I reckon he is top 10 material depending on your tastes and how you evaluate losses. I'd have him as a lower top ten candidate myself. Some great wins but also a lot of losses that weigh him down a bit.
To me he has an argument for anywhere between about #8 to #13. But this is just my opinion. Some have him top 5 while others may have him top 20.
Given the title by Douglas, then only outpointed Holmes and Foreman from historic eras and lost to Bowe, Moorer and Lewis Given too much credit for beating Tyson who was champion a decade before they fought and been in jail for 3 years One dirty fighter too Head butted everyone Great engine though and every punch in the book but not even the best of his own era
Ali was advertised as the heavyweight version of Sugar Ray Robinson.. I've seen it numerous times, you have too, spouted here there and everywhere. Too much head hunter though. But Holyfield was the heavyweight version of (middleweight) Sugar Ray Robinson. Body shots from hell. Holyfield would land a bodyshot and his opponent would look at the ref and cry headbutt (***** ass Bowe). They never saw anything like it. You have to step in like Sugar Ray did.. never seen so many headbutts. Constant headbutts at the highest level and no complaining either. Holyfield didn't complain when Moorer headbutted him to excess II.. or Tyson. He knocked them out.
Agree on this, and top 10 at heavy (between 5 and 10 and probably a bit toward the lower end of that, but above Tyson).
Upper end of that for me. Prime Holyfield had some Cassius Clay tendencies (done by 92/93 when he was officially old.. mental thing from there.. like Sugar Ray).
This content is protected that left right at 10:28 is incredible. Sugar Ray Robinson like. Tyson would have got that in 90/91
