Where would you rate the best HW's during Tyson's time?

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  1. Manning

    Manning Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The greats that came through at the same time as him and were the same age or there about.

    So that leaves us with the 4 top dogs from that era. Tyson, Bowe, Holyfield and Lewis, so where do you rank them and why?

    Here's mine.

    1. Lewis

    This is a easy one really, Gold medal winning olympian, head to head against the 3 other greats of his age group gives him a great record of 3 fights, 2 wins and a draw.

    2. Holyfield

    Went for the best, ducked nobody. an amazing 7 fights against the other greats in this era resulting in 3 victories, 2 of which saw him crush and break Mike tyson's heart. along with 3 losses and a draw.

    3.Bowe

    Only ever one defeat to the ATG Holyfield which he avenged twice!

    4. Tyson

    Propping up these beasts of men is Tyson, good boxer but his 3 fights and 3 defeats against the best of his era puts him bottom of this pile.

    As you can see this is a great list, what is your choice?
     
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  2. Shogun Assassin

    Shogun Assassin Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Lewis
    Holy
    Tyson



    Bowe
     
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  3. antonio8904

    antonio8904 Atheist Full Member

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    Lewis
    Holyfield
    Tyson

    Bowe
     
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  4. Manning

    Manning Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  5. TheGreat

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    Tyson's era was the late 80s, he fought Holyfield in the late 90s and fought Lewis nearly 20 yrs after he turned pro, sorry but they were not part of his era, I would say these guys were really in different eras, as for Bowe, he is far below all 3 as he flamed out very fast.

    Lewis/Tyson/holyfield>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Bowe
     
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  6. Manning

    Manning Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    "The greats that came through at the same time as him and were the same age or there about."
    :deal
     
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  7. cesare-borgia

    cesare-borgia Übermensch in fieri Full Member

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    Why do people always act like lewis beat a very good tyson, the man was shot, thats like giving probs to david diaz for beating morales. I do agree with himbeing the best of the 4 by the way, I just dont get why people give him much credit for the tyson win.
     
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  8. pacpowerpellet

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    please explain how you rank bowe higher then iron mike?
     
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  9. goat15

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    holyfield>tyson>lewis>bowe
     
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  10. J.R.

    J.R. No Mames Guey Full Member

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    1. Holyfield (ranks higher as a heavyweight IMO and certainly much higher as an overall ATG when considering what he did at cruiserweight)

    2. Lewis

    3. Tyson

    And Bowe can get the **** outta here. Although I will say that his win over a prime Holyfield is probably better than any one win that Lewis or Tyson ever had.
     
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  11. TheGreat

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    It doesn't matter, none of them were on the scene during the late 80s, different eras.
     
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  12. Brighton bomber

    Brighton bomber Loyal Member Full Member

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    Lewis
    Holyfield
    Tyson




    Bowe

    You can't rank Bowe over Tyson, he had only one quality win at heavyweight and the rest of his reign was pitiful. Who was the next best heavyweight he fought and beat, Golota (got his arse handed to him) or Hide.
     
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  13. taobum70

    taobum70 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Holyfield was the best ever cruider, at HW he rarely dominated elite opponents like Lewis did. Plus he really lost twice to Lewis, is 1:1 against Moorer, 1:1:1 against Ruiz, 1:2 against Bowe. Only against Tyson does he have a winning record over multiple fights. Lewis is far better, H2H and in resume.
     
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  14. freelaw

    freelaw Boxing Addict Full Member

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    35yo Tyson is not the same as 35yo Lewis. A lot to do with genetics/styles/mentality I think, it's not totally fair to put it the way you did.
     
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  15. Manning

    Manning Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That's one more great win than Tyson has.
     
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