Zaire, who else could have beat Foreman that night ?

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  1. BlackCloud

    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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    Oh dear
     
  2. BlackCloud

    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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    I can't decide which of your posts is more deserving of a ban.....the one i just quoted or the Marciano has a better chin & power one.
     
  3. Combatesdeboxeo_

    Combatesdeboxeo_ Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Lmao!!!! Great
     
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    Combatesdeboxeo_ Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Hahahha what a trash post.
     
  5. Big Ukrainian

    Big Ukrainian Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ra's Al-Ghul posts are comedy gold. Zejlko Mavrovic and Samil Sam would beat prime Foreman lmao :bash:
     
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  6. Entaowed

    Entaowed Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Enough with the personal insults gentleman. Though I agree that Marciano does not have amongst the best chins ever (how much was it tested by even smaller great sluggers), or Foreman's power, though it was excellent...

    For greatest ever beard, you must have many fights & be tested against big hitters.
    Who really reached/landed much against the likes of Valuev?
    Here is my thread about the best chin ever. Never even down in a long career until aged, fought modern sized HWs...

    [url]http://ghosttown-boxing.2299399.n4.nabble.com/Who-has-the-best-chin-EVER-td4671210.html#a4671280[/url]
     
  7. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    Don't think so.

    Young owed a good piece of his win to Foreman's first loss.
     
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  8. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Jeffries could take him.
     
  9. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Marciano is at 88%. Average opponent weight at 187 pounds. Foreman 84%. Average opponent weight 232 pounds. If you're keeping score.
     
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  10. heizenberg

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    All a matter of what forum
    the opponent shows up in. Foreman didn’t have his best night that night but that likely had to do with Ali who
    Fought a great fight. Ali really showed how big and strong
    He was that night how he stood his ground and exchanged with foreman winning a hard fought battle not dancing around foreman like how people would’ve expected Ali to win. Lennox Lewis May have been able to do something similar maybe but unlikely vitali klitschko who I just wrote about how I’d expect him to lose to foreman. joe Louis may have been able to catch foreman and put him out that night. Maybe Liston could’ve. Larry Holmes would have a fair shot on any given night I believe. Other then that it would take a jimmy young like performance with foreman Tiring for a good boxer like a Witherspoon Holyfield or Dokes to steal a win from
    Foreman
     
  11. Seamus

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    Three punchers, who at least in their 50's form, would not rate in the top 20 of heavyweight punchers in the 70's.
     
  12. heizenberg

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    As far as jimmy young beating foreman in Zaire it’s possible but I feel young’s win over foreman was a 1 in 10 kinda fight I feel on almost any other given night foreman beats young it would be like if tony tubbs or Greg page were able to beat foreman on a bad night the same thing can happen on a given night to any of the other greats
     
  13. Combatesdeboxeo_

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    Just ignore him.guys like him never will learn
     
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  14. BlackCloud

    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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    Cojimar 1946 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I think they could easily rate among the top 20 punchers of the 70s at least in terms of effectiveness.