Did Evander Holyfield Duck Anyone

Don't think so. He was the last HW who truly fought everyone I believe.

 

I agree, I was a little surprised when I saw this as a topic. Holy fought everyone.

 

Nobody can literally fight every significant name in their era. Even Ali missed a few. Hoylfield was more than willing to fight anyone and their mom and clearly didn't have an ounce of fear. I don't recall him ever ignoring mandatories, eliminators, or name opponents calling him out.

 

It did help a bit that he was well-rounded and didn't really need to worry about a specific type of fighter being an issue for him. That said, I don't think it would have stopped him anyway.

 

Not that I can think of.

 

I think he fought everyone that was a legit contender. I guess it might’ve been interesting to have seen him fight someone like Tommy Morrison or Razor Ruddock but he definitely didn’t duck them. Things just didn’t line up. Holyfield was a true champion.

 

I mean, who could he have ducked? i guess he wasn't clamoring for a Toney rematch probably, but honestly it wouldn't surprise me in the least if he did. Evander was not short on guts and self-belief.

 

Looking at the rankings a few big opponents he missed out on were....

Razor Ruddock
David Tua
Tim Witherspoon
Tony Tucker
Tommy Morrison
Oliver McCall
Frank Bruno
Andrew Golota
Michael Grant

Again he didn't duck any of these fighters of course, and he fought other opponents who were just as dangerous and even better in some of the cases. But it just goes to show the 90s Heavyweights had alot of depth.

 

The only thing Evan Fields ducked was PED drug testing.

 

Nah couple guys he misses but no ducking.

 

What was Holyfields best punch?

A:
Headbutt

 

Can't butt if you duck.

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just look at his back development. No way thats stock levels. Thats PED all the way!