The best light heavyweight division ever. There were ten or twelve contenders with a real shot at the title( s ) . John Conte, Spinks, Yaqui Lopez,Galendez, James Scott to name just a few.
Michael Spinks Matthew Saad Muhammad Eddie Mustafa Muhammad Dwight Muhammad Qawi Victor Galindez John Conteh Marvin Johnson Yaqui Lopez James Scott Richie Kates Jesse Burnett Lonnie Bennett Lotti Mwale
Thanks for posting. Qawi was always my favorite fighter...good defense, powerful puncher...he could wipe-out any of today's lightheavies. Today he's a drug/alcohol counselor down in south Jersey. All around a great man.
And PS.....there simply aren't any modern day fighters who are worth their weight as compared to the boxers of the Golden Age of Boxing (1964 to 1995) and that includes Money Mayweather.
Pretty similar. Dwight had better defense, a better right hand, and one of the best jabs ever in the light heavyweight division -- he'd routinely outjab taller, rangier opponents. Dwight was a clever, patient boxer disguised as a fireplug slugger. Frazier had better power, better left hook, and was more aggressive.
That's why when Tyson was reigning I told anyone that argued with me that Holyfield would beat Mike Tyson any day. That if Holyfield could stand 15 rounds and beat Qawi, that he would definitely defeat Iron Mike Tyson any day. And that was what happened when they met.
Braxton was more defensive than Tyson - he would move out of the way by rolling or slipping the shot, & punch as he's moving, or counterpunch, then open up if the punch lands. Tyson could do it as well, but a lot of times he preferred to just go hell for leather to get the guy out of there.
The right hand high on Martin's head that started the first knockdown in the second round was a punch Jerry never recovered from. His legs were wobbly and his movements were uncoordinated for the entire fight after that one punch. Eddie Mustafa did the same thing to Martin...knocked him down with a punch above his right temple and he was never the same in their bout. Jerry was so raw...a body built of stone above the waist from decades of sugar cane chopping in Jamaica but his legs were like soda straws. Eventually, his very limited experience as a fighter caught up to him in big fights against good light-heavyweights.
@@patrickverona387 He had zero experience as an amateur...went into a gym and turned pro. That's why Dwight, Saad and Eddie Mustafa were able to hit him with hard, clean shots. Hard to judge his ability to take a punch since in his KO losses he got hit so clean and hard with perfect shots from very hard hitters. His stamina was questionable as well. I agree, the win over Scott on national television fueled opportunities for him his record didn't warrant.
I never understood why Martin got this fight. Mustafa Muhammad handled him easily; he gave Saad Muhammad a decent fight (Hazzard called it too quickly) but he never should have been in the ring with Qawi. There is only so much mileage he could get off his win over Scott.
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The best light heavyweight division ever. There were ten or twelve contenders with a real shot at the title( s ) . John Conte, Spinks, Yaqui Lopez,Galendez, James Scott to name just a few.
Michael Spinks
Matthew Saad Muhammad
Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
Dwight Muhammad Qawi
Victor Galindez
John Conteh
Marvin Johnson
Yaqui Lopez
James Scott
Richie Kates
Jesse Burnett
Lonnie Bennett
Lotti Mwale
@@mowglie628 Mike Rossman was in the mix also.....
100% no argument here. Also, they were all tv. Sport Spectacular channel 2, Sports World 4, Wide World of Sports 7.
And before them, Bob Foster, who would have owned Qawi @@mowglie628
Thanks for posting. Qawi was always my favorite fighter...good defense, powerful puncher...he could wipe-out any of today's lightheavies. Today he's a drug/alcohol counselor down in south Jersey. All around a great man.
At www.imasportsphile.com/category/boxing/ we have many Braxton / Qawi fights that we think you will enjoy.
And PS.....there simply aren't any modern day fighters who are worth their weight as compared to the boxers of the Golden Age of Boxing (1964 to 1995) and that includes Money Mayweather.
Thank you for letting the world know he is a C L A S S human being. He was an amazing story in the fight racket and he is a true Champion human being.
So many of Dwight's foes probably not understand how this short guy kept brutally outjabbing them.
Was my favorite fighter. They don't come tougher.
Who else thinks Braxton here, is like a Prime Smoking Joe Frazier ??
Pretty similar. Dwight had better defense, a better right hand, and one of the best jabs ever in the light heavyweight division -- he'd routinely outjab taller, rangier opponents. Dwight was a clever, patient boxer disguised as a fireplug slugger. Frazier had better power, better left hook, and was more aggressive.
@@theparalexview785 Very similar.
Definitely similar.....
Before Tyson there was Braxton.
That's why when Tyson was reigning
I told anyone that argued with me that Holyfield would beat Mike Tyson any day. That if Holyfield could stand 15 rounds and beat Qawi, that he would definitely defeat Iron Mike Tyson any day. And that was what happened when they met.
Braxton was more defensive than Tyson - he would move out of the way by rolling or slipping the shot, & punch as he's moving, or counterpunch, then open up if the punch lands.
Tyson could do it as well, but a lot of times he preferred to just go hell for leather to get the guy out of there.
Goes to show how GREAT Mike Spinks was as a light heavyweight.....
The right hand high on Martin's head that started the first knockdown in the second round was a punch Jerry never recovered from. His legs were wobbly and his movements were uncoordinated for the entire fight after that one punch. Eddie Mustafa did the same thing to Martin...knocked him down with a punch above his right temple and he was never the same in their bout. Jerry was so raw...a body built of stone above the waist from decades of sugar cane chopping in Jamaica but his legs were like soda straws. Eventually, his very limited experience as a fighter caught up to him in big fights against good light-heavyweights.
He was brawling w the wrong guy. He may have been tougher than the others but not Braxton.
Agreed. He got 3 title shots based off his win over James Scott. It was the only quality wine he had.
@@patrickverona387 He had zero experience as an amateur...went into a gym and turned pro. That's why Dwight, Saad and Eddie Mustafa were able to hit him with hard, clean shots. Hard to judge his ability to take a punch since in his KO losses he got hit so clean and hard with perfect shots from very hard hitters. His stamina was questionable as well. I agree, the win over Scott on national television fueled opportunities for him his record didn't warrant.
I never understood why Martin got this fight. Mustafa Muhammad handled him easily; he gave Saad Muhammad a decent fight (Hazzard called it too quickly) but he never should have been in the ring with Qawi. There is only so much mileage he could get off his win over Scott.
Camden Buzzsaw nuff said.
There seemed to be several times in which the fight could've been stopped. Heck, Martin could barely stand when he came out for the sixth round.
That's why so many, including ex champs from that era came barely talk.
Very good stoppage.
braxton is a warriors...molto generoso.poi ha pagato duramente contro hlyfield the best of mediomassimi-ma io ero contento for braxton...
Qawi could do it, boy could he do it! :-D He could whip them SOB's, lol!
Yeah dude was a menacing steamroller back in the day
@@harryheath4175 Oh yeah!
@@harryheath4175 Hell, yeah. That's a great description.
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