1985 Heavyweights vs. 2010 Heavyweights

First of all, you said you wanted to compare 80's with today... and than you took possibly the worst year from this period, with Tyson still not present in top10 and Holmes already a bit past prime. Tyson alone destroys anyone from 2010, and Holmes beats everyone with possible exception of Klitschkos. The rest of the list also favours 80's.

 

Klitschkos beat everyone in 80's!!!!!!!

 

C: Michael Spinks vs. C: Wladimir Klitschko => KO Klitschko
1. Pinklon Thomas vs 1. Vitali Klitschko => UD Klitschko
2. Larry Holmes vs 2. David Haye => KO Haye (yes, 85 Holmes was ripe for the taking)
3. Tim Witherspoon vs 3.Alexander Povetkin => Spoon UD
4. Tony Tubbs vs 4. Tomasz Adamek => Adamek UD
5. Greg Page vs. 5. Ruslan Chagaev => Chagaev UD
6. Gerrie Coetzie vs 6. Eddie Chambers => Chambers UD
7. Trevor Berbick vs 7. Denis Boytsov => Boytsov KO
8. Carl Williams vs 8. Nikolai Valuev => Valuev UD (robbery)
9. Mike Weaver vs. 9. Alexander Dimitrenko => Weaver KO
10. Mikel Dokes vs 10. Chris Arreola => Arreola KO

I got it 9-2 for the class of 2010...

 

Yeah, You!!!

Least the 85 guys werent scared to fight each other

 

wow...that's an impressive rebuttal...and whether they are afraid to fight each other or not is clearly not the point of the thread...thanks for adding absolutely nothing....

2010>1985

even if you throw in overrated tyson it's still very competitive...cuz in order to be better tyson would have to step up in competition and we all know historically how that worked out for him...

 

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The only thing i will say is that Dimitrenko and Arreola might not be 9 and 10. Odlandir Solis i feel is a better fighter than Dimtrenko and Peter better than Arreloa. In this case i will go with your top ten.

The only way to seriously evaluate each year is to do a top 20.

C: Wladimir Klitschko (modern)
1. Vitali Klitschko (modern)
2. David Haye (modern)
4. Michael Spinks[/B]
5inklon Thomas
6: Larry Holmes
7: Tim Witherspoon
8: Tony Tubbs
9: Alexander Povetkin (modern)
10:Tomasz Adamek (modern)
11: Ruslan Chagaev (modern)
12: Eddie Chambers (modern)
13: Greg Page
14: Denis Boytsov (modern)
15: Nikolai Valuev (modern)
16: Gerrie Coetzee
17: Trevor Berbick
18: Carl Williams
19: Mike Weaver
20: Michael Dokes
21. Alexander Dimitrenko (modern)
22. Chris Arreola (modern)

 

Good point, in fact this is why is it hard to gauge fighters in generality. It does not have conclusive answers and never will.

If we took perhaps a comparison of 1982 and 2010, then Larry Holmes could well be the number 1 or number 2 guy fighting Wladimir for top spot.

If we took 1987 then i feel 87 would have Tyson, Tucker as number 1 and 2.

So it depends on the year and where the fighters are in there carrers.

 

C: Michael Spinks vs. C: Wladimir Klitschko => KO Klitschko
1. Pinklon Thomas vs 1. Vitali Klitschko => KO Klitschko
2. Larry Holmes vs 2. David Haye => KO Holmes
3. Tim Witherspoon vs 3.Alexander Povetkin => Whiterspoon TKO
4. Tony Tubbs vs 4. Tomasz Adamek => Adamek UD
5. Greg Page vs. 5. Ruslan Chagaev => Chagaev UD
6. Gerrie Coetzie vs 6. Eddie Chambers => Coetzie TKO
7. Trevor Berbick vs 7. Denis Boytsov => Berbick KO
8. Carl Williams vs 8. Nikolai Valuev => Valuev UD
9. Mike Weaver vs. 9. Alexander Dimitrenko => Weaver UD
10. Mikel Dokes vs 10. Chris Arreola => Dokes UD

the 1985 class was slightly better imo. I can also see Larry Holmes beating both Klitschkos

 

On the other hand, I would easily pick both Klitschkos and Haye to beat Spinks and I am not sure Spinks beats everyone else in the 2010 top ten.

 

Anyone that thinks Povetkin would beat Tim Witherspoon needs their head examined.

Actually, correct that. Anyone that thinks Haye would KO a 1985 Holmes needs to be sent to an asylum. The guy takes 9 rounds to beat an old, inactive Ruiz for **** sake and even then it wasn't a KO.