Which Heavyweight Champ Was The Dirtiest?

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  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member

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    Which of the heavyweight champions committed the most fouls? For example do you think Tyson fills the bill? Or A N Other?
     
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    The Tyson ear-bite will always stick in my mine along with Evanders! Speaking of Holyfield, George Foreman stated that Holy was one of the dirtiest fighters he had faced. Watch some of Earnie Shavers old fights, where he seems to push down on an opponents neck while launching an uppercut with the other fist.
     
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  3. Unforgiven

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    There are so many candidates.

    I'll nominate Lennox Lewis
     
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  4. N_ N___

    N_ N___ Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ruiz, Baer, and Holyfield were pretty bad.
     
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  5. Big Ukrainian

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    In no particular order:
    Lennox Lewis
    Mike Tyson
    Evander Holyfield
    Wladimir Klitschko
    John Ruiz

    and few others
     
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  6. Unforgiven

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    Frank Bruno deserves a mention, though he wasn't WBC champ for long.
     
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  7. Big Ukrainian

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    Bruno - Ferguson is good example how dirty Frank was
     
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  8. BillB

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    Marciano, Ali and Holyfield.
    Marciano and Holyfield-the obvious.
    Ali- holding and neck pulling.
     
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  9. Mendoza

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    How is Wlad a dirty fighter?
     
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  10. BCS8

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    Bowe was a well-known nut-puncher
     
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  12. Bummy Davis

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    Dempsey had his share of nasty moves, Ali holding down the head, Lewis holding and hitting,Holmes-Thumbs, Marciano-elbows, Johnson open hand and pushing, Tyson hitting on breaks
     
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  14. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I agree, Bowe's name was one of the first I thought of. He did a lot of complaining in the Golata fight - not that he wasn't getting hit low, but he was also getting beat - but I remember him sinking one into the nads of Pierre Coetzer too. I also can think of that mess against Tillery where he cheap-shotted Tillery after the bell, which then started the Tillery kicking incident and then Rock Newman, Bowe's nutjob manager, clotheslining Tillery over the top rope. I also remember him hitting Buster Mathis when he was down and cheap-shotting Larry Donald at a press conference.
     
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  15. The Long Count

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    This. Bowe was filthy and got what he deserved against Golota.
     
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