper. Left hook. That was the hardest punch that I ever felt and that I had to overcome. It felt like a truck had hit me. I never got hit by a truck but it felt like if a truck would have hit me.”

Evander Holyfield Interview Septemeber 2003 Ring Magazine

Thanks, the shoulder is fine. I should be ready for Toney.

In your personal opinion, who was the toughest man you ever fought?

"Bert Cooper hit the hardest of anybody I fought. Either hand. He could drop a bomb on your head. Every round was tough. I only hit him twice and both times I floored him. I don't know how he got up. I hit him so hard I thought I killed him, but he just got up. Cooper was strong. Lewis was the best. Lewis hit like a mule and he knew how to draw you in. Bowe was strong. He had a very strong body. That was his thing. That's how he beat me the first time. He was as good as any. Mike Tyson was all arms. He never tried to punch with me. He knew better. All arms and elbows. Good fighter. Tyson could hurt you, but Bert Cooper could kill you! After he killed fighters he held back. He became a clown. But his sparring partners told me he could kill you by accident. He could hit that hard. "


George Foreman Ring Magazine Feb. 1995
"Oh Man! Bert Cooper was THE hardest puncher I ever fought in the game. That includes all the fighters that I sparred with, worked with or fought with. None of them punched harder than Smokin Bert Cooper. He was a quick puncher and a devastating puncher. He not only punched hard, he punched fast. I’m gonna tell you how this guy punched. I saw the shot coming, the right hand coming. I knew the shot was coming. He hit me. I stood up on my feet and BANG! And that thing that hit me, I was ok in the head, I was clear in the head but when I tried to move, it was like I didn’t feel my legs. My legs were all rubbery. What’s wrong with my legs? I tried to stand up firm, but I just couldn’t do it because my legs kept going all over the place. I was in great shape, but I came back from that and when I hit him he couldn’t deal with it."

 

look you said your self he was third choice so deserves to on your list. its obvious you have a homo issue where cooper is concerned