This thread can now officially be retired.
Shavers had the harder, focused punch. One heavyweight, I forget who, said you felt it in your bones.....or something like that. Foreman moreso...
"If Tyson fought Foreman instead of Ruddock, he would have been accused of ducking Razor. No doubt in my mind. And that would have been more...
I would say finishing skills and get out of jail skills are completely different.
It's painfully obvious a technically sound Tyson didn't show up against Douglas. Just watch the fight. He just stands there....from minute one....
^^^^Tyson didn't necessarily "abandon all method" when finishing people. He was sometimes very calculating about it. Bruno I comes to mind.
I don't think you can look at age in a vacuum like that. I think boxers only have a certain amount of fights in them. There is only so much...
You need to brawl inside to get at Hearns. Not PBF's style. Hearns by KO in the middle rounds.
I agree on all points, and it's why I think Holmes is overrated and at the bottom of the Top 10 ATG Heavies. I, too, am curious what people think...
Yeah, Lewis wasn't exactly a fighter who got stronger later either. His KO's pretty much came in the first half of the fight, or he went the...
I agree. The Tyson win makes Buster extremely hard to evaluate and quite the enigma. Pretty much a one of a kind situation.
Hearns
I think Lewis' cautious fighting style/mentality is an often unmentioned factor in this commonly brought up matchup. I see a prime, technically...
Why do people jump to conclusions/assumptions? Got to love this board. :patsch Nobody said he is "trash". He's clearly a very good fighter....
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