The best left jabs in Heavyweight History

[boxingbuff]

I honestly dont think that Norton had the chin to absorb Lewis's punches even though he would have been a stylistic nightmare for Lewis.

Lewis was a big, heavy handed guy with good speed that would make the seventies Foreman and Shavers look small! The 205Lbs Norton would look tiny in comparison. Lewis's uppercut and straight right would find their targets enough I'm sure to force a mid rounds stoppage if not earlier.

Norton 205lbs?

I just watched Ali-Norton 11,and I swore he weighed 218 lbs.

Anybody have Norton's weight against Ali 3 times,and Forman?

[TheGreatA]

Norton 205lbs?

I just watched Ali-Norton 11,and I swore he weighed 218 lbs.

Anybody have Norton's weight against Ali 3 times,and Forman?

vs Ali I 210 lbs
vs Ali II 205 lbs
vs Foreman 212 lbs
vs Quarry 218 lbs
vs Ali III 217 lbs
vs Holmes 220 lbs

[StarshipTrooper]

Hi Poet, incredible! I watched the fight only a few weeks ago with my mates just for a laugh (as a Tyson slaughter!), its inconceivable how HBO could have had Pinklon ahead. His weedy combinations looked like ineffectual pawings of the air, Tyson clearly walked through everything without blinking.

Out of curiosity who was doing the broadcast in the one you watched? If you have the HBO broadcast watch it again and listen to the commentary especially Larry Merchant: I think he gave like three rounds in a row to Thomas.

Poet

[Sugarj]

Hi Poet, it was a British broadcast, I think it was Steve Holdsworth commentating. Shame I dont have the HBO version, not that Larry Merchant would trick me out of what I thought I was actually viewing.

Bless Larry Merchant I love and hate him in equal doses. His analysis can be awful, but I love his post fight interviews, he'll ask anything! His worst colour commentary has to be in Byrd vs Ibeabuchi, calling Chris Byrd cowardly when he was clearly outboxing a monster in Ibeabuchi (who stopped him eventually).

Oh and hi Boxingbuff, I always fancied that the peak Norton was the 1973 guy who faced Ali twice and swapped close decisions, The Great A was right with his 205lb statistic.

[StarshipTrooper]

Hi Poet, it was a British broadcast, I think it was Steve Holdsworth commentating. Shame I dont have the HBO version, not that Larry Merchant would trick me out of what I thought I was actually viewing.

Bless Larry Merchant I love and hate him in equal doses. His analysis can be awful, but I love his post fight interviews, he'll ask anything! His worst colour commentary has to be in Byrd vs Ibeabuchi, calling Chris Byrd cowardly when he was clearly outboxing a monster in Ibeabuchi (who stopped him eventually).

Oh and hi Boxingbuff, I always fancied that the peak Norton was the 1973 guy who faced Ali twice and swapped close decisions, The Great A was right with his 205lb statistic.

The HBO version is in this package if you want to get a load of the commentary:

http://www.**********.com/?d=64RUGSRP