Heavyweights : Tim Witherspoon vs. Sonnie Liston

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Woldemar
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Heavyweights : Tim Witherspoon vs. Sonnie Liston

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15 rounds,who wins?
DrDuke
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Re: Heavyweights : Tim Witherspoon vs. Sonnie Liston

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Witherspoon could give Liston a fight with his tricky style and toughness, but he would fall short. Liston's superior jab and power would be the keys for Sonny's victory.

Liston by dec.
Seamus
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Re: Heavyweights : Tim Witherspoon vs. Sonnie Liston

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Witherspoon at his best (how often we say that) has the better jab and is the tougher man. Very close fight till the later rounds, then I think Terrible Tim begins giving Sonny a beating in route to a late stoppage, 13th rd or so.
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Re: Heavyweights : Tim Witherspoon vs. Sonnie Liston

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Either Liston out-jabbed and out-punched Witherspoon to stop him in the late rounds or decision. For Witherspoon, he needs to make Liston had a hard time to hit him with his cross-arm defense awkward style as he must out-jabbed him from long range and landing better punches to decision him.
AngryGoon38
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Re: Heavyweights : Tim Witherspoon vs. Sonnie Liston

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I see Listen winning this one by 8th round KO.
Good scrap it'd be though.
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