Tom Johnson vs. Lennox Lewis

Not to mention the honor and distinction of a General coupled with the pure majesty of a starry night.

 

Thou behemoths doth cause great fear and trembling

 

http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/johnsont.htm

 

:bears:

 

Why hasn't Ramonza offered his thoughts on this one yet?

 

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This thread was for my boy Ramone. Pretty disappointing.

 

Perhaps he's reading more articles about Johnson before making a pick?

 

I saw that and assumed it was an error, other pages him have it at 238. But I just found a book on books.google which has him weighing "23 stone" (322 lb) so I guess maybe it's accurate.

Damn, he must have been an enormously fat fuck.

 

You don't see builds like that in the ring anymore.

 

It's amazing how Perrins and Johnson look alike in that picture. They must have come from the same gym or something. If only we had training methods and facilities like that today.

 

Ignorance.

"Fat" didn't exist during those times. You may find the word in a dictionary but it was only used to refer to the few fortunates born into Royalty who had the luxury of eating.

The real man of the time had to hunt. They chased after such creatures as the Brachiosaurus and killed them with nothing but punches. Spears or any other form of weapons were forbidden to men of such honor.

Even their starvation would not allow them to disobey the status of a pure warrior. To do so would be a disgrace to the reputation of the emerald cloth.

 

If that is Perrins on the right, then we can see where Floyd Jr gets his stance from. That left arm in, parry, and use the forearm to keep the guy off might just have been invented by Perrins. Floyd has never mentioned him in any of his post-fight remarks. I hate it when these new young guys don't give credit to the pioneers.

 

Amen

 

:laugh11::laugh11::laugh11::laugh11:

 

I still don't think it's as good as "rich tapestry of fisticuffmanship" ::

 

Thanks, man:giggle:

 

You're welcome, fellas :hammert:

 

good stuff

 

I think you need to dig up some more.

 

Guys you didn't answer me, how often did Tom touch gloves compared to Mosley?

 

Kind of hard to argue with any of that to be honest.

If only we had a time machine to somehow transport one of these half man half beast, fighting bare fisted in fields, hunting oversized animals with the bare fists type of creatures into the present, strap on some boxing gloves and throw them into the ring.

I fancy they'd decimate either of the Klitschkos's within seconds to be honest, it would be like Man Vs Boy, or Lion Vs Middle aged woman.

I take back when I agreed about Lewis being underrated and making it close for a few rounds, he's get demolished in seconds, especially with his chin.

 

WHAT HAS ANDREW BEEN SMOKING??????

GLAD IT DOES NOT GROW IN TEXAS!:kick:

 

Tom Johnson, bro!

 

What was johnson's chin like?

 

This a cross between George Chuvalo and a chunk of diamond.

 

He looks built as fuck. Wonder if he was vulnerable to body shots....

 

Your fists would be vulnerable to hitting him with body shots.

 

Word

 

Bartley Gorman beats them both.