How would steroid-clean Evander Holyfield do against today's top heavyweights?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Holy weighed 205lbs in his first clash v Bowe and 217lbs in his first fight v Tyson, How would steroid-clean Evander Holyfield do against today's top heavyweights?
     
  2. James Hudson

    James Hudson Active Member Full Member

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  3. Snails

    Snails Active Member Full Member

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    Considering all of the top heavyweights today are on steroids not too well I presume.
     
  4. Toney F*** U

    Toney F*** U Boxing junkie Full Member

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    I’m not sure, Holyfield wasn’t a big cruiser and his power wouldn’t carry that well without extra help
     
  5. Potwash

    Potwash The Real Untouchables Full Member

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    Fury - Lose

    Usyk - Lose

    Joshua - Close fight, still think Joshua just edges it

    Wilder - Win

    Whyte - Win

    Parker - Win

    Ortiz - Win

    Ruiz - Win

    Joyce - Lose

    Hunter - Win.

    He would do just fine in my opinion
     
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  6. chacal

    chacal F*** the new normal Full Member

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    But with today's top heavyweights being steroid-clean too? or just normal?
     
  7. Heisenberg

    Heisenberg @paulmillsfitness Full Member

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    So everyone else can juice as they have for decades but Holyfield is the only clean one? Can we tie his left hand behind his back too?
     
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  8. It's Ovah

    It's Ovah I am very feel me good. Full Member

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    I don't know. Was there ever a clean Holyfield?
     
  9. 11player

    11player Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I would pick Holy to beat Fury , Joshua , Wilder , Whyte , Parker , Ortiz , Hunter

    Lose to Usyk, Joyce, Ruiz, Sanchez

    Dont know about Yoka, Hrgovic
     
  10. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The world is never going to have a frame of reference, because we can't go back and watch his career clean.

    My guess is that he would not do very well--that's why he needed the HGH.

    There is a lot I admire about the guy in terms of his skills and heart, but he used extreme PEDs to alter his body from what it was. NO getting around that.
     
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  11. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    How would anyone know when he was indisputably clean.
     
  12. piprules

    piprules Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Juiced up or not, he ran through a heap of good fighters. He was a tough, tough dude.
     
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  13. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Yeah, I wouldn't assume he was clean just cause he was smaller. But most of the top guys are roided up anyway.
     
  14. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    We don't know what a steroid clean Holyfield looks like
     
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  15. It's Ovah

    It's Ovah I am very feel me good. Full Member

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    I wasn't casting aspersions on his toughness or resume. Those two points are beyond contestation.