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“Iron” Mike Tyson and “Sonny” Liston fear the most!


Via Ken Hissner: When you look back at the heavyweight champions who seem to have instilled fear in their opponents “before” the bout, it seems like two come to mind “Iron” Mike Tyson, 50- 6 with 44 kills, and “Sonny” Liston 50 -4 with 39 kills. The profile is very similar at the end.

We can still see the fear in the eyes of former light and heavyweight champion Michael Spinks as he makes his move in the ring. He looked like he was approaching the electric chair about to face Tyson.

Spinks stopped Larry “Easton Assassin” Holmes’s undefeated streak 48-0 to become the first light heavyweight champion to win the heavyweight title. The rematch might be worth it for Holmes, but his unbeaten streak was a big win over Rocky Marciano 49-0. Then Holmes said, “Marciano can’t wear my jockstrap!” I guess he forgot he lost to Spinks and not Marciano.

When Holmes faced Tyson, it took Holmes a left hook in the jaw for Holmes to start looking for a way out of the ring. Holmes got 48-2 and stopped in the fourth round. The pre-match ring presentation featured former champion Muhammad Ali sitting next to Donald J Trump being called into the ring. He tapped Holmes’ glove and walked over to Tyson, and whispered something in his ear. Is that “kicking his ass?” Holmes was the only one to stop Ali, whom Ferdie Pacheco had cornered, saying he should never fight again before Holmes vs Ali.

Liston can scare you when boxers get instructions from the referee before the first round. He had that look in his eyes like, “I’ll kill you!”

Liston is known to be the most powerful in the weight class. He can knock your teeth out with a stab that one of his opponents, Wayne Bethea, spotted in the first round but failed to get out in the second.

Most boxers felt champion Floyd Patterson was beaten before their bout as Liston took his title and defended it both ending in a knockout in the first round.

Liston’s goal against Cleveland Williams, 49-3-1 in two innings was a battle for his win over the “Big Cat!”

Liston’s consecutive losses to Muhammad Ali, especially the second, have always been questioned whether it will continue to grow. The crowd-connected Liston didn’t seem to take a single punch from Ali in the rematch that could have injured him, let alone released him for the count.

Although heavyweight Earnie Shavers 75-14-1 with 69 saves is considered the heaviest hit in the tournament although he is also known to run out of gas after five rounds if he doesn’t stop. friend.

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