Boxing

Tyson - Douglas

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Tyson in his prime, Douglas fighting the best in his career, completely outboxing Tyson early on. If you don't know who won, it is not easy to guess. I don't know though I have my suspicions who won so I am actually really enjoying it.

Douglas is a technical boxer, Tyson an aggressive, savage puncher; Douglas the bigger man, Tyson small, compact, full of the natural raging chemicals of fury he was born with.

Douglas is a different kind of boxer from Ali and Lewis, just as Tyson is a different kind of slugger than Foreman. He doesn't like to clinch; instead he chooses to slug it out for a moment then skip back, and he's very good at it.

Originally posted by badmoon
Ali called Shavers "Acorn." Per wiki -

Shavers fought Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden on September 29, 1977. Ali disparagingly referred to Shavers as "The Acorn" because of his bald head.

Don't you remember that?

I remember the fight not the acorn thing though.but,calling him acorn makes sense .

Holyfield - Douglass

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Holyfield - Douglass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KevxBvwF_-Q&feature=related

Holyfield was real sharp. Top of his game there.

Heres one ,a dream fight .Video has great footage of both doing what they did best.

Tyson -vs- Morrison

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Originally posted by utherpendragon
Holyfield was real sharp. Top of his game there.

Heres one ,a dream fight .Video has great footage of both doing what they did best.

Tyson -vs- Morrison

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4UPGaBP-VI&feature=fvw

From that clip Tyson looks better to me. He overall seems to have better discipline and form.

He keeps his hands up. His punches are crisp and clean. He's tough as nails and has a chiselled physique.

Morrison looks a bit sloppier IMO. I'll have to check out his fights one of these days. What are some good Morrison fights?

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
From that clip Tyson looks better to me. He overall seems to have better discipline and form.

He keeps his hands up. His punches are crisp and clean. He's tough as nails and has a chiselled physique.

Morrison looks a bit sloppier IMO. I'll have to check out his fights one of these days. What are some good Morrison fights?

I agree.Tyson in his prime I think would of beat Morrison most of the time.
They both hit like hell but both are not immune to getting knocked out.

Some Morrison fights w/ big names (that he won),

-George Foreman
-Pinklon Thomas
-Razor Ruddock
-Tom Tomashek

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Originally posted by utherpendragon
I agree.Tyson in his prime I think would of beat Morrison most of the time.
They both hit like hell but both are not immune to getting knocked out.

Some Morrison fights w/ big names (that he won),

-George Foreman
-Pinklon Thomas
-Razor Ruddock
-Tom Tomashek

All on Youtube

Morrison - Foreman (old Foreman looks like, not the young collossus)

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EDIT - Wow, Morrison has HIV!!

Excellent fight! I thought at first Foreman was embarrasing himself but then his plan began to show. Morrison's form was top notch!

Morrison reminds me of Buster Douglas actually. Mobile but aggressive.

Lewis - Morrison!!!

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De la Hoya - Mayweather

Go my homie from East LA!

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Mayweather is fast!

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Lewis - Morrison!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX-VO01uSyg&feature=related

Lewis is a BIG man! Morrison was out of his league.

Here is a classic big man little man fight that went the other way.

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
De la Hoya - Mayweather

Go my homie from East LA!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPY_zji0Ggg

Mayweather is fast!

Mayweather is the better boxer by far. I never imagined De la Hoya would have such an aggressive style, but it makes sense. He looks like a street fighter more than a boxer in that fight.

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Mayweather is the better boxer by far. I never imagined De la Hoya would have such an aggressive style, but it makes sense. He looks like a street fighter more than a boxer in that fight.

I have been following De la Hoya since the Olympics.
In the Mayweather fight he was a shell of what he was in his prime. Same with the Manny Pacquiao fight.
Now,to me Manny Pacquiao is the most exciting fighter out there. And if he continues along this path he will go down as one of the greats ever.

Originally posted by utherpendragon
I have been following De la Hoya since the Olympics.
In the Mayweather fight he was a shell of what he was in his prime. Same with the Manny Pacquiao fight.
Now,to me Manny Pacquiao is the most exciting fighter out there. And if he continues along this path he will go down as one of the greats ever.

The problem is - he seems like he's on some kind of stimulant, and he refuses to get tested.

Pacquiao will beat Mayweather. Mayweather is a passive, "gimmicky" fighter. The guy who will beat Pac Man will be a methodical, (relatively) heavyset puncher with an iron jaw and abs of steel. It will be bloody, something like Morales - Pacquiao:

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Pac's weakness - and strength - is that he's comfortable getting hit. He puts the other guy on the defensive and that means he doesn't take too many shots, but I don't think he can handle punishment for long enough to make it 12 rounds against a puncher like himself.

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
The problem is - he seems like he's on some kind of stimulant, and he refuses to get tested.

Pac's coach says fighters are already tested all the time and Pac has a phobia about fighting after giving blood. Seems reasonable.