Worst heavyweight title fight

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  1. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah Tubbs was a blob at 244. He was still slick though so Witherspoon couldnt hurt him. Tim was all around solid but not nimble on his feet and could be a bit ponderous.

    It was boring but the skill level was high.
     
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    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ruiz was in some stinkers.
     
  3. Eggman

    Eggman "The cream of the crop! Nobody does it better! Full Member

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    Can we all just be thankful wlad is retired
     
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  4. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Just so many stretches of a minute or more where neither man attempted a punch.
     
  5. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Sorry man, my apologies.
     
  6. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Holmes Spinks II. Spinks looked pretty ridiculous through most of the fight (pretty much how he looked through much of the first). His oddball strategy worked again to keep Holmes semi-mystified, but Holmes is the only person who seemed there to really fight.

    Watching Holmes try to get Spinks to do something besides dance, look goofy, or just plain act like a clown got pretty tiresome. Holmes hurt Spinks bad at least four times in the fight, in the 14th he nearly finished him. And he still lost.

    A really lame fight, all because of Spinks. I was so happy when Mike knocked him out early.
     
  7. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think u meant Ali, right? not Holmes? Holmes stopped Spinks in 3.
     
  8. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Loyal Member

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    I love Wladdy, but

    Wlad VS Povetkin
    Wlad VS Chagaev
    Wlad VS Haye
    Wlad VS Ibragimov

    Wladdy really became cautious when there was a chance someone would hit back.
     
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    He is talking about Michael. Michael Spinks and his "athletic fit."
     
  10. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah his most exciting fights were the ones whete he got KTFO.
     
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    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Wlad was greatness personified. His talent was immense, his methods sound.
     
  12. Nighttrain

    Nighttrain 'BOUT IT 'BOUT IT Full Member

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    Wannabe what? Is there some sort of new guideline that it had to happen in your lifetime? If anything I am jealous! People getting into boxing history now have such a huge advantage, being able to pour over thousands of hours of footage as opposed to rereading Boxing Pictorial and The Ring! I remember trying to stay awake to watch the Muhammad Ali versus Rocky Marciano simulation at 1:30 AM and passing out half way through! I spent years trying to watch the FOTC!
     
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  13. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    my mistake
     
  14. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I guess we can't watch fights from before we were born nighttrain.
     
  15. Nighttrain

    Nighttrain 'BOUT IT 'BOUT IT Full Member

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    just so I’m clear can I watch fight that happen when I was an infant?
    Can I change my original opinions?