What Is The THIRD Greatest Win In Heavyweight History?

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  1. Ted Stickles

    Ted Stickles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Schmeling-Louis
    Douglas-Tyson
    Frazier -Ali------Was more of a pick-em fight
     
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  2. Hitman

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    Ali/Frazier 1
    Douglas/Tyson
    Ali/Foreman
     
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  3. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Holyfield's victory over Tyson in 1996.
     
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  4. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This is top 3 for me:

    Douglas/Tyson - I don't think the man get his due for this one. For me he put on an absolutely master class against a Tyson at his physical peak, even if he wasn't at his sharpest. I just can't get past this one.

    Ali/Foreman - Foreman was seen as an invincible monster at the time, and even some of Ali's supporters were seriously afraid that Foreman would do permanent damage to him. But Ali answered his doubters not only by winning, but doing it in a way that no one thought possible.

    Schmeling/Louis: Louis was not far from being as dominant before this fight as Tyson and Foreman was before the aforementioned fights. But Schmeling schooled him and scored an impressive KO.


    Foreman's destruction of Frazier is the one who come closest of the ones who misses out. FOTC was a great win for Frazier, but I tend to give the nod to the big upsets and if I'm not mistaken Frazier was actually the favourite before FOTC.
     
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  5. McGrain

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    No, Frazier was a slender favourite in the US. Ali was favourite elsewhere, the UK for example.
     
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  6. Quick Cash

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    Oh, I know the answer to this!









    Roy Jones Jr.-John Ruiz

    where's the serious-face smiley?
     
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  7. SuzieQ49

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    Why should ingo-patterson get mentioned but not liston-patterson? Liston twice annihalated ATG patterson in 1 round.
     
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  8. Irish Steel

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    1.Louis Shcemelling II
    2.Johnson VS Jeffries
    3.Tson VS Douglas
    4Foreman Vs Moorer
    5.Ali VS Foreman
     
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  9. Irish Steel

    Irish Steel Active Member Full Member

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    WHats so good about this win?
     
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  10. Minotauro

    Minotauro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I always felt it was Douglas vs Tyson the guy was such an outsider only fighter to beat a prime/ pre prison Tyson when nobody thought he could be beat. Buster whole legacy is bulit on this one fight and people still talk about him 18 years on which show how big the win was.
     
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  11. Bokaj

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    Impressive knowledge. Anyway, you get my point. It wasn't a momentous upset.
     
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  12. SteveO

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    Buster over Tyson

    Clay over Liston I
     
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  13. Russell

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    Bwhahhahaa.

    No.
     
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  14. SteveO

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    Just a thought, just a thought.
     
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  15. redrooster

    redrooster Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Is it possible that Louis-Schmeling 1 was a fix? I dont think Max was as good as Joe. Joe should have had an easy time with him
    but instead he came out much too slow and cautious. Why didnt he just take it to him the way he did Max Baer or Carnera or Sharkey? He easily mastered them so why not Schmeling? Also he easily took care of him in the remtach so that means he could have done it at any time.

    #1 of all time is Douglas-Tyson. I remember it well hearing from a friend on the phone-it shook up the world. I thought he was joking the way he thought I was joking about Hearns-Duran. Next would Foreman-Frazier 1 and third Ali-Norton 1
     
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