Who is the best H2H LHW? (Poll)

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Who’s the best H2H LHW?

  1. Michael Spinks

    25.0%
  2. Ezzard Charles

    55.0%
  3. Bob Foster

    5.0%
  4. Floyd Patterson

    5.0%
  5. Roy Jones Jr.

    2.5%
  6. Dwight Muhammad Qawi

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  7. Artur Beterbiev

    7.5%
  8. Matthew Saad Muhammad

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  9. Archie Moore

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  10. Joey Maxim

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  1. bolo specialist

    bolo specialist Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It might help his case if he actually fought once in a while...
     
  2. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    At close to 190lbs, Beterbiev was heavier in the ring during fights contested at LHW than the others, but outside of LHW, Spinks weighed as high as 212lbs, Patterson and Charles close to 200lbs, whilst Moore and Foster both weighed around 190lbs in non title fights inbetween defending their LHW title.

    I don't think Beterbiev is substantially naturally bigger than any of the above and were they competing at LHW today, they too would be c.190lbs on fight night. We know they could all carry it well and so why would they deny themselves that advantage? Well, technically, that (roughly) parity.
     
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  3. Ioakeim Tzortzakis

    Ioakeim Tzortzakis Well-Known Member Full Member

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    DAMN
     
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  4. Dorrian_Grey

    Dorrian_Grey It came to me in a dream Full Member

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    He will crumple Bivol in October and you will all learn to love the Russian with bombs for fists
     
  5. bolo specialist

    bolo specialist Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Assuming he doesn't crumple himself during training first.
     
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  6. Ioakeim Tzortzakis

    Ioakeim Tzortzakis Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Or before he just dies of old age.
     
  7. Dorrian_Grey

    Dorrian_Grey It came to me in a dream Full Member

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    You don't get it man, Artur is such a beast that he has to beat up everything, including himself
     
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  8. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Oh I believe in Beterbiev, I believe there's about a half dozen fighters on this list who beat him.
     
  9. Dorrian_Grey

    Dorrian_Grey It came to me in a dream Full Member

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    I believe everybody on this list gets folded like a lawn-chair, so let's call it a narrow difference of opinion.
     
  10. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'd say Beterbiev goes 3-6 , he could beat Maxim, Saad and maybe Roy if he catches him..
    The rest ain't losing to a guy past 35 with 20 fights, the water is waaay to deep,,,,
     
  11. bolo specialist

    bolo specialist Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Bending over to sign Beter's cast after yet another "training injury"...
     
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  12. Dorrian_Grey

    Dorrian_Grey It came to me in a dream Full Member

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    lol, he does train like a psycho tbf. He does way too much explosive weight lifting but also seems to be a magnet for weird diseases. Someday he'll end up postponing a fight because he has scurvy or trench foot.
     
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  13. PRW94

    PRW94 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Gotta take prime Charles here.
     
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  14. Dorrian_Grey

    Dorrian_Grey It came to me in a dream Full Member

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    Qawi was a tough SOB but walking forward and being a couple inches away from dwarfism isn't a great recipe against Beterbiev. I struggle to see how he could pull off the win. Patterson got bulldozed twice by a fighter pretty similar to Beterbiev in Liston, he's another Biev KO victim. And Bob Foster was beaten by anybody his size or bigger. He got battered by Frazier and Beterbiev has more dimensions than Frazier. The only guys I see giving Beterbiev problems are Moore, Charles, and Spinks. I lean Beterbiev for the first two because of their Marciano fights (that and the fact Moore had surgery to remove stomach ulcers and Beterbiev is a vicious body puncher). Spinks is 50/50 prime for prime though imo.
     
  15. The Undefeated Lachbuster

    The Undefeated Lachbuster On the Italian agenda Full Member

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