Back when Don King had all the titles, and all were held by four fighters, as I recall. https://media.spokesman.com/photos/2004/11/12/spt12heavy_11-12-2004_JU31IPK.jpg I remember watching this on HBO ….hard to believe was 18 years ago This content is protected
That was a great night for hw boxing. The Ruiz golota rumble, the Chris Byrd Jameel mccline show down hell of a scrap, Evander being outclassed by Larry the legend Donald, and Rahman being knothugged by HBO crew while he knocked out Kali meehan. I can't remember who else was on the card lol.
Yes, some of them were really good fights. hard to believe Holyfield was considered well past fighting age back then, and yet he continued for many years past that… Australian (?) Kali Meehan was coming in as a good fighter that seemed to have world level potential….. As far as having a definitive heavyweight champion, that was a dismal era, with the titles scattered McCline and Byrd was a good fight…. And Ruiz delivered what was expected oh him!!
Danny Williams sparked Meehan too years ago. Man where does time go? I was a teenager back then and now I'm nearly 40.
and yet, there they were actually fighting each other on a card packed with relevant competitive fights. We should be so lucky today.
I’m amazed that people refer to as the “weak” decade that the Klitschkos ran the division look at what was what they inherited……. and took over…… and they certainly cleaned it up, entirely, amongst the two of them when Don King had all the titles, there were no heavyweight unifications, of any kind
