Holyfield-Holmes. Holmes came out looking incredible, completely dominated round 2, and I think was clearly ahead after the first six rounds, and then he just couldn't keep up the pace against Evander. I think it's still the only fight I've seen where the commentators and analysts spent much more time complimenting the loser than the winner. .. and the interview Holmes gave at the end was pure class, everything he should have always been in the past.
foreman actually won that fight. briggs even knew he lost. he slumped back to his corner, sat down and hung his head. when he was announced the winner, he looked just as surprised as every one else. hell, the even had his name ALREADY on the belt when it was handed to him. that was a fixed fight!
Unfortunately, this is not what determines the winner. Good effort by Foreman with the jab, but he was thoroughly outlanded in power punches. Deal with it.
sorry, almost no one legitimately believes that briggs won that fight https://apnews.com/article/fdb536132877caddb6ee3b0de863a2b5 https://www.thefightcity.com/nov-22-1997-foreman-vs-briggs/
Holmes was no-where near "clearly ahead after the first six rounds." This claim was explored a while back in here and debunked. One single card in here didn't have Holyfield ahead at halfway and there isn't a single one that has Larry ahead on EOTR either. A fine effort considering but not one where he almost had it.
Louis-Walcott 1. IN the last moments of the ninth round a right from Louis had JJ in full survival mode
When he was in his seventies (kidding!), Sonny Liston had a nice run in 1968 until Leotis Martin got him in late 1969, a fight that Liston was leading. Rose to #3 in Ring, #2 in Boxing Illustrated, #3 in the WBC, and even #5 in the WBA, which despised him. Sonny really got the short stick in boxing. He blew through the division yet had to wait on his title shot. He won the title and got none of the general public accolades that heavyweight champs got in those days. Had the misfortune of running into probably the greatest heavyweight of all time. The Lewiston fight would've been declared a NC today and a third fight would have been held. Couldn't get licensed in New York. Even when he climbed back into the ratings he was forced to fight subpar opposition. Beating Martin and injured him so badly that Martin never fought again, but got caught and kayoed. Signed for an interesting fight against George Chuvalo, with Jerry Quarry on deck, before dying under suspicious circumstances. You could say that Sonny made his own bed, but today he'd be celebrated as a hard-luck case who beat the odds and made good.
1. Marciano Vs Joe Walcott 2. Holmes Vs Norton 3. Wladimir Vs Joshua 4. Holyfield Vs Qawi 5. Holyfield Vs Foreman
