Ever heard of this guy ? Dwight Muhammad Qawi

[project xxx1]

very good fighter..............watch his war with headbutt holyfield,what a fight that was

[BoZz]

of course I've got him in one of my boxing books..he use to be pretty good.

[prinzemanspopa]

Yes,he was truly an excellent fighter as a light heavyweight and a cruiserweight.One of the best technically and defensively sound pressure fighters of recent memory.A fighter that really knew how to use his lack of height as a great advantage in his favour.Had a good jab,could counter punch effectively,and was a commited body puncher.Usually compared to Joe Frazier,but in truth,a much more complete and versatile fighter than Frazier ever was.



I've never seen a single fighter that enjoyed really hurting and beating up an opponent like he did.Perhaps he didn't,but that's the impression I always got from him.He not only beat the crap out of Leon Spinks,he completely embarrassed and clowned him while doing so.Was the first man to give Matthew Saad Muhammad such a tremendous beating that Saad was incapable of performing one of his usual Rocky-like comeback's.Very much responsible for ending the career of Saad as a world class fighter.

[NChristo]

I always thought he was a more refined version of Frazier as well, he went straight to Fraziers gym when he got out of prison and learned from him and Bennie Briscoe for quite some time, he took their styles and improved upon them by a lot, can only imagine what he would of been like if he started earlier and had more experience, he seems like the kind that someone could say 'was born to fight'.

I've never seen a single fighter that enjoyed really hurting and beating up an opponent like he did.Perhaps he didn't,but that's the impression I always got from him.He not only beat the crap out of Leon Spinks, he completely embarrassed and clowned him while doing so

[Thread Stealer]

I've never seen a single fighter that enjoyed really hurting and beating up an opponent like he did.Perhaps he didn't,but that's the impression I always got from him.He not only beat the crap out of Leon Spinks,he completely embarrassed and clowned him while doing so.Was the first man to give Matthew Saad Muhammad such a tremendous beating that Saad was incapable of performing one of his usual Rocky-like comeback's.Very much responsible for ending the career of Saad as a world class fighter.

Yeah, The Camden Buzzsaw was quite the sadist in there. He and Terry Norris are maybe the two fighters who appeared to enjoy brutalizing opponents more than anyone else I've seen.

Dwight had a great sense of distance and timing when slipping those shots. During one sequence in the first Holyfield fight, he's within range and slips about a dozen straight shots. Interestingly, I thought Eddie Davis found it much easier to tag Qawi than greats like Spinks and Holyfield (first fight) did.

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[prinzemanspopa]

This is the clip that immediately pops up in my head whenever I think of Qawi's fight with Leon Spinks.Qawi looked like such a mean and malicious bastard while utterly destroying him with ease - and just laughed at him while doing so.



I shudder to think of what he would have done to someone like Pascal two months ago.

[prinzemanspopa]

Interestingly, I thought Eddie Davis found it much easier to tag Qawi than greats like Spinks and Holyfield (first fight) did.

The Eddie Davis fight was a great watch.Despite the aggression he always showed in the ring,Qawi was always very controlled and composed.After he hurt Davis very early in the fight,he seemed to lose all composure and spent the rest of the fight simply pursuing a stoppage.


I don't think he really had the same type of respect for Davis's punching power like he did have for Spinks and Holyfield,either.

[goblin213]

One of my favorite fighters of the 80's. I think he did not even have an amateur background yet was he very good.

[Dave Rado]

yeh he was only about 5'7"

No, he was 5′ 5½, yet he was a borderline ATG Light Heavyweight, thus proving how idiotic all the people are who confuse height with size.