Michael Moorer the light heavyweight

[Scott9945]

He beats Mustafa Muhammad and Saad Muhammad and gets KO'd by Spinks and Qawi

Those two were SO much better than anyone Moorer fought at 175 it isn't even funny. Moorer gets KO'd by either of them.

[joseph5620]

Those two were SO much better than anyone Moorer fought at 175 it isn't even funny. Moorer gets KO'd by either of them.

It's unbelievable that anybody would look at it any other way.

[SCtrojansbaby]

Didn't say he had a better resume. But neither guys has particularly good defense and with Moorers power I think he can get to both of them.

[Scott9945]

Didn't say he had a better resume. But neither guys has particularly good defense and with Moorers power I think he can get to both of them.

EMM and MSM both had more than adequate power to test Moorer's fragile chin. Their own chins were rock solid too.

[Rockin']

I watched him live down at Cobo Arena a few times when he was coming up. He was a monster at Light Heavy. He was rather slow and methodical and generally never threw many punches but when he did he would hurt the guy if not put his opponent to the canvas. I remember one of his opponents leaving the arena on a stretcher.

As far as fighting some of the other greats in his division I see it like this. Quawi wouldn't have stood a chance. Mathew Saad Muhammed would have been a good fight. While Spinks was a good boxer I don't believe that he would have held up under Moorers power. I would catagorize Moorers power relatively close to that of Tysons and you know what Tyson did to Spinks.

While he didn't do his greatest work in the Light Heavyweight division I still consider Moorer to be one of the better fighters at that weight............Rockin'

[SCtrojansbaby]

EMM and MSM both had more than adequate power to test Moorer's fragile chin. Their own chins were rock solid too.

I think Moorer boxes them from the outside

[Scott9945]

I think Moorer boxes them from the outside

The Michael Moorer who fought at 175 didn't box with anyone. As a heavyweight he was entirely different. And I don't think he could have outboxed Mustapha Muhammad anyway.

[JAB5239]

I would catagorize Moorers power relatively close to that of Tysons and you know what Tyson did to Spinks.

At 175? I disagree. Moorer wasn't anywhere near as fast and explosive as Tyson either.

[Pastrano]

Frankly, the only lhw great who I can see beating Moorer for sure are Bob Foster, Archie Moore, Ezzard Charles and Harold Johnson. Foster because he was the only one who matched Moorer in size and ofc because of his awesome punching power, Moore because of his extreme resilience, heart and punching power and the other 2 because they were simply too clever and too slick. Charles could pack a punch too.

EMM, Spinks and MSM would all be tough fights but I don't see them being unconquerable for Double M. Qawi would perhaps present the greatest challenge of that generation for Moorer, considering how a similar Bert Cooper gave Moorer a helluva fight.

[RubenSonny]

Frankly, the only lhw great who I can see beating Moorer for sure are Bob Foster, Archie Moore, Ezzard Charles and Harold Johnson. Foster because he was the only one who matched Moorer in size and ofc because of his awesome punching power, Moore because of his extreme resilience, heart and punching power and the other 2 because they were simply too good and too slick.

All of them would dispose of him easily, and so would a bunch of other LHWs.