Best five wins thread. Lineal / Ring Magazine heavyweight champions.

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  1. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah, Douglas has one of the best top wins ever and the rest of his top 5 isn't nearly as bad as I thought it would. Definitely not among the worst.
     
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  2. Mendoza

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    On to Holyfield, who took the crown from Douglas. Placing the 40's versions of Foreman or Holmes could get interesting. The voting closes Thursday night.

    1. Bowe - A razor thin win clouded by a 17+ minute break in the action. Bowe was at his best. However, Bowe won the series 2-1.

    2. Tyson - The post prison Tyson doesn't rate with the pre-prison Tyson. Never the less is still a very good win.

    3. Moorer - Avenged a points loss with a stoppage win.

    4. Ruiz. - A better fighter than I care to admit, the judging in the first fight which was won by Holyfield ( the series went 1-1-1 ) was questionable.

    5. Holmes - Still a good fighter in his 40's.
     
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  3. Mendoza

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    Coetzee was coming off a win over a decent Tills, and fought 4 more times after Bruno. Not exactly cashing out., rather in a must win position losing to Bruno.
     
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  4. mattdonnellon

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    Agree to disagree.
     
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  5. mattdonnellon

    mattdonnellon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Holy;
    Bowe
    Thomas
    Dokes
    Tyson
    Moorer
     
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  6. dmt

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    Holyfield

    1. Bowe
    2. Tyson
    3. Moorer
    4. Foreman
    5. Holmes

    Douglas was unmotivated, Ruiz is terrible, Mercer lost to Holmes but was a very good win.
     
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  7. The Long Count

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    Holyfield

    Bowe
    Tyson
    Holmes
    Mercer
    Moorer

    by far the hardest selection for me to choose so far. Foreman, Douglas, Thomas, Ruiz, all have cases.
     
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  8. janitor

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    A fine list indeed!

    1. Bowe
    2. Tyson
    3. Douglas
    4. Moorer
    5. Dokes
     
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  9. Gazelle Punch

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    Holyfield 5
    1) Tyson
    2) Bowe
    3) Foreman
    4) Holmes
    5) Moorer
     
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  10. janitor

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    The Dokes fight should perhaps get a bit more love here!
     
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  11. Jason Thomas

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    Evander Holyfield

    1----Mike Tyson
    2----Riddick Bowe
    3----George Foreman
    4----Buster Douglas
    5----Hasim Rahman

    And lots of other possibles. In the hunt for the best top five, and certainly for depth of resume.
    Rahman--I think Holyfield was well on his way to a decision win.

    Comment--probably doesn't get the acclaim he deserves for such a great career.
     
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  12. Big Ukrainian

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    Holyfield:

    1 - Bowe
    2 - Tyson
    3 - Holmes (old, but beat prime version of Ray Mercer)
    4 - Foreman (old, but knocked out Michael Moorer 3 years later)
    5 - Moorer

    Add here his wins over Douglas, Mercer, Dokes, Ruiz, Rahman and Thomas and you'll see how impressive Holyfield's resume is
     
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  13. BOGART

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    Evander Holyfield’s 5 best wins

    1 Bowe - An elite level win
    2 Tyson - Past his best but still a very good win
    3 Foreman - At his comeback peak and still a very good heavyweight
    4 Moorer - I thought Holyfield won the first fight but the rematch was a good win for him
    5 Holmes - Even at his age Holmes was dangerous. He was active and just beat an undefeated Mercer

    Holyfield has a lot of depth in his record as well. You could move anyone from his 3-10 spots up or down several spots. His 6-10 would be something like:

    6 Douglas
    7 Mercer
    8 Dokes
    9 Rahman
    10 Ruiz
     
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  14. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Holyfield has probably 3rd best top 10 so far. A shame that he wasn't as consistent as Louis or Ali, because with less losses he could be argued as high as 3rd greatets HW ever.
     
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  15. dinovelvet

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    Lol @ Ruiz being a better win than Foreman. :facepalm:

    You rank Ruiz at 4th so you can claim Holyfield has losses to the best guys he fought. . . Douglas is probably a better win that Moorer also
     
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