Rate each heavyweight title reign (that means fighters with multiple reigns are rated separately for each reign) by how respected the fighter was...
In just about every Joe Louis vs. Random Modern Fighter thread on ESB, people go on and on about how Louis didn't face a fighter like Random...
What if the judges gave Norton the decision in the second Ali fight? Ali's quest to reclaim the title may have been derailed and people would be...
Bowe (Futch in his corner helps) Frazier Holmes Louis
Louis by a mid to late KO
I'm watching ESPN Classic Ringside on Evander Holyfield right now, and they have Michael Moorer on to discuss their first fight. On the show,...
This makes sense, and I agree with this assessment. I wonder if Holmes wanted to unify the title earlier on in his reign when he wasn't doing as...
I'll take Ali, Bowe, Marciano, Frazier, Liston, Holmes, Louis, and Patterson
I see what you mean. I guess it's just that when you think how much Mike Tyson is praised for having unified the title, I wonder if Holmes never...
Yeah, this is the general idea I get of Holmes' reign: he was pretty dominant early on, and in the later years he started taking it easy. Aside...
He was certainly good enough. I'm sure it was politics, but can someone explain it to me in more detail?
Evander Holyfield during the 10th round of his first fight with Riddick Bowe
I agree with this
I basically agree with all of this.
To fight in the heavyweight division in your late 30s or early 40s may not be out of the ordinary for TODAY's heavyweight division, but it was...