Seaman Tommy Watson vs Naseem Hamed

[Alabama_Man]

Watson a guy who fought in an era with 20+ rounds, same day weigh-ins, and soundly beat Bronx legend Fidel LaBarba.

Hamed did a monkey flip over the top rope in over a dozen championship fights, and even flew into the ring on a flying carpet.

Who wins?

[Rubio MHS]

You forget to mention that LaBarba had recently lost an eye, and that he was two weeks away from retirement.

[Alabama_Man]

You forget to mention that LaBarba had recently lost an eye, and that he was two weeks away from retirement.

Stay on topic. Who would win?

[Rubio MHS]

Hamed by KO or Wayne-McCullough-like beating. Watson had a tendency to let his opponents back into fights he should be winning and rely too heavily on his power when he needed more to win rounds.

[Alabama_Man]

Hamed by KO or Wayne-McCullough-like beating. Watson had a tendency to let his opponents back into fights he should be winning and rely too heavily on his power when he needed more to win rounds.

Watson wasn't a power puncher boxrec ranger. He was a swarmer and accumulation fighter.

He would befuddle Haveeb's defenses and send him to the canvas though, probably more times than Kevin Kelley did.

[Rubio MHS]

I didn't say he was a power puncher; I implied that he took rounds off.

[Alabama_Man]

I didn't say he was a power puncher; I implied that he took rounds off.

You can take rounds off when you fight 20 round fights. Do you think Haveeb could fight 20 rounds?

[Rubio MHS]

Stop bullshitting.

[Alabama_Man]

Stop bullshitting.

So basically you can't explain how Haveeb can go 20 rounds? I thought so.

[Rubio MHS]

So basically you can't explain how Haveeb can go 20 rounds? I thought so.

Watson never fought a 20-round fight, you idiot! 20-round fights were phased out in Europe after the Walker Law of 1920 in New York, when World Championships in America (outside of Detroit and a few other places) were fought at 15 rounds or less.

[Alabama_Man]

Watson never fought a 20-round fight, you idiot! 20-round fights were phased out in Europe after the Walker Law of 1920 in New York, when World Championships in America (outside of Detroit and a few other places) were fought at 15 rounds or less.

I meant 15. It was a typo, and I'm drunk. :cool:

p.s - Haveeb couldn't go 15.

[Rubio MHS]

Watson a guy who fought in an era with 20+ rounds

You can take rounds off when you fight 20 round fights. Do you think Haveeb could fight 20 rounds?

So basically you can't explain how Haveeb can go 20 rounds? I thought so.

Watson never fought a 20-round fight, you idiot!

Just in case anyone forgets what a bullshitter Alabama is.

[Jesus of montreal]

that's pretty much the biggest ownage I've seen on fightbeat .

[Alabama_Man]

that's pretty much the biggest ownage I've seen on fightbeat .

Bigger ownage than the Israeli Military over the Arabs in 1967 and 1973?

[Jesus of montreal]

Bigger ownage than the Israeli Military over the Arabs in 1967 and 1973?

so the yum kippur war was a militiry ownage from israel

you have a skewed vision of history