Heavyweight Dreamer

• Boxing game From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (848 days old)

  This can be fun 2D Boxing game … more

• Some movement in a stagnant Heavyweight scene From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1095 days old)

  Shannon Briggs came back from the history books to regain a version of the world heavyweight title last weekend.  In a dramatic finish to an otherwise dismal contest Briggs blasted WBO champ… more

• Boxing's balance of power shifts From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1186 days old)

  Last night the former Soviet Union developed a monopoly on Heavyweight boxing. Oleg Maskaev knocked out Hasim Rahman the only American World title claimant. This may be the end of an era, heavyweigh… more

• Boxing enters a new era From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1317 days old)

  At the end of last year I predicted that Lamon Brewster would emerge as the best heavyweight in the world sometime this year. Well at the weekend a little known Russian called Sergei Liakhovich prove… more

• What if Jack Johnson had lost to Jim Johnson? From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1401 days old)

  In December 1913 Jack Johnson held on to his World Heavyweight title by means of an extremely dubious draw with his namesake Battling Jim Johnson. At the end of the tenth round of a tedious contest J… more

• WBC Champ Vitalyi Klitschko Retires From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1463 days old)

  Vitalyi Klitschko has announced his retirement due to a knee injury. Klitschko had been scheduled to defend his title against Hasim Rahman on 12th November 2005. This fight was postponed a few d… more

• Who is the Heavyweight Champion of the World? From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1478 days old)

  When Lennox Lewis walked away from boxing as undefeated World Heavyweight Champion he did himself a great favour and left the heavyweight division in confusion. We currently have five men with some … more

• Hasim Rahman – the one shot champ From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1493 days old)

  Hasim Rahman is one of those boxing stories that just don’t occur that often. In other sports they are as rare as honest politicians or ninety yard field goals. Imagine the scenario averag… more

• Lennox Lewis – the Quiet Champ From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1500 days old)

  The spectre of the 6’5” 235lb Lennox Lewis dominated the Heavyweight division from 1993 to 2003. Lennox was the challenger no champ fancied and the Champ everyone feared. The first s… more

• Shannon Briggs - the third champ from Brownsville From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1506 days old)

  Shannon Briggs won the title from 48 year old George Foreman in November 1997 with a unanimous points decision. In doing so he became one of the least known and least regarded World Heavyweight C… more

• Michael Moorer - was he really Champ? From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1510 days old)

  Michael Moorer is one of the those fighters whose career seems to have progressed fairly successfully without ever capturing the public's imagination. Moorer appeared on the boxing scene in … more

• Riddick Bowe – The coulda been great From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1512 days old)

  Riddick Bowe first came to the attention of the general sporting public during the 1988 Olympics where he reached the super heavyweight final. Bowe’s psuedo Ali behaviour made him a favou… more

• Evander Holyfield - the Real Deal From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1518 days old)

  Evander Holyfield was the dominant heavyweight boxer of the 1990’s the man who either held the world heavyweight title or was a leading contender for 10 years. The names on his record spe… more

• Buster Douglas - the champ who ate his way into a coma. From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1525 days old)

  James Buster Douglas like, it would appear the bulk of modern American, was a junk food addict. After beating Mike Tyson in one of the greatest upsets in Boxing history Douglas spent the followin… more

• Mike Tyson - an American tragedy From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1528 days old)

  Mike Tyson is one of the most recognisable sporting figures of the past 25 years. His name is a byword for heavyweight boxing and excitement of the dangerous kind. Not all Tyson's thrills have b… more

• Michael Spinks - the Enigma From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1542 days old)

  Michael Spinks is a sporting enigma. He was a great Olympian winning gold like his brother Leon at the Montreal Olympics. He went on to be a great World Light Heavyweight Champion and topped his… more

• Larry Holmes - the Easton Assassin From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1545 days old)

  Larry Holmes is remembered as a long reigning heavyweight champion. Due to factors outside Larry's control he never quite gets the acclaim he deserves. Coming between Ali and Tyson he never real… more

• Leon Spinks - the Accidental Champ From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1546 days old)

  Leon Spinks came along at just the right time. He would never have beaten any other heavyweight champ but the 36 year old Ali. A man who had simply run out of gas. Leon was a tough kid from St L… more

• George Foreman - the Punching preacher From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1547 days old)

  George Foreman the tough street kid from Houston, Texas who joined the Civilian Conservation Corps discovered boxing and had a wonderful life is a story that has been told frequently over the past… more

• Joe Frazier - the Philly Fighter From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1548 days old)

  Smoking Joe Frazier was the antithesis of Ali where Ali was tall graceful and articulate; Joe was short (5'11"), squat(200lbs) and quiet. Ali talked fights up Joe did his talking with his fists. … more

• Muhammad Ali - the Greatest From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1549 days old)

  Muhammad Ali is one of the most written about and photographed men in history. He said he was the Greatest and pretty much backed that up with his performances. Only after 1975 did his performan… more

• Sonny Liston - Big Ugly Bear with a sensitive nature From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1552 days old)

  Sonny Liston was a big muscular man standing 6'1" and weighing 210lbs. He wasn't the biggest heavyweight but for some reason the boxing media of the 1950's and 1960's considered him a giant. Son… more

• Ingemar Johansson - the Viking Champ From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1553 days old)

  Ingemar Johansson the man who was disqualified in the 1952 Olympic Heavyweight final for running away from his opponent Ed Sanders became Europe's best heavyweight since Max Schmeling thirty yea… more

• Floyd Patterson - the Uncertain Champ From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1555 days old)

  Floyd Patterson is remembered today as the first man to regain the World Heavyweight title, something that previous champs like Corbett, Fitzsimmons, Jeffries, Dempsey, Schmeling, Louis, Charles a… more

• Rocky Marciano - the Brockton Blockbuster From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1559 days old)

  Much has been written about Rocky Marciano the only world heavyweight champion to never lose a professional contest. When Rocky hung up his gloves after stopping Ancient Archie Moore the World Li… more

• Jersey Joe Walcott - the showman From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1560 days old)

  Jersey Joe Walcott was one of the craftiest boxers ever to win a world title. Walcott have a wider range of punches and sidesteps than even the great Ali. Walcott perfected his bag of tricks as … more

• Ezzard Charles - the vanilla man From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1561 days old)

  Calling Ezzard Charles "the vanilla man" is no insult. Charles was one of the smoothest slickest boxers to become world champion at any weight. Ezzard was equally effective attacking and defendi… more

• Joe Louis - the cultural watershed From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1562 days old)

  Joe Louis is fondly remembered by boxing fans for many reasons. He was the longest reigning world heavyweight champion; 11 years from 1937 to 1948. He made the most successful title defences, be… more

• Jim Braddock - the Cinderella Man From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1563 days old)

  Jim Braddock is one of those shadowy boxing figures who has disappeared so far into myth and legend that his story only bears a partial relationship to the truth. He is now the subject of a movie… more

• Max Baer - the Clown From JohnBKelly in Heavyweight Dreamer (1566 days old)

  Max Baer the kid from California with the big smile was a real sporting celebrity in the hungry thirties. He was a prototype of the seventies heavyweights standing 6'2" and weighing 209lbs of… more

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