Evander Holyfield - H2H

let's see...

lewis: w by sd
bowe: w by sd if he is strategic regardless of bowe's physical advantages
tyson: w tko 11
holmes: l sd
ali: l ud
foreman: w sd (will explain below)
frazier: l sd (great fight!)
liston: l ud
marciano: 50/50 winner will be by disputed decision
joe louis: l tko


vs foreman: if you stay still or slug with foreman - you're gone. holyfield has the hand speed, reach, work rate, and boxing skills to outbox foreman imo - stick and move. the occasional bomb that foreman lands on holy - holy has the resilience to deal with. your typical image of foreman pummeling an opponent against the ropes is when the opponent is (1) short reaching or not a very mobile, great boxer (2) hurt and slow to recover. holyfield wa the opposite of both, especially the latter. until the opponent was immobilized and against the ropes - foreman kept following him like a mummy with a few sloppy shots. holyfield was a special fighter and a skilled fighter - he's not easy meat for foreman.

so what is holy's record here: 3-5-1. not bad against ATGs

 

Just throwing this out there, how do you guys see a fight going between Holyfield and Charles at heavyweight?

 

just for comparison purposes...

let's do lewis:

lewis - n/a
holy - l sd
bowe - w tko 5
tyson - l tko
holmes - l sd
ali - l ud
foreman - don't know
frazier - ? w tko
liston - l ud or tko
marciano - w tko
louis - l tko

his record is: 3-6 - ?

tyson:

lewis - w tko (if someone argues the other way around - i can't blame them - this is 50/50)
holy - l tko
bowe - w tko
tyson - n/a
holmes - l tko
ali - l tko
foreman - l tko
frazier - w tko
liston - l tko
marciano - w tko
louis - l tko

his record is: 4-6

bowe:

lewis - l tko 5
holy - l ud
bowe - n/a
tyson - l tko
holmes - l ud
ali - l ud
foreman - l tko
frazier - l tko
liston - l tko
marciano - w tko
louis - l tko

record: 1-9 ; one could argue the holyfield fight. imo, holyfield fought stupid the first time and he KNEW it. he'd never pulled that stunt against tyson cause he cared too much. a fully "functional" holyfield could make it a boxing match and eke out a decision imo. as the cliche goes...anything can happen in boxing...

CONCLUSION: holyfield did just as good as these guys. imo - he definitely makes top 10 head to head. he'd never lost to douglas, rahman, mcall, or golota. unlike lewis or tyson - the chance of a mediocre fighting beating him (at his best) is little. and prime ruiz is NOT a mediocre fighter but top 5.