Vitali: Had the toughness and tools to be an ATG with a body from the geriatric ward.
I have to completely disagree. Dariusz dominated Griffin and KO'd Thadzi, who both beat James Toney. He clearly beat a prime Virgil Hill,...
Hmmm...a heavyweight who beat the count after every knockdown in his career...? Wlad's chin is certainly mortal, but glass? And are we talking...
Miranda would be pummeled by Calzaghe like Lacy. Kessler forced the absolute best out of Calzaghe. Miranda my have a little more one - punch...
Something that is often overlooked in analysing resumes is HOW a fighter beat his opposition. My case for Wlad is that he was utterly dominant in...
Holyfield is continiously overrated because he was such a fearless warrior and achieved more than most expected. But he NEVER domianted the HW...
He was always injury prone, but on the other hand he fought very few rounds in his career, not many fights and only one 12 rounder, only one war...
How on earth can you compare Peter to Larry Holmes?? Holmes was a very skilled fighter with an amazing winning streak. If he had not followed...
Seems like this thread has deviated from the original subject. Peter IMO would be horrible for the division as unified champ. He embodies so...
He was very boring, yes, but totally in control. The performance against a super - defensive and very small fighter who crouched to a size of 5'5...
He LOST two out of three against Bowe, two against Lewis (unless you think that first one was a draw), lost against Moorer when he was in shape...
Holyfield's wars with Bowe and Lewis produced one win by the smallest margin possible in five fights...so many people rate Holyfield too high...
If you find it entertaining to see guys getting serious brain damage, yes.
At the time of the first fight I was cheering for Holyfield, but now in hindsight and after rewatching the fight several times my conclusion is...
Good thread. Something that is way overrated in boxing is macho demeanor. Liston was a horrible quitter - in the first fight of his career where...
