What boxers have a better resume than Holyfield in all of HW history?

Not many names will appear

 

Muhammad Ali
Joe Louis
Lennox Lewis

Those are the most obvious three to me. I might even ad George Foreman to that list

 

Ali, Louis and it's hard to come up with more names. Holyfield fought everyone and was afraid of no one, a true warrior.

 

One info.
Holyfield beat 7, Louis 6, Ali 5, Lewis 4, Foreman 2 lineal HW champions.

 

When I look at resume, I don't just look at names, I look at the circumstances of those wins, meaing when and how a boxer beat them.
So beating a big name boxer who is past his prime is not very meaningful to me.
In Holyfield's case, his wins over Tyson and Foreman are meaningless, cause neither of those were prime.
Plus Holyfield was a steroid cheat.

As for HW's with a better resume, I'll say: Ali, Lewis, Foreman, Louis, Usyk.

 

Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, George Foreman, and Joe Frazier.

 

Just Ali I'd say. Holyfield has the second strongest list of wins in the divisions history imo. Other guys might've been more dominant but I don't think anybody other than the heavyweight GOAT Ali amassed a better resume than the Real Deal.

 

Is this supposed to be a challenge? If so you are underestimating my ability to find 50+ resumes better than Holyfields.

 

I agree Tyson was post prime. However, Mike was only 30 years old, and Holyfield was a big underdog. I think the Tyson win is meaningful for Holyfield's resume.

 

Just going to say that Holy's resume is a bit inflated.

Holmes- over 40
Formean- over 40
Tyson- Post prison, on drugs
Douglas- beached whale

There weren't the best representations of themselves any more than Charles, Walcott, Lewis and Moore were for Marciano.

 

Hello, ikrasevic,

If going by the number of Lineal Heavyweight Champions defeated, Holyfield cannot be topped. If more than one win per Lineal Champion is counted, Ali ties Holyfield at 8, and Louis has 7. If only the first win is counted, then Holyfield has 7 to Ali's 5 and Louis's 6, just as you stated.

 

Ali, Foreman, Lewis, possibly Wlad. To my knowledge none of them took steroids either like Mr. Evan Fields.

 

You're mixing achievement with résumé.

There's no chance that Usyk has a better HW résumé than Evan - not even close.

3 X's with prime Bowe, Douglas, Moorer, Tyson X2, Lewis X2 >>>> Fury, Joshua, Dubois, Rico

 

The thing is, how many were lineal when they were defeated. Holyfield beat, what, two? Douglas and Bowe after Bowe had taken it off Vander.

 

Mostly just Prenga.