Holyfield was older than Tyson, and had far far more wear and tear. Absolutely those bouts count when assessing prime vs prime. None of Tyson's...
Tyson can't be a contender for H2H number one when he wasn't even the best of his own era. He can't realistically go 0-3 vs Lewis and Holyfield...
Wlad Klitschko was more consistent than Holmes for a longer period
Lewis had like one, maybe two fights where he was past prime. He wasn't dominating the division while past his prime so hardly relevant to bring...
None of that has anything to do with greatness. Plenty of non-greats in the HOF and many non-great champions. If being in the HOF equated to...
That's setting an extremely low bar for greatness. Bowe ducked virtually every top fighter of his era. Hard to see how his ducking of everybody...
Realistically Riddick Bowe is not a great heavyweight and Vitali probably isn't either based on accomplishments. Bowe has no depth and Vitali has...
Obviously guys should be rated on what they did in their primes. Otherwise every win Lewis has suddenly doesn't matter due to the awful losses...
Lewis's decision to retire at the right time realistically shouldn't impact his legacy much, Lots of guys would look better had they retired earlier.
Resume depth generally trumps top wins. Muhammad Ali is great because he beat more than 18 guys ranked in the top 10. You can debate how good...
If great wins equated with greatness than Corrie Sanders, Lamon Brewster, and Buster Douglas would be greats And the guys that beat these guys...
Wasn't prime vs Holmes and obviously not fighting Tyson, Holyfield, Lewis would prevent him from beating them. How does this refute the point he...
The best win argument seems silly because people can only fight their contemporaries. Obviously Witherspoon can't fight Ali since they didn't...
Sanctioning bodies CAN'T dictate who you fight if you don't hold a belt. Wilder could have made plenty of money fighting in non title fights vs...
Fighters don't have to take orders from sanctioning bodies either. You can't excuse Wilder fighting terrible opposition when he had the option of...
