George Foreman
Felix Trinidad
Roberto Duran
Tony Zale
Dwight Muhammad Qawi
Excepting Zale, I can recall first-hand the rise of all these men. My personal favourite would have to have been Qawi --- not the best of this liste, for sure, but wow, was he a slave to commitment when pushed inside those ropes. I wouldn't say he had the most number of exciting bouts to have watched live or lived through, but his very best outings were better than any of the others.
A Heavyweight is still a thing to behold, & the power & brutality of seeing Foreman in his pomp stays with me to this day. He'd be next after Qawi. Duran had just too many angles, & too many great rivals, to rate below Trinidad, who along with Zale, make up the numbers in this very fine list of excitement-machines.
Excepting Zale, I can recall first-hand the rise of all these men. My personal favourite would have to have been Qawi --- not the best of this liste, for sure, but wow, was he a slave to commitment when pushed inside those ropes. I wouldn't say he had the most number of exciting bouts to have watched live or lived through, but his very best outings were better than any of the others.
A Heavyweight is still a thing to behold, & the power & brutality of seeing Foreman in his pomp stays with me to this day. He'd be next after Qawi. Duran had just too many angles, & too many great rivals, to rate below Trinidad, who along with Zale, make up the numbers in this very fine list of excitement-machines.
For the bold, I honestly have a hard time thinking of a Qawi fight which wasn't a war, maybe the M.Spinks fight and 1 or 2 more but I still fount the M.Spinks fight very good to watch, I have his career set as well.
He's one of my favourite boxers, easily.
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