Yes, to all of this. If anything Duran vs Leonard is getting underrated. Duran moved up against a younger All Time Great who held every physical...
Objectively NO. Tyson did not have a better career than Holmes. Holmes was undefeated in his prime and was a more successful longer reigning...
I think he beats both. Evander was physically on a steep decline when he beat Tyson and gave Lewis hard fights. Tyson and Lewis were still...
Tyson was sadly crap in 2002. Byrd was a prime opponent at least.
Well, I gave you a chance but by ignoring my very specific example of your mis-framing my points with strawmen I have no choice but to put you on...
This is exactly my thoughts. In his prime, Lewis would have the conditioning and speed to catch Byrd. In 2002, I think even Lewis himself...
Of course there is no hard evidence to prove Lewis wouldn't fight Byrd because he wasn't confident he could beat him. Same for most alleged...
No objective evidence points to a Lewis KO win. For reasons explained I don't see a deserving mandatory challenger ranked #2 behind only Wlad as...
Rahman would not lose his next two fights. He drew with Tua in a robbery he should have won. But yeah...he would still be a major player in the...
For the record, I just want to state I do not rank Byrd's Holyfield win highly. I was speaking in terms of what it did for Byrd's stock, it got...
The Golota and Wlad 2 fights were well after Byrd/Lewis was in the works. Byrd was starting to slow down by 04, and look unmotivated. A prime...
Lewis signing up for Kirk Johnson, a fat Canadian slugger he knew he could blow out and less a draw than Byrd, kind of blows this completely up....
You got it wrong. Lewis didn't avoid punchers, he preferred them as opponents. Lewis didn't like fast opponents, especially when he got older....
Had this happened in 2002, Lewis was slowing down post the Rahman loss and age, while Byrd was at the tail end of his peak. Byrd would be a...
He could beat anyone in a one off but giving up 30 lbs every fight would take its toll on his body. And I can't see any manager being excited...
