1990 Evander Holyfield vs 1967 Muhammad Ali

Ali UD.

Buster Douglas not in shape for the Holyfield fight.

Came in way heavier than he had been for Tyson several months before.

Buster Douglas did the celebrity thing after Tyson, not the fighter thing.

 

Buster was smoking at the press conference for Holyfiel

Buster was smoking at the press conference for Holyfield fight, that's how serious he was !

 

Holyfield did his best work on the inside.
Ali keeps the fight at distance, wins by UD

 

Holyfield on points

 

Ali would win by UD, It's difficult to consistently lay gloves on Ali especially when he was his absolute best. Holyfield was a warrior and maybe he has his moments but it's not enough. Ali tortured Terrell that fight.

 

Ali dodged two sharp rights just before 2:08 that the out of shape couldn`t of dodged which is why he was caught throwing that sloppy left uppercut. Before that Ali feinted with the jab with quicker speed than Holy had. Holy threw five fast jabs in a row though followed by a right setting up his punches better than Tyrell at 5:04-5:08 that`s a great thing to do against a guy using head slips as quick as Ali plus it`s harder to counter 4-5 punch combos, I feel this one would have been closer than I thought, I will update as I watch more this is interesting the problem is the Douglas fight only lasted 3 rounds and Douglas didn`t do much.

 

Ali has the Perfect style. Second best to Robinson, Evander loses.

 

Holy caught by a jab easily before 5:16 where he lands his own jab as Buster counters with the right. 2:36 comes after Ali uses glove control on the high guard and lands lightining fast combos.

 

imagine, if you will, a land where Chris Byrd packed a wallop. That would be what the fight looked like.

 

Holyfield by unanimous decision. Holyfied is high tech version of Ken Norton.

 

Prime Ali uses Holy for target practice. Evander hasnt a prayer.

 

Holyfield.