Should of been world champion. I'm one of many that thought he got robbed against Larry Holmes. He out jabbed and outboxed Holmes in his prime

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They both fought Larry much better than they fought each other.

These guys are the typical 80's heavyweights. Both these guys showed flashes of being very good fighters, like a lot of 80's heavyweights they were both hot and cold. Both gave very good accounts of themselves against Larry Holmes. Williams, in terms of how you build a heavyweight he is the prototype. Long, stout arms, but not muscle bound like AJ and to a lesser extent Wladimir. Witherspoon, though not as rangy as Williams, still had a good set of tools and an underrated defense. Witherspoon had a good chin, he got bum rushed by Smith in their second fight. Spoon had not warmed up properly and mentally didn't appear to be there and Smith jumped on him.

@@charleslowe522 Witherspoon wouldn't have beaten Tyson anyways but it would have been a damn good fight probably much better than the one Tyson had with smith which was a hugfest

@@theinformationbomber7102 true, swarmer vs swarmer but Tyson was too fast, skilled and elusive for him.

@@Shovelhook damm true I agree

@@theinformationbomber7102Tyson vs Whiterspoon would ended in ko.

In the Mercer fight he threw to the body beautiful

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Absolutely! He had devastating power, if and when he threw punches; but so many times I recall watching him and screaming at the screen for him to "PUNCH Damnit!!" He probably could have knocked out Carl Williams, as well as Tony Tubbs - when they fought - if he had just let his hands go.

Yeah man, I had it 116-114 for The Truth as well. Terrible Timmy faded too quickly.

He couldn't block left hook.

@@Charismaniac No doubt. Shame Tim faded like he did after the title loss. In the right circumstances, The Truth may have been champ.

@@Belburg True, William had very good jab, fast hands, not great power, fast foot but not great defensive skills, his chin wasn't bad but he couldn't block left hook.

@@Shovelhook Yeah, if Truth's skills were a tad bit better, I think he could have possibly won a couple of more fights.

Holmes was 34 and 35 years old respectively when he fought Witherspoon and Williams. Both were 25 when they fought him.

No he wouldn't lol

Your right on that one. He could definitely box, and jab your ears off.

True, very good jabber!

I think your giving fury credit for nothing, fury would be lucky to go a few rounds with any of the average heavyweights of that time , sineone like William's would have had him out in about 5 rounds max,

It's funny that both Witherspoon and Williams gave Holmes all he could handle!

The truth won that fight as he did with Larry Holmes, but it's a boxing mafia what to do.

I remember Williams giving Tommy Morrison a good fight. Even had him down a couple of times in the fifth round.

@@investegativereports3222 Williams was damn good but against big punchers like weaver and tyson he got knocked out in the 1st round

@@theinformationbomber7102 Yes Williams was an excellent classy boxer. Just wasn't very durable at all really, with big punchers.

Eddie Cotton!

Tim in no way beat holmes. he had holmes hurt a few times, which everyone thinks equates to him beating holmes. gave holmes his closest fight up to that point (apart from the norton fight which was definitely closer) but tim definitely did not beat holmes.

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I remember him. I think he was was one of the best of the 1980s.

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Witherspoon is a 2time heavyweight champ who couldn't get a championship bout in the 90s because he was too dangerous. He lost 5 in a row at one point and still nobody considered him shot enough to put his name on their resume. What the heck are you talking about? You must be a casual boxing fan.

No he whooped Bruno