Michael Spinks is easily the greatest out of the bunch, and probably has the best resume too, so i'll leave him out. So basically, who's the second best light heavyweight of the era and who has the best resume? Marvin Johnson: Galindez, C. Williams Matthew Saad Muhammad: M. Johnson x2, Conteh x2 Eddie Mustapha Muhammad: Saad Muhammad, M. Johnson Dwight Muhammad Qawi: Rossman, Saad Muhammad x 2, L. Spinks
Saad for me all the way back to 1977. I love the fighters from the late 70s: Cuevas, Saad, Hagler, Galindez. You can throw Duran in there too. He softened up Johnson and Lopez for Mike. Dwight didnt come to fight Spinks like he did for Saad. Who else did Spinks actually beat other than a bunch of second raters? Mike was the better schooled fighter but Saad had the much more memorable reign-by far
Come on rooster, Michael Spinks beat guys like M. Johnson, Eddie Mustapha Muhammad, Qawi, and Larry Holmes x2. To have three of the four mentioned fighters above on his resume, and then to beat a great heavyweight in Holmes twice, surely makes him better than the rest. To answer the topic, i'll go with Qawi. Beat Saad easily twice, and I fell would've beat the other two as well. The fact he had success at cruiser helps him a lot too in my eyes.
Yeah, Johnson was so "softened up" that he crushed Galindez in his next fight, and then went on to become a champ again years after losing to Spinks. atsch Ever hear of Larry Holmes and Eddie Mustafa Muhammad? No he didn't.
That could actually be two separate questions that could have two different answers. I'd definitely name Qawi as the best of the lot (I rate him in or just outside the all time LHW top 10). As for resume, that's a bit closer, but I'd probably give Qawi an edge there as well.
The "other" Muhammad is not the one you tried to claim softened him up. You said SAAD softened him up, which there is no basis for.
Saad was clearly already fading by the time of the first fight, and was clearly shot by the time of the rematch. Qawi may have always been a bad matchup for him, but that was not the best Saad by a long shot.
Saad. Lots of great names on his resume before he ran into Qawi when he was past best. Conteh twice, Lopez twice, Richie Kates, Jerry Martin, Mwalle, Marvin Johnson twice.