Sonny Liston vs Evander Holyfield

I tend to agree that he is the kind of fighter who would give anybody trouble, but I think that he was beatable, and perhaps not the most consistent ATG.

 

Of course, I'm just saying stylistically Liston poses similar problems as other fighters that hold Ws over Holyfield. And longer than he did against Tua

 

Holyfield late round stoppage, another thing to note is that they’re the same size in weight

 

Remember Sonny Liston of 1959 was not a fat overweight George Foreman of 1991. The Bear was a fined tuned heavyweight contender on the prowl for a title shot. Sonny's hard left jab and hook would be too much for a 1991 edition of Evander The Real Deal Holyfield. Liston would box him from long range much the same way he boxed Eddie Machen about a year later, on Sept 7 1960, enroute to a unanimous 12 round decision. Evander hits much harder than Eddie did, would make it a good encounter with his counter punching. Liston's toughness and tenacity would be the difference. Sonny wins a close but unanimous decision.

 

Holyfield would box him when he had to and bang with him when he had to. At the end of the day his hand will be raised.
I think Liston would hurt him but Evander had great recovery abilities. Holyfield had the faster hands and he threw some snappy combinations. He wasnt as fast as Ali but I think he still had an advantage.

 

Bingo, Liston by TKO

 

Holyfield had a very good chin. Proven against Foreman and Tyson. I doubt Evander gets stopped.

 

Sonny Liston was a great fighter. But his formidable abilities have been blown to mythical - even Godlike proportions over the past 50 years...

 

Liston is almost tailer made for evander, listons powerful jab might cause evander problems at times but holyfield is too good of a counter puncher not to catch sonny with some hard shots. Evander by u.d. if liston gets too aggressive than holyfield stops him.

Liston was a good boxer, but he was more of a slugger than anything else and I'd put evander up against any slugger.

 

Evander by close decision, going through a few shaky moments with probably a knock down. Evander is more versatile and has the heart/chin to win this one. Evander's resume is highly impressive to me.

 

So only ali can beat a near prime liston now?

Typical Classic.

 

He intimidates and bangs out Foreman and Tyson, Frazier and outboxes and knocks out Lewis, Holmes, Holyfield, Bowe, Both Klitchkos, Fury.

Liston... the special man.

Get a grip.

Holyfield is a far better mover and much quicker than Liston. A better boxer as tough, just has less power.

 

Evander Holyfield at his best vs. Sonny Liston at his best: I believe Evander would win this most times. I tend to think more of Evander Holyfield as the years go by. I currently have him at #4 all time. In a 12 round fight, I think he decisions Sonny most of the time, and finishes stronger than Sonny does, and a late stoppage by Evander would not surprise me.

 

Did you really bump a 3 and a half year old thread to post this nonsense?

We get it, you hate Liston.