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Danny Williams is fighting for the heavyweight title. If he wins, he will expose a chin that we know might be pretty weak, thought the heart and the body are willing. Chris Byrd is fighting McCline... who may be his friend, but millions are at stake. If McCline wins, does Byrd have a rematch clause? John Ruiz is fighting Andrew Golota, who could actually knock the dude out and find the title that he should have had if he had hit Rid**** Bowe in his head years ago... after all, the guy effectively retired someone regarded at the time as the Cat's Meow and once drew comparisons to Muhammed Ali. My point is, in all of this, is there any fight that we'd actually want to see again out of all of these? I'll admit that I'm curious to see if the Foul Pole can KO Ruiz, but I wouldn't want to see the fight twice any more than I wanted to see Ruiz v Holy twice. Byrd = boring? Well, I like the guy and I like his style, but as a heavyweight? The second coming of Michael Dokes... I don't know if that's a compliment or not. But really... does anyone care about the heavyweights right now? Is there any fighter out there that gives us a reason to? It just makes me realize even more how poor a fighter Grant must be to not have a belt right now.
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how do you know Danny has a weak chin?
who told you danny williams has a weak chin?
Sam never knocked him out, Tyson couldnt put him down so what on earth lead you to believe that a man who has never been ko'd in 35 fights has a weak chin?
me thinks you read and take notice of too much press bull****.
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Most of the fighters you mentioned have their share of fans, and it would be insulting to say that these fighters were all lousy. However, it would simply be a lie to say that any of these men are particularly inspiring, especially in the one division that is supposed to consistently capture the attention of the general public. Ruiz fans may have some good reasons for liking his style but Ruiz is never going to be a superstar.
So people care...but not people in general. My theory about why the heavies are like this right now is that right now we should still be in the Mike Tyson era. Superstar heavies like him come along only like once in a generation, and right now he should be on the tail end of a fantastic career. But after the loss to Douglas everything sputtered a bit. He came back rather impressively, but has never been the same since.
I know people will argue for Lennox and Evander and Rid****, as well. These were all great fighters, but I still consider this to be Tyson's time.Comment
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Coz i know his chin is weak i seen his fight before he fight nobody only tyson that it. when he got hit and stunned he grab and hold the guy Vitali has taken punches from Sanders and Lennox Lewis and still KO Sanders and was winning on the cardsLast edited by INFAMOUZ; 11-04-2004, 03:47 PM.Comment
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WHAT FIGHT WAS HE HURT IN THEM MATE.
what fight did he get dropped in.
NONE.
good argument.
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wasn't comparing Bowe to Ali... if you saw him at the Olympic games and during the whole Holyfield series, the announcers were making comparisons, due to his long arms, supposed wit, and fast hands. I never thought that Bowe was a hard enough worker to compare to Ali. He was lazy (my opinion) as a fighter and never showed us even close to his full potential, which is scary since he was heavyweight champion of the world and beat one of the most highly regarded heavyweights of the 90's.Originally posted by BombardierComment
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I hoping David Tua will come back and fight again at least it will give the heavyweight division some excitement... if tua worked hard enough lost weight gained speed and was in good conditioning i have no doubt in my mind that he could crown the division..Comment
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JPW....Originally posted by JPWWHAT FIGHT WAS HE HURT IN THEM MATE.
what fight did he get dropped in.
NONE.
good argument.
Could've sworn there was a video of Sam dropping & stopping Williams on this very site....Comment
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Jabs no disrpsect he did drop him but he didnt knock him out, going down under sustained pressure isnt really the same as getting ko'd is it. It was a TKO, On top of this the punishment Danny took from Tyson should dispel and qualms about his chin. To say he has a weak chin is ludicrous the evidence agianst this comments is there for all to see?
Im not sure there were too many other heavies who would have stood up to that first round barrage against Iron mike do you, so are they all chinny then?
I just dont agree that Danny is chinny, its one of his better qualities.Comment
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yes a ko is a tko, goddamn i guess you can split hairs over **** like that but is it really that important to be right all the time. JPW has superior empirical evidence once again...bravoComment
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