Holyfield was a workout fiend who trained with bodybuilders. He wouldn't stay at 208 lbs long if he were fighting at HW today.
Just saw Jake's manager say fighting Tank is the best preparation for Jake to take on AJ. I want to what reality fighting a 5'5", 140 lbs boxer...
They doubted George Foreman too.
Wasn't that not far off from how Lewis was viewed at that time? I believe he only earned full respect in the boxing world by the late 90s.
The last 10 years was arguably more exciting than the 10 years that proceeded it, with the Klitschko dominance.
Every generation of fighter falls. The Golden age 70s could be made to sound depressing too, if you detail right until the end of the careers of...
Conor.
Comparing himself to the GOAT now [MEDIA] If Tank could somehow KO Paul, he'd remove all the ill will so many boxing fans have about him.
Moses threads should be left out of the classic boxing forum until further notice. Comparing extremely young prospects to decades past fighters...
Wonder why interest from Jake waned? "Hey Jake, do you want to fight the 6'6", 245 lbs boxer or the 5'5", 135 one?"
Jake will rehydrate to well past 200 lbs too. Let's assume Tank weighs in at a pudgy 150 lbs, even with the much higher skill level he has, any...
He's already claiming the Tyson victory as legitimate and that he has beating Mike Tyson on his resume. He'll say the exact same thing about Tank...
Just saw Jake say in an interview the weight will be set at 195 lbs, whole thing is hilarious. No attempt to even try to meet Tank halfway.
He meant his neural network. He didn't want significant brain damage at such young an age.
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