Re: Top 10 Heavyweights of the 1980's?

"Loki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 22:14:18 -0800, "Charles Beauchamp"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >"Robert Phillips" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >> Charles Beauchamp wrote:
> >>
> >> > Greatness has many measures but I would think that winning the Lineal
HW
> >> > title in a fight that in 50 years if boxing still exists will still
have
> >> > historical impact counts plenty.
> >>
> >>
> >> That's reasonable, but like you say, I think it counts plenty, but in a
> >> different discussion than "Top 10 Heavyweights of the 1980's".  Maybe
> >> "Top Ten Heavyweight Fights of the 1980's (or of All-Time)" or
something
> >>   like that, I wouldn't argue.
> >>
> >>
> >> Pie
> >>
> >
> >Dood a year and a half ago I had sort of an argument with Box Muhhamad
about
> >this very subject when I similarly listed Spinks at #10...the post was
kind
> >of bait for him...but....how about let's agree on this...the 1980s was
> >shitty far as heavyweights goes.
>
> I don't know that I agree with that final bit. Yeah, the bottom half
> of the top 10 of the 80s was not stellar, but what decade can that not
> be said about? Most decades have a dominant Heavyweight, some two or
> even three. But when you start to fill the 6-10 slots you see a lot of
> mediocrity.
>
> Even the 60s, a great decade gives us Ali, Liston, and Fraizer and
> beyond that you are looking at names like Patterson and Terrell. And
> that is the best of the bunch. After that you have Folley, Chuvalo, &
> Williams.  While they were granted among the best of their time, from
> an all time perspective they were not that hot.
>
> The 80s were similar. We had Holmes and prime Tyson, but the 6-10
> slots would be made up of has beens and never weres.
>
>
> Loki

Man...this is actually easy.  We are right now experiencing the end of a
terrific era for heavyweights.  We had 3 actual great Heavyweights over the
past 15 years with Tyson, Lennox and Holyfield...and one really excellent HW
in Riddick Bowe as well as several very good contenders and near missers.
Too bad this has coincided with boxing losing it's television appeal in
America.

v/r Beau