Scary-looking contenders, and the champions who tamed them

Seamus · Post by **Seamus** » 13 Oct 2006, 23:50

Napoles didn't knock Griffith out, he took a one sided decision.

delisa · Post by **delisa** » 14 Oct 2006, 00:04

Louis over monstrous Abe Simon, show was actually a nicce guy

HomicideHenry · Post by **HomicideHenry** » 14 Oct 2006, 01:04

Joe Louis vs Buddy Baer

Buddy didn't have quite the bomb his brother Max did, but at 6'6" and 245 pounds he was enormous for the 1940's. Louis won by DQ the first time they fought and in the return anniilated the big man in the 1st.

Joe Louis vs Tony Galento

The trash talking New Jersey fat man was the only opponent Joe Louis hated, outside of Max Schmeling. Galento constantly referred to Louis as a bum, that he'd knock him out and made racist phone calls to the champions home and even so much as told Joe Louis that he had sex, or wanted sex from his wife. Louis all but forgot technique in this fight and was almost knocked out by the beer swilling hamburger eating Galento. Joe managed to put him away two rounds after the knockdown.

Trent · Post by **Trent** » 14 Oct 2006, 01:28

Joe Calzaghe thrashing Jeff Lacy

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 14 Oct 2006, 09:43

Carlos Zarate stopped by Wilfredo Gomez.
Zarate looked like an assasin up till that point. Granted he was coming up in weight.

BrocktonBlockbuster49 · Post by **BrocktonBlockbuster49** » 14 Oct 2006, 10:27

carlos monzon winning a shutout decision over very scary looking dangerous bennie briscoe.

Jimmy Carter knocking out # 1 ranked very highly rated Georgie Araujo.

kingpawn · Post by **kingpawn** » 14 Oct 2006, 11:26

More recently, Kermit Cintron comes to mind. Undefeated record against decent opposition. A big puncher ...

And Margarito pretty well tore him up!!

JC · Post by JC » 14 Oct 2006, 11:55

He hadn't been champion for long at the time, but Mike Mcullum's victory over Julian Jackson comes to mind. Jackson was 29-0-0 with 27 KO's at the time.

HomicideHenry · Post by **HomicideHenry** » 14 Oct 2006, 15:12

James J. Jefferies vs Tom Sharkey

These two met twice and it could have went either way. Tom Sharkey was a monstrous specimen for the turn of the century, a chiseled physique and was one of the strongest and dirtiest fighters in the world. Jefferies managed to absorb everything the 'Sailor' from Cork, Ireland threw at him and won decisions over him both times.

Larry Holmes vs Earnie Shavers

The successor to Muhammad Ali had yet to prove he was the man at HW, he had faced Shavers before, quite possibly the hardest hitting man in the history of the known universe and had barely escaped. The rematch was almost a mirror of the first as Shavers dropped Holmes, but the Easton Assasin managed to get up off the floor, to not only win, but knocked Shavers out.

Seamus · Post by **Seamus** » 14 Oct 2006, 15:12

Rodrigo Valdez demolishing Bad Bennie Briscoe.
Michael Watson easily KO' ing Nigel Benn. One article I read was titled "Watson stops Big Benn", and another called Benn a poor man's John Mugabi. Actually though he surpassed Mugabi.

ebeneezer · Post by **ebeneezer** » 14 Oct 2006, 15:34

To a lesser degree I suppose Ray Mercer' second defense of his WBO title against Tommy Morrison would fall into this category.

Morrison was something like 28 - 0 with 26 KOs. His knockouts of David Jaco, James Tillis and Pinklon Thomas amongst others, were brutal. The Mercer fight was supposed to be his coming out party.

He hammered Mercer for the first three rounds including a savage right cross to the head, left hook to the body, right uppercut and left hook combo that rocked Mercer back into the ropes.
But Ray absorbed it all and in the fifth round pinned a tiring Morrison in the corner and scored one of the most memorable knockouts in modern history.

Collins2000 · Post by **Collins2000** » 14 Oct 2006, 16:55

IrishRufusMurphy wrote:James J. Jefferies vs Tom Sharkey

These two met twice and it could have went either way. Tom Sharkey was a monstrous specimen for the turn of the century, a chiseled physique and was one of the strongest and dirtiest fighters in the world. Jefferies managed to absorb everything the 'Sailor' from Cork, Ireland threw at him and won decisions over him both times.

Larry Holmes vs Earnie Shavers

The successor to Muhammad Ali had yet to prove he was the man at HW, he had faced Shavers before, quite possibly the hardest hitting man in the history of the known universe and had barely escaped. The rematch was almost a mirror of the first as Shavers dropped Holmes, but the Easton Assasin managed to get up off the floor, to not only win, but knocked Shavers out.

Barely escaped? In the first fight? I guess that's yet another fight you've never seen.

RazorKO · Post by **RazorKO** » 14 Oct 2006, 19:32

Collins2000 wrote:
IrishRufusMurphy wrote:James J. Jefferies vs Tom Sharkey

These two met twice and it could have went either way. Tom Sharkey was a monstrous specimen for the turn of the century, a chiseled physique and was one of the strongest and dirtiest fighters in the world. Jefferies managed to absorb everything the 'Sailor' from Cork, Ireland threw at him and won decisions over him both times.

Larry Holmes vs Earnie Shavers

The successor to Muhammad Ali had yet to prove he was the man at HW, he had faced Shavers before, quite possibly the hardest hitting man in the history of the known universe and had barely escaped. The rematch was almost a mirror of the first as Shavers dropped Holmes, but the Easton Assasin managed to get up off the floor, to not only win, but knocked Shavers out.
Barely escaped? In the first fight? I guess that's yet another fight you've never seen.

Your right, Holmes dominated the first fight very comfortably against Shavers, I think Irish means in the second round when Shavers had Holmes in a bit of bother but managed to fight his way out of trouble, and later on in the fight took complete control.

I would also count Benn that tamed a fearsome challenger in McClelan in their fight.

HomicideHenry · Post by **HomicideHenry** » 14 Oct 2006, 19:55

It was a known liability that if someone could get passed the first few rounds with Shavers you had one helluva chance. The first time they fought went the distance, the rematch only went into the 11th round. I double checked, Holmes was all but unscatched in his fight with Shavers the first time. My mistake, was always under the assumption he was knocked down in both fights.