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Which heavyweight title fight was the most one sided?

Posted: 09 Jan 2009, 20:13
by actjac
I believe that Larry Holmes vs Tex Cobb was so one sided that Howard Cosell refused to do the announcing for one entire round and then quit boxing commentary for good.

Re: Which heavyweight title fight was the most one sided?

Posted: 09 Jan 2009, 21:43
by Goodnight, Irene
Jeffries-Finnegan. Cobb gets automatic points for at least being there.

Re: Which heavyweight title fight was the most one sided?

Posted: 09 Jan 2009, 22:01
by zojo
If I remember correctly, wasn't Tyson vs. Carl "The Truth" Williams the only championship fight where the challenger never landed a punch?

Re: Which heavyweight title fight was the most one sided?

Posted: 09 Jan 2009, 23:01
by raylawpc
Goodnight, Irene wrote:Jeffries-Finnegan. Cobb gets automatic points for at least being there.
Some do not consider Jeffries-Finnegan a title fight. It certainly was not advertised as such.

Re: Which heavyweight title fight was the most one sided?

Posted: 09 Jan 2009, 23:10
by kikibalt
Floyd Patterson vs Ingemar Johansson I

Re: Which heavyweight title fight was the most one sided?

Posted: 09 Jan 2009, 23:16
by raylawpc
Joe Louis v. Johnny Paychek or Jack Roper.

Re: Which heavyweight title fight was the most one sided?

Posted: 10 Jan 2009, 02:42
by squiggy
zojo, wrote:If I remember correctly, wasn't Tyson vs. Carl "The Truth" Williams the only championship fight where the challenger never landed a punch?
I believe Carl the Truth hit Tyson a couple times.

Re: Which heavyweight title fight was the most one sided?

Posted: 10 Jan 2009, 04:32
by purple.obi
Trevor Berbick-Mike Tyson.

Re: Which heavyweight title fight was the most one sided?

Posted: 10 Jan 2009, 08:28
by funso banjo baby
Belcher v berks

Re: Which heavyweight title fight was the most one sided?

Posted: 10 Jan 2009, 08:29
by funso banjo baby
omg

forgot Dempsey whacking the living daylights out of jess willard...phewee that was ugly

infact most of jack johnsons were messy

and marciano cockell

Re: Which heavyweight title fight was the most one sided?

Posted: 10 Jan 2009, 08:37
by Thunder and Lightning
Primo Carnera vs Max Baer pops into my mind Carnera was knocked down eleven times after all.

Muhammed Ali vs Floyd Patterson was not a funny fight to watch because of Alis superiority and him taunting Patterson about it all the time.

Frazier vs Foreman was also a very one sided fight.

Re: Which heavyweight title fight was the most one sided?

Posted: 11 Jan 2009, 04:01
by My2Sense
Take your pick:

Dempsey-Miske
Liston-Patterson (both)
Ali-London
Holmes-Frazier
Holyfield-Douglas
About half of Louis' defenses

Re: Which heavyweight title fight was the most one sided?

Posted: 11 Jan 2009, 09:45
by harrygreb
foreman v frazier 1

while patterson was indeed outclassed by ali in the 2nd fight floyd showed that ali was still open to a left hook and caught him several times before the end in this way.
in the first one we all know that floyd had a slipped disc but took the fight anyway and fought through much pain. sure, ali had every advantage possible over floyd but patterson gained respect from me in both duels.

Re: Which heavyweight title fight was the most one sided?

Posted: 11 Jan 2009, 10:08
by The Great John L
No contest. Foreman-Roman

Re: Which heavyweight title fight was the most one sided?

Posted: 11 Jan 2009, 10:48
by wouter
zojo, wrote:If I remember correctly, wasn't Tyson vs. Carl "The Truth" Williams the only championship fight where the challenger never landed a punch?
Spinks reportedly never landed a punch.

Re: Which heavyweight title fight was the most one sided?

Posted: 11 Jan 2009, 17:34
by harrygreb
i recall frazier v terry daniels being one way traffic - i'm really showing my age

Re: Which heavyweight title fight was the most one sided?

Posted: 11 Jan 2009, 17:38
by Goodnight, Irene
The Great John L wrote:No contest. Foreman-Roman
It'd certainly rank within the top few, & may be the leading candidate. Foreman looked terrible with those wide swings, though.

Re: Which heavyweight title fight was the most one sided?

Posted: 11 Jan 2009, 20:27
by elmersalsa
I gotta go with Ali vs Patterson I in 1965...It was so one-sided that I was so terrified by the beating Patterson took.

Second, Foreman vs Frazier I...I felt sorry for Smokin' Joe.

Re: Which heavyweight title fight was the most one sided?

Posted: 11 Jan 2009, 23:06
by Evander
On paper it looked it good.

But Lewis v Tua was a blowout.

Re: Which heavyweight title fight was the most one sided?

Posted: 12 Jan 2009, 04:50
by My2Sense
The Great John L wrote:No contest. Foreman-Roman
LOL, the forgotten heavyweight fight.

And forgotten for very good reason. :lol:

Re: Which heavyweight title fight was the most one sided?

Posted: 12 Jan 2009, 06:24
by Flump
For all but the last 20 seconds Tyson - Bonecrusher was horribly one sided, basically because Smith spent the whole fight holding. Holmes - Rodriguez was another as was Holmes - Ali.

Re: Which heavyweight title fight was the most one sided?

Posted: 12 Jan 2009, 09:23
by harrygreb
was ali v jurgen blin ever in doubt? blin looked like an autograph hunter in there

Re: Which heavyweight title fight was the most one sided?

Posted: 12 Jan 2009, 14:34
by richie-g
Muhammad Ali - Cleveland Williams

Re: Which heavyweight title fight was the most one sided?

Posted: 12 Jan 2009, 15:26
by dempseyfire
harrygreb wrote:was ali v jurgen blin ever in doubt? blin looked like an autograph hunter in there
Blin landed some good shots, not near being the most one-sided, and Ali didn't hold the title at the time.

Foreman-Roman or Louis-Paycheck would be my pick.

Re: Which heavyweight title fight was the most one sided?

Posted: 12 Jan 2009, 15:43
by telboy66
for me it has to be Tyson v spinks Tyson just walked right through him