in a top ten interview he said - fastest - dokes hardest puncher - bowe strongest physically - foreman smartest - lewis best chin - foreman toughest fight- qawi fastest feet - none best overall - qawi best combinations - dokes forgot the tenth, sorry
I've only seen the HL but George snacked Evander's head back with the jab so many times, if he was never staggered in that fight then his chin is top 3 of all time.
It is between David Haye of Jhnonny Nelson for the second best CW of all time after Holyfield as No 1
Not really. Foreman stumbled Holyfield with a punch, but Evander made most of Foreman's other punches miss. Then Evander exploded. Foreman was just way too slow for Holyfield. The only punch he seemed able to land with semi-consistency was his jab.
I always remember Holyfield saying Tyson hit really hard but wasnt that hardest. Bowe, Foreman and Lewis being very heavy handed. Im a Haye fan but a prime Evander would make mince meat of him along with every heavyweight today apart from Wlad IMO
just the same that you will never see a 5'9" mw/hw james toney again. 5'8" barry sanders, 6'5" charles barkley, some guys you just have to appreciate while theyre here.
Yeah dont you remember when Holyfield made a shirt with a decapitated riddick bowe and lennox lewis on it and talked a lot about fighting them then backed out of the fights multiple times, finally fought bowe and ran like a girl then blamed it on his little toe and when lennox was 40 finally wanted to fight him.
As a cruiserweight he was almost unbeatable. He had handspeed, power, and footwork. His handspeed was nearly as fast as a prime RJJ. Most of all he had the chin.