Riddick Bowe vs Evander Holyfield or Floyd Patterson vs Ingemar Johansson? Imo Riddick Bowe vs Evander Holyfield trilogy is better but there both great i will probz watch the Patterson vs Johansson trilogy again soon.
Who considers the Patterson-Johansson to be great? First fight was a blowout,second fight was a nothing one before the knockout,and beside the opening round,the third fight wasn't much either. The Bowe-Holyfield trilogy is quite possibly the greatest heavyweight trilogy ever.
I'm a massive Patterson fan, and he's one of my top ten favourites to watch, but it's got to be Holy/Bowe. Much richer, more competitive work and more of it being done throughout those. Patterson/Ingo was a great one, though.
Bowe-Holyfield. Awesome fights all around. Patterson-Johansson is excellent too though, it's more of a 1 and 1a thing.
I don't find Patterson-Johanssen awesome. Each fight was kind of one sided. The 2nd one had a great knockout, though. The first and second Holyfield-Bowe fights were hyper competitive barn burners. Classic rounds, classic action, give and take, chances in momentum, multiple storylines. Holy-Bowe III was kinda sad, but even then, it wasn't a terribly poor fight and had some good dramatic moments. Patterson-Johanssen is an important trilogy, but its not one of the best heavyweight series. I'd rate Bowe-Holy over it easily.
Hell yeah. Only shame is that Tyson wasn't around in 1992-94 to mix it up with those guys. Throw Lewis, Foreman, Moorer in there as well. It was already a tremendous division in the first half of the decade with Tyson behind bars.
