If Tyson lost his mother his fanboys would take it as another excuse to why he lost.
Lennox Lewis vs Željko Mavrović Round 1: 10:9 Lewis Round 2: 10:9 Lewis Round 3: 10:9 Mavrović (could have gone either way) Round 4: 10:9 Lewis...
Wilder could probably have become one if he had Emanuel in his corner.
Seems logical looking at the racial climate of the 60's.
He recovered in the Klitschko fight. So not "never".
Usyk kills him.
Yeah, you don't play boxing.
He can fight the champion in the future. Ali deserved the rematch with Spinks and nobody wanted to see Spinks vs Norton. Lewis' situation is...
Yeah, but it took him a lot to recover. In Wlad fight it was like 2-3 rounds. In Dubois fight it was 4 rounds. But you're right, he was only...
Were there a lot of fighters like that tho in the 70's and 90's?
Of course, I'm not saying I got Wlad as a firm favorite, but I don't see him being scared either.
100%.
Recovery powers are a physical thing tho.
FYI, I'm trying to assess how impressive was the fact that Holmes took so many clean shots from Tim in round 9 and didn't go down.
You can add the fact that Ike defeated Byrd rather easily and that's an accomplishment. Byrd caused everyone else not named Wlad Klitschko problems.
