Which fight were these top heavies peak?

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  1. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Yeah, that has zero to do with whether the man in the ring with him was at his peak though.
     
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  2. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I ain't joking.
     
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  3. JabbaTheGut

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  4. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Are you saying Frazier was not ready in Ali 1? I had never heard that before. And I agree doesn’t have to be good opponent for their very best form of themselves.
     
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  5. McGrain

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    I'm saying that Frazier said he wasn't ready.
     
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  6. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That's amazing considering his FOTC performance might have been the best in heavyweight history.
     
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  7. Quick Cash

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    Changing my answer for Klitschko to Byrd II.
     
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  8. GOAT Primo Carnera

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    Ali - Williams
    Louis - Schmeling 2
    Lewis - Golota
    Marciano - Walcott 2
    Foreman - Norton
    Liston - Williams 2
    Tyson - Biggs
    Frazier - Ali 1
    Holmes - tough....I´d say 1980!
    Wlad K - maybe Chagaev
     
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  9. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    That’s crazy. Not sure I believe him. He looked super confident and ready and performed amazingly. I guess a strong will can do that as well when you want to kill the other guy.
     
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  10. McGrain

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    Well the problem he had before the fight was the same problem he had after the fight, specifically wild blood-pressure. Frazier says he went into the fight with very high blood-pressure, emerged from it with blood-pressure so high they were worried he would have a stroke, and this is what hospitalised him.
     
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  11. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    His face was pretty busted up too.
     
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  12. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    But WOW what a win! Frazier took a bucketload of punishment. It seemed to me Ali had stepped up his punching game and landed so many hard shots (especially for him).
     
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  13. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    That`s because li was standing his ground, Ali always had good power.
     
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  14. Stiches Yarn

    Stiches Yarn Active Member Full Member

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    Where did he say that?
     
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  15. McGrain

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    A few different places, but you can read about it in the most detail in his book.
     
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