So did Cleveland.
Those are my thoughts. Plus, I consider Lyle a better technical boxer than Cleveland Williams.
Do you rate Williams as superior to Shavers? Also, I don't believe that any version of Foreman just pushes over Lyle. I think it would always...
I do think that Evander hit harder at HW than at CW. He had very respectable HW power.
Looks like Oscar vs Shaq
What makes you say that?
Done
As a spin off of the Liston vs Lyle thread, me and @swagdelfadeel got into a discussion of who should be favored over whom. I'm in the Lyle camp...
This merits a separate thread.
But since his quality of opponents increased as he got older, perhaps that's what it was. It's easier to look dangerous and explosive vs old...
If you were 10 in 1962, you're past your prime today. You wouldn't beat Usyk
I like how you put "home cooking" in quotes
Patterson seemed to improve as a fighter as he got older and in fact did his best work as he aged. The best opponents he beat (or was cheated out...
Has FOTY written all on it
Well Lyle boxed a better fight against Ali before Ali stopped him and I'm not convinced that a prime Williams does much better vs any serviceable...
