Something I'm noticing about Holyfield's title defenses compared to Bowe and Lewis'

COPE

 

Great post. Tore the OP’s flawed agenda based premise apart bit by bit.

@NoNeck but steroids right? LOL

 

Maybe but Holyfield was chasing the most dangerous Heavyweight and that's not his fault Tyson pulled out of the fight and then shortly after went to prison.

Cooper had a weeks notice there's no way Lewis, Moorer, are taking a big fight like that on a weeks notice.

Yes Damani was coming off a loss but in the loss to Mercer he'd won every round and the punch from Mercer that finished off Damiani was a bit of a freak incident. Was Damani the best available opponent ? probably not but you can't expect to fight everyone.

Foreman had stopped 24 opponents coming into Holyfield fight and was ranked in the top 10. You can't really begrudge Holyfield taking on Foreman who was a massive name at that point.

Mercer probably would've fought Holyfield had he not lost to Holmes.

I don't think Witherspoon would of ever got a big fight again after his relationship with Don King ended on a sour note. I think he was always going to be black balled from that point on that's just my view.

 

God.

 

Thanks NoNeck for giving me a good reason to rate Usyk over Holyfield appreciate it buddy!

 

I've read some dumb **** on here over the years. This is up there with it.

 

Show me Holyfield testing positive to a banned substance in an official test? Tyson definely was banned for testing positive to a banned substance and admitted giving fake urine samples to avoid testing protocols.

I suppose there’s the anecdotal evidence ie Holyfield’s premature balding but didn’t little Fluid Mayweather Jnr go bald the moment he went up in weight too? Hmmm….

 

1) Holyfield beat a much better Tyson than Lewis did.

2) Lewis defended vs Mavrovic who was not a top contender.

3) Lewis defended vs Briggs who arguably had been gifted a decision vs a 48 year old Foreman. You are criticizing Holyfield for defending vs a 42 year old Foreman but in retrospect, in terms of ability, Foreman is better than Briggs even if he hadn't beaten a top 10 guy.

4) Moorer may not have beaten a top guy yet but he was a tricky opponent by virtue of being a talented southpaw, a type of opponent Lewis never fought. (Lewis fought one journeyman southpaw but never a good one).

 

Usyk has a good case over Holyfield due to his consistency. But at heavyweight, Holyfield fought a wider range of styles across a much longer time span.

NoNeck didn't give good reasons. He credited Lewis with defending vs Briggs who was gifted a decision vs a 48 year old ancient Foreman while dismissing Holyfield beating a much better 42 year old Foreman. Yes, Foreman had technically not beaten a top contender. But guess what? In restrospect, in terms of ability, 42 year old Foreman >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Briggs.

Lewis also defended vs Mavrovic who was hardly a world beater. And he struggled more vs Mercer than Holyfield did.