I’m a huge fan of both fighters…but I would rank Holyfield higher …however any heavyweight top ten list that has both Tyson and Holyfield on it...
Sugar Ray Robinson is the greatest offensive fighter in history ….so to me …the guy with the best chance of beating him…would be the best COUNTER...
He changed his style too
I’m going to sound crazy …but I actually think Wilfred Benetiz would give Sugar Ray Robinson more trouble than any of those 3 mentioned above
Now I think about it…I can remember the first time KO magazine put Bernard Hopkins in their pound for pound top ten …I wasn’t too sure about it
Go and watch Bernard Hopkins vs Roy Jones 1 ….and tell me if Hopkins looks like a future hall of fame fighter
Do you think that Roberto Duran could beat Wilfred Benetiz at 147 ..,.would it be a different fight ?
Starling was really good on the inside as well…it was high level stuff
I just want to point out that Donald Curry was an excellent infighter…he was much better on the inside than Sugar Ray Leonard
Jersey Joe Walcott vs Ezzard Charles
Luis Rodriguez vs Emile Griffith
Vernon Forrest
Michael Spinks was the first guy that popped into my head
Miguel Cotto
He was the most confident fighter I’ve ever seen …even more so than Muhammad Ali…I’ve never seen a fighter with such little regard as to what the...