49-0 is Nothing Special

[badblood]

then i suppose we should all consider brian neilsen one of the top HWs of all time simply because he reached 49-0.

Yes or no, was he a bad ass?

[dumdane]

i just found out that this danish guy in '99 beat tim witherspoon for his 49th victory in his 49th fight. biran nielsen finished his career in 2002 with a record of 64-2 with 43 KOs. however, his record is brimming with morbid competition at best. but he got to 49-0, and yes, his whole career was spent in the HW division.

btw, julio cesar chavez got to 88-0 before the first blemish on his record.

so for those who are talking about valuev "getting closer and closer to 49-0" remember this: a welterweight and a dane already did it. who gives a **** if valuev makes it to 49-0 and "breaks marciano's record"? its been done already.

If you saw just a bit of his fights you'd be even less impressed. He looked like he was on a stable McDonald's diet.

I think his looks were somewhat deceptive though. He wasn't all that bad. Just not all that good either. actually quite fast when needed for a man his size.
At his best around 1998 it would probably have been fair to rate him inside top 10, but outside top 5.

He was a real character though and was extremely popular in Denmark. His entrance tune was "Always look on the bright side of life" (from Monty Python's "Life of Brian") - which kind of showed he didn't take himself too seriously. - good thing too.

[Abe Attell]

Yes or no, was he a bad ass?

Marciano was a great fighter, I don't know if anybody is saying he wasn't, but 49-0 is overrated

[TheEvilSaint]

Marciano was a great fighter, I don't know if anybody is saying he wasn't, but 49-0 is overrated

exactly what i have been trying to say.

and no, neilsen is not a bad ass.

[joeytrimble]

its over rated but yet such a hard mark to reach and keep

[joeytrimble]

brian nelson made tyson look super good in there fight ..

[Welter_Skelter]

49-0 is impressive IF.. at least 25 of those fights were fought against B+ competition and a minimum of 15 of those being fought at WORLD CLASS.. Has ANYONE done THAT?

[Abe Attell]

brian nelson made tyson look super good in there fight ..

Tyson looked good?

I thought he looked like ****...did you see how slow his punches looked compared to his prime....

[badblood]

exactly what i have been trying to say.

and no, neilsen is not a bad ass.

I have seen Neilsen brutally KO some ****ers and your wrong in saying that dude wasn't a bad ass. I welcome any of you Saturday night keyboard jockeys to go out there and go 49-0 and prove that it's not that big of a deal.

[joeytrimble]

yeah but for the day and age he was in he looked good he was landing to the body and to the head ...nielson was just kinda rideing the ropes acting like a human peice of dough ..

im not saying compaired to when he was 20 years old putting berbick to sleep no im talking for a to hot for tv mike that was kicking drivers in the balls
he looked good for that time period