If Lewis hadn't faced Grant he would have been beaten easily by someone else like say McCline and nobody would fault Lewis for fighting him...
Usyks cruiserweight opponents are on average bigger than the heavyweights of Louis era so why do people obsess over Fury. Joshua easily beat...
Lennox can't get much credit for beating guys who in actuality were not very good and turned out to be badly overhyped. Objective facts trump...
Ruiz ultimately had a better career than Grant and turned out to be the far better fighter
Walcotts only win over a top 10 heavyweight after age 36 was Charles and he shortly afterwards lost to Marciano twice via kayo. He wasn't...
Bivol hasn't moved up so we can't say how he would do. But I would expect him to beat many top heavyweights of Louis era like Carnera, Baer,...
Sure. But it helps if people try to be fair in their era analysis. Rocky's era is being criticized for the success of old past prime fighters...
So Usyks cruiserweight fights are clearly of more relevance than his heavyweight fights when analyzing a fight with Louis given skilled big men...
Everybody Usyk fought at cruiserweight is a heavyweight by the standards of Louis era when there was no cruiserweight division and many top...
Conn is the size of todays middleweights. Wouldn't it be pretty unlikely for a middleweight to present problems for Usyk? I don't see...
He wasn't a standout in his own era. Don't see how he is more deserving than Byrd, Tua, Chagaev etc.
They weren't especially old though with Louis 37 and Moore/Walcott at 38. Its not like they were mid-40s. You also have to look at their form...
I thought the argument was that they would dominate Rockys competition, if we are merely talking about punch stats than sure someone like Holmes...
An ancient Foreman became champ in Tyson's era. A version that was losing to Tommy Morrison and Axel Schulz (who would have been lineal champ had...
Frazier and Holmes would get hit plenty if they fought Rockys competition and wouldn't look impressive in numerous fights even if one would expect...
