Most Skillful Heavyweights Of Last 20 Years?

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  1. amar1234

    amar1234 Member Full Member

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    Opinions?
     
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  2. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    My opinion is that anyone in this discussion would get KTFO by Jimmy Young, Jerry Quarry and Max Baer. Excuse me while I drink more NyQuil and play some five on one Nostalgia 500 now.
     
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  3. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Lennox Lewis
    Wlad Klitschko
    Evander Holyfield
    Riddick Bowe
    Chris Byrd

    of course, brute power and oft trump skills, especially in this division.
     
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  4. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    What about Nicolay ?




    Seriously though, I have the same five.


    Lennox Lewis
    Wlad Klitschko
    Chris Byrd
    Evander Holyfield
    Riddick Bowe
     
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  5. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    I thought Sergei Lychiovich had some serious skills but they were channeled through a less than willing medium.
     
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  6. jaffay

    jaffay New Orleans Hornets Full Member

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    Holyfield
    Lewis
    Wladimir
    Bowe
    Golota
    Byrd
    Toney
     
    jaffay, Oct 14, 2010
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  7. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    I don't agree with anyone shouting for Wladimir at all.
     
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  8. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Very droll :good:lol:
     
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  9. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Byrd should be number one IMO. Damiani had some good skills too.
     
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  10. Tonifranz

    Tonifranz Active Member Full Member

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    Well, other than Lewis, Holyfield, or Bowe, you couldn't find a better heavyweight in the last 20 years than Wlad, including his brother Vitali.

    As to my list, in no particular order:

    Lewis
    Holyfield
    Wlad
    Byrd
    Golota
    Bowe
    I would've included Tyson, but I feel his most skillful years were in the 1980s, outside the scope of this thread.
     
    Tonifranz, Oct 14, 2010
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  11. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    But "better" and "more skilled" are not the same thing.
     
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  12. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    Tyson
    Jones
    Toney
    Seldon
    holmes
     
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  13. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Lennox and Evander are shoo ins. Coming up behind them are Bowe,and the two Klitschkos.
     
    Stevie G, Oct 14, 2010
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  14. RockysSplitNose

    RockysSplitNose Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Roy Jones Junior & James Lights Out Toney hands down
     
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  15. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Jones (if counted a HW)
    Toney (if counted a HW)
    Holyfield
    Byrd

    and perhaps
    Moorer
    Bowe

    Lewis and Wlad don't belong here IMO. Unless we talk skill relative size.
     
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