Tyson vs Frazier = Tyson Holyfield vs Ali = Ali Lewis vs Foreman = Lewis Bowe vs Holmes = Bowe Moorer vs Norton = Norton Botha vs Wepner = Botha Bruno vs Cooper = Bruno Tucker vs Young = Tucker Mcall vs Chuvalo = McCall Ruddock vs Lyle = Ruddock Morrison vs Shavers = Morrison Witherspoon vs Quarry = Witherspoon Golota vs Spinks = Spinks Seldom vs Patterson = Patterson Mercer vs Bonavena = Bonavena Bonus: Old Holmes vs Old Liston. = Holmes
That's a fair statement and I agree. He did do very well for a novice. But I simply can't help but think that he'd get killed against Andrew Golata. And it's not because I think that Golata was great or that Leon was terrible because neither is the case. I just think it's a terrible matchup on several levels. As you say, Ali was lazy and in horrible shape. Golata was knocking bowe back with strait jabs alone. He was actually a decent boxer-puncher type. His biggest weakness was his heart but I really don't think Leon was imposing enough to force him to have one of his freak outs.
Yeah, I'm not convinced Leon Spinks would win against Golota either but I don't see it clear cut for Golota.
Tyson KO 10 Frazier Ali W DEC Holyfield Foreman KO 5 Lewis Holmes W DEC Bowe Norton KO 10 Moorer Botha W DEC Wepner Bruno K0 8 Henry Cooper (Cooper barely fought into the '70s) Young W DEC Tucker Chuvalo DRAW McCall Lyle Ko 7 Ruddock Shavers Ko 6 Morrison Quarrey W DEC Witherspoon (I'd pick '80s Witherspoon) Seldon W DEC Patterson (i'd pick '60s Patterson) Golota KO 8 Spinks Mercer DRAW Bonavena Old Holmes W DEC Old Liston I think Douglas should be included because of his great perfromance against Tyson.
Tyson TKO 5 Frazier Ali SD Holyfield Foreman KO 5 Lewis Bowe UD Holmes Norton TKO 8 Moorer Botha UD Wepner Bruno KO 8 Cooper Tucker SD Young McCall UD Chuvalo Lyle KO 7 Ruddock Shavers KO 4 Morrison Quarry UD Witherspoon Patterson UD Seldon Golota TKO 3 Spinks Bonavena MD Mercer Old Holmes UD Old Liston 70s 8 90s 8 How about matching them sequentially, ie #1 in the 70s vs #1 in the 90s, #2 vs #2 etc.
Frazier tko9 Ali ud Lewis ud Holmes sd Norton tko10 Botha sd Bruno ko 6 Young sd Mccall ud Lyle tko12 Shavers tko 5 Witherspoon tko9 Spinks dq Patterson tko11 Mercer sd
Tyson Ali Lewis Holmes Norton Botha Bruno Young McCall Ruddock Shavers Witherspoon Golota Patterson Mercer Old Holmes
Frazier KO8 Tyson Ali TKO10 Holyfield Holmes TKO13 Bowe Foreman KO6 Lewis Norton UD15 Moorer Wepner KO6 Botha Cooper TKO14 Bruno Young UD Tucker Chuvalo UD McCall Lyle KO4 Ruddock Shavers KO2 Morrison Quarry UD Witherspoon Spinks UD Golata Patterson KO Seldon 4 Bonavena KO8 Mercer