ATG: Who Ranks Higher? Roy Jones Jr or Evander Holyfield?

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Who Ranks Higher in your ATG list

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  1. Evander Holyfield

    58 vote(s)
    63.0%

  2. Roy Jones Jr

    34 vote(s)
    37.0%
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  1. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    He fought him aggressively.

    Go and watch the fight.
     
    Loudon, May 30, 2020
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  2. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Exactly. He wasn't a natural heavy. He was naturally skinny.
     
    Bulldog24, May 30, 2020
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  3. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    Okay, he wasn’t a natural HW. But he was a big, powerful HW when he fought George. And he’ll go down in history as one of the greatest HW’s of all time.
     
    Loudon, May 30, 2020
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  4. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He was not a big heavyweight or relatively powerful. Sorry but you talk crap.
     
    Bulldog24, May 30, 2020
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  5. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Good to see we have another 27 years to choose in the event one was undecided.

    :smoking:
     
    Rumsfeld, May 30, 2020
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  6. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace

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    At the time of writing I did, yes.

    However your second point is rendered moot by your first. Charles, Tunney and Langford were not LHW champions neither.
     
    lufcrazy, May 31, 2020
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  7. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    He was the same size as George Foreman, but lighter with more muscle mass.

    Of course he was strong and powerful.
     
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    Loudon, May 31, 2020
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  8. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I give up.
     
    Bulldog24, May 31, 2020
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  9. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Nothing about Holyfield was natural. Makes Jones look like a choir boy.
     
    NoNeck, May 31, 2020
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  10. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    We don't know. He didn't lift weights as a cruiser.
     
    Bulldog24, May 31, 2020
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  11. Johnny_B

    Johnny_B Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    He's just a troll with no arguments.
    He only looks at how famous/known Evander's opponents were compared to those of Roy, yet that has zero relevance in the p4p comparisons.
    Evander was a roided cheat who's best win is over a weak version of Tyson.
     
    Johnny_B, Jun 2, 2020
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  12. Johnny_B

    Johnny_B Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    He was big you imbecile. Why do you think he took all those steroids for ?!
    As Loudon said, he was almost the same height and reach as Foreman.
    And beating Foreman isn't that big of a deal. Any version of Foreman was slow and had average technique. All Foreman had is a very powerful punch, that's it.
    Morrison also beat Foreman, it's not such a big deal.
     
    Johnny_B, Jun 2, 2020
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  13. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Exactly, you imbecile. He had to add 30lb of muscle to compete at heavy. He was a cruiser, and a skinny small one at that. What he did was outrageous, the greatest ever.
     
    Bulldog24, Jun 2, 2020
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  14. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tommy Morrison was a huge man, a huge natural heavy.

    I'm genuinely baffled by you guys. Clueless.
     
    Bulldog24, Jun 2, 2020
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  15. Johnny_B

    Johnny_B Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    So taking steroids in order to add some muscle makes him the greatest ?!? o_Oo_Oo_O
     
    Johnny_B, Jun 2, 2020
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