No boxer shorter than 6 foot 4 inches would be favorite to beat modern super heavyweights

Unproven? He beat the best looking version of Tua that we've seen. Tua was an absolute wrecking machine back then in that time frame, in shape, good headmovement, punch output etc. He beat Chris Turd's arse with a two week camp and five rounds of sparring. He was in horrible shape for that fight, but still adapted and got the stoppage. Turd got hit so hard he didn't even realize he was in a fight, chit chatting with the ref while bombs were coming at him. Who said Ibeabuchi was brain damaged? He was known to be crazy when he first came from Nigeria. Two different things.

Ike would beat the **** out of Wilder. Wilder getting dropped by bums, wobbled by journeymen, and almost KO'd by old men. Ike would have knocked Wilder clean out.

 

Lol there were 6'3 fighters before Foreman there were bigger guys in the heavyweight division when Foreman came long back then. Why would a 6'3 to 6'6 fighter in the 70's who weighed 230 plus pound before fighting at cruiserweight today? The moderator of this forum need to ban people for making stupid comments or just trolling the forum.

 

Barely beat Byrd?? Ike didn't lose a round after the first and got him out of there in the 5th. Byrd didn't know what was going on at the time of the stoppage.

 

Byrd drooling while having a conversation with the ref lol. Larry Merchant was really being an arse towards Byrd in that fight. His Byrd hating was hilarious.

 

Bro i had a pretty good laugh at that myself.

 

Lol

 

Corrie Sanders fought Wlad one time and knocked him out one time. So Corrie Sanders had a 100 percent chance of knocking out Wlad. Ross Purrity fought Wlad one time and knocked out Wlad one time. So he had a 100 percent chance of beating Wlad. Lamon Brewster fought Wlad 2 times and won one time. Which means he had a 50 percent chance of beating Wlad.[/QUOTE]
Lol did you really just post this?
Clearly you don’t understand the original post.

 

I’ve always said about Wilder that for all his technical frailties his athleticism and belief he’ll get the KO no matter how late wins him fights.
That he always gets out boxed for most of the fight seems irrelevant in the end,you gotta admire how tenacious the guy is.

 

Lol. Wilder said this years ago. That no one under 6'5 could ever beat him. Like eveything Wilder say he was ripped for it. And while I don't think Wilder, Joshua, Wlad or Lewis, Fury could beat EVERY fighter under 6'5 at least not in every fight if just for the fact anybody can get caught and knocked out. I did agree with Wilder general point, which is the same point the OP made. Essentially in boxing any good big man will always beat any good small man. It's why we have weight divisions in boxing in the first place. And having a huge reach advantage is almost impossible to overcome if the guy with the reach advantage has any ability at all. Just keep the shorter guy on the outside. Obviously it's not that simple and it takes some skill to do that. But it's a HUGE advantage for a tall fighter.

The Wlad/Haye fight proved that perfectly. Haye had some advantage against Wlad. Didn't matter, with his long reach advantage Wlad was able to keep him on the outside. If they would of been the same height Haye almost certainly would of won the fight.

Since guys like Lewis, Wlad, Wilder, Joshua, Fury, etc. I haven't really seen a shorter guy show that he was able to handle a skilled much taller guy.

That's probably one of the things that hurt Wlad in his fight with Fury. He was always used to being the taller guy now all of sudden he was the shorter guy. That had to take some adjustment to get used to.

 

Holyfield or Louis would be undisputed champ in this era.

 

Bull**** !!!