Re: Tim Witherspoon: In the Hall of Fame?
Posted: 04 Sep 2016, 20:01
Check your sarcasm detector. Wise beat Chavez and Lawler beat Duran & benitez!
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Re: Tim Witherspoon: In the Hall of Fame?
Posted: 23 Jun 2017, 22:19
No, but Tim is very close.
Re: Tim Witherspoon: In the Hall of Fame?
Posted: 01 Jan 2023, 19:58
. Well he was only the 3rd man ever to regain the heavyweight tile. After Muhammed Ali and Floyd Patterson. He almost would of been 3 time champion and some people say he was robbed when he went the distance with prime Larry Holmes and just lost by SD in probably the best heavyweight championship fight of the 80s he had great brawl with Ray Mercer. He had one of the best overhand rights of all time. And he just fought all the great heavyweights of the 80s and some of the 90s i mean his resume has...elmersalsa wrote: ↑31 Aug 2016, 07:44 Does Tim Witherspoon belongs in the hall of fame in Canastota, NY someday?
Explain and why.
- Larry Holmes
- James "Quick" Tillis
- Greg Page
- Pinklon Thomas
- James "Bone Crusher" Smith
- Tony "TNT" Tubbs
- Frank Bruno
- "Merciless" Ray Mercer
- Andrew Golota
That's a good resume for the time he was boxing in am i wrong?
Re: Tim Witherspoon: In the Hall of Fame?
Posted: 03 Jan 2023, 02:52
of course he shouldnt be a hall of famer
Re: Tim Witherspoon: In the Hall of Fame?
Posted: 03 Jan 2023, 05:07
Let's discuss, if he did more than Wlad. Someone, bring Alpy on. 
Re: Tim Witherspoon: In the Hall of Fame?
Posted: 03 Jan 2023, 06:39
There's always that feeling he was 50-50 with Holmes and Larry avoided him after that.
Re: Tim Witherspoon: In the Hall of Fame?
Posted: 03 Jan 2023, 08:16
I had no problems scoring it for Holmes several times. Never had it even or for Witherspoon.
Re: Tim Witherspoon: In the Hall of Fame?
Posted: 03 Jan 2023, 11:46
Re: Tim Witherspoon: In the Hall of Fame?
Posted: 03 Jan 2023, 12:29
Re: Tim Witherspoon: In the Hall of Fame?
Posted: 03 Jan 2023, 15:40
Personally I think of all the alphabet champions there was in heavyweight history he would be the best qualified to be in the Hall of Fame because he won a version of the heavyweight title twice.
And let's be honest back in the '80s it was even harder to reach the top than it is today. The saddest part about Witherspoon's career like so many boxers at that time Don King virtually took all of his money.
I'll never forget a quote from Witherspoon where he said something to the effect that he lived in an apartment that he would be embarrassed to show anyone despite him being champion of the world twice.
My personal opinion since they're starting to let in far lesser people into the Hall of Fame in recent years you may as well put 'Spoon in there. It all really started to change in my view when they put Arturo Gatti into the Hall of Fame and as much as I liked the man because he was in so many great fights the man was simply not a great boxer.
And let's be honest back in the '80s it was even harder to reach the top than it is today. The saddest part about Witherspoon's career like so many boxers at that time Don King virtually took all of his money.
I'll never forget a quote from Witherspoon where he said something to the effect that he lived in an apartment that he would be embarrassed to show anyone despite him being champion of the world twice.
My personal opinion since they're starting to let in far lesser people into the Hall of Fame in recent years you may as well put 'Spoon in there. It all really started to change in my view when they put Arturo Gatti into the Hall of Fame and as much as I liked the man because he was in so many great fights the man was simply not a great boxer.
Re: Tim Witherspoon: In the Hall of Fame?
Posted: 04 Jan 2023, 01:40
That's the problem of multiple titles. 'A version of the title' - that's even sounds weird. It's impossible to see it as a real championship. Everyone know, that in the first half of the 80s Larry Holmes was the man. In the second half, after a brief sorting it out, Mike Tyson was the man.HomicideHenry wrote: ↑03 Jan 2023, 15:40 Personally I think of all the alphabet champions there was in heavyweight history he would be the best qualified to be in the Hall of Fame because he won a version of the heavyweight title twice.
And let's be honest back in the '80s it was even harder to reach the top than it is today. The saddest part about Witherspoon's career like so many boxers at that time Don King virtually took all of his money.
I'll never forget a quote from Witherspoon where he said something to the effect that he lived in an apartment that he would be embarrassed to show anyone despite him being champion of the world twice.
My personal opinion since they're starting to let in far lesser people into the Hall of Fame in recent years you may as well put 'Spoon in there. It all really started to change in my view when they put Arturo Gatti into the Hall of Fame and as much as I liked the man because he was in so many great fights the man was simply not a great boxer.
Re: Tim Witherspoon: In the Hall of Fame?
Posted: 04 Jan 2023, 12:52
He really could have been a HOF'er but while the potential was there, the discipline wasn't.
Re: Tim Witherspoon: In the Hall of Fame?
Posted: 06 Jan 2023, 14:38
If Tim ain't got in by now. Surely that settles that does it not?
Lots of more deserving guys.
Lots of more deserving guys.