prime holyfield vs prime bonavena...

[shommel]

great matchup whos coming out on top how and why?

[Stevie G]

It would be a bit of a wild one. Full of low blows and headbutts.

Holyfield's better and more accurate boxing would result in a 12 or 15 round decision win. Clearly on the cards,but it would be tough for Evander,physically. Bonavena could score a flash knockdown.

[SenorRamirez]

holy from 2000 beat prime bonavena

[mcvey]

Originally Posted by Stevie G

It would be a bit of a wild one. Full of low blows and headbutts.

Holyfield's better and more accurate boxing would result in a 12 or 15 round decision win. Clearly on the cards,but it would be tough for Evander,physically. Bonavena could score a flash knockdown.

That's about how I see it.

[Stevie G]

Originally Posted by SenorRamirez

holy from 2000 beat prime bonavena

That version of Holyfield would drop a decision to 'Ringo'

[he grant]

Holyfield far better .. wins a clean decision ...

[zadfrak]

I don't see this as any sort of competitive matchup. Oscar really didn't win too many big fights. He hung tough and lost but that's about it. This would just be another Decision loss for Bonavena & he'd be hard pressed to win 3 rounds.

[John Galt]

Jimmy Ellis handled Bonavena easily, knocking him down twice and winning an easy decision. Holyfield, bigger, stronger, and more skilled than Ellis would easily out box Bonavena and probably stop him.

[ThinBlack]

Holyfield would have the fight of his life, but he wins this by a squeaker of a decision over Bonavena, which would cause there to be a remathc.

[red cobra]

Originally Posted by John Galt

Jimmy Ellis handled Bonavena easily, knocking him down twice and winning an easy decision. Holyfield, bigger, stronger, and more skilled than Ellis would easily out box Bonavena and probably stop him.

You badly underrate Bonavena..he'd have lost to Holyfield, but it would have been a very tough fight for Evander.

[John Galt]

The bigger, quicker Holyfield, with his textbook fundamentals and skills should have a field day versus the smaller, slower, often off balance Bonavena. The combination of Bonavena being off balance and Holyfield's quick, crisp, short punches could result in Bonavena being knocked down often. Holyfield wins by easy decision or TKO.

[Vic-JofreBRASIL]

Originally Posted by red cobra

You badly underrate Bonavena..he'd have lost to Holyfield, but it would have been a very tough fight for Evander.

I was about to say the same thing......the Bonavena from that night against Ali would give Holyfield a hell of a fight !