Who is the best of the worse Heavyweight Champions?

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  1. box101

    box101 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    yes he was an forgive me with my spelling and on your smart ass coment i respect anyone who puts on gloves an anybody who wins a title had to be pretty good pinklon was definitly not atg but got ko by same tyson buster beat i put him at top half of list
     
  2. KTFO

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    Out of that list, John Ruiz.
     
  3. Blood Green

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    Shannon Briggs wasn't very good when he beat Foreman and was even worse when he beat Liakovich, who also should be on the list.
     
  4. Cachibatches

    Cachibatches Boxing Junkie banned

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    Hart has a victory over Jack Johnson

    Sharkie beat Wills and Godfrey

    Where are Maskaev and Briggs?
     
  5. Sister Sledge

    Sister Sledge Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I barely get on Boxrec. Don't classify me with Frankenfrank.
     
  6. Sister Sledge

    Sister Sledge Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    You're right, they should be on the list. Rahman too.
     
  7. Sister Sledge

    Sister Sledge Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I think some people are getting all in a huff because this is a thread about the worst champions, but that doesn't mean there aren't any good fighters in the bunch. Sharkey had some very good wins on his resume, as has Carnera. Douglas beat Tyson and actually had a very good skillset. Bonecrusher kayoed Witherspoon and Bruno. Ruiz is just good at being bad. The main thing is that these guys weren't great champions, so who was the best of the worst?
     
  8. janitor

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    I guess a lot depends on whether you include alphabet champions.

    If you do then I don't think that any of the guys listed would be in the running with guys like Michael Bent and Bruce Seldon.

    Hart, Willard,Sharkey, Carnera, Braddock and Douglas were lineal champions which means that they all beat the man on a given night.

    Ruiz and Smith could theoreticaly be listed among the stronger alphabet champions.
     
  9. Boilermaker

    Boilermaker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hart never really beat the man.

    Sharkey beat the man. Only problem is that the man became the man, by beating sharkey himself.
     
  10. p.Townend

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    Ive not seen enough of the older guys to say but Douglas was not a bad fighter,i dont think Ruiz is as poor as some people make him out to be.
     
  11. janitor

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    He did post a win over Jack Johnson however controvertial the circumstances.

    We could say that for practical purpouses, Sharkey won the first Schmeling fight by TD, and lost second fight by decision.

    That would have been fair.
     
  12. Flea Man

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    Stop talking **** then:good

    Your avatar? Thai girls? Cause I'm off to Pattaya and hope they're of better standard than those.
     
  13. Cachibatches

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    I might take exception with Rahmen. He beat Lewis fair and sqaure, even through he was murdered in the rematch. If you count alphebet titles, was a two timer. I think Corrie Sanders is a good win, and though he did not get the offical nod agaisnt Tua in teh second fight, a lot of guys thought he won it, and it at least shows he is in that caliber.
     
  14. Sister Sledge

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    I didn't add Rahman on my initial list because I think he is actually a very good fighter when he is on.
     
  15. Sister Sledge

    Sister Sledge Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I'm not the one talking ****, *****. I hope your **** burns off in Pattaya. Go **** a chick with a dick and shut the **** up.