Oliver McCall vs Hasim Rahman

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  1. Destruction and Mayhem

    Destruction and Mayhem PHASE ----3

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    The only two men to have defeated Lennox Lewis in his professional career.

    How does it go down? Prime versions. naturally.
     
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    If McCall can put his punches together and let his hands go, he probably stops him late... but I could just as easily see him eating jabs for 12 rounds
     
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    I see the latter.
     
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    McCall was horribly inconsistent, whereas Rahman was consistently mediocre.

    This would be upto McCall. He was a better fighter (everyone was better than Rahman, one of the worst linear titleists in all of HW history), but Rahman at least had a decent-enough jab, & could out-point a lackadaisical McCall.

    Close, ugly fight.
     
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    Rahman by decision. McCall has his moments, but there are not enough of them and he doesn't capitalize on them.
     
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    Slice N Dice Big stiff idiot

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    If McCall had more ambition he could really have been something, he had all the tools.
     
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    He had what tools?

    Chin and that's it. Everything else was mediocre.
     
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    The best chin. Big guy, hard hitter, good handspeed when he decided to throw. The physical tools were all there and he had a decent amateur background in Chicago. He seemed to develop that sparring partner mentality after turning pro, however.
     
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