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Originally Posted by Beeston Brawler
Tyson was there for the taking yes, but he'd still be one of Wlad's top 3 or 4 wins.
The Rahman win isn't cancelled out by the loss, it's a bad loss yes, but Rahman was hardly a joke opponent, again, that version of Rahman would be pretty high on Wlad's ledger.
Spending a decade beating decent fighters is commendable, but he doesn't hold wins over any of Lewis, Tyson, Vitali, Holyfield and so on. The top 10 in Wlad's prime isn't all that cracking. It isn't his fault of course, but I find it difficult to rate him highly as a result.
Understand your point though 
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The Tyson who fought Lewis still knocks Wlad cold imo - a motivated, fit Lewis made Tyson look worse than he was at that time. Even though he was well past it at that point, Tyson would have stretched chinny Wlad back then