Matchmaking is driven to a large degree at heavyweight by risk assessment and monetary concerns. The perception of Foreman as an easy opponent...
Foreman was perceived as an easy opponent and I expect a fight with him would have likely been far more lucrative for Bowe and Lewis than fights...
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Could potentially but probably not if Lewis brings his a game
People have argued he would have fought anyone for the title in 1991 but I see no reason his calculus would have changed just a year or two later....
I don't know about that but it seems he had the potential to be better than guys who accomplished far more than him like say John Ruiz or Oliver...
The recent Zhilei Zhang upset of Joyce made me wonder about other heavyweights of recent times with underwhelming resumes. Do you think Dychko...
Lewis and Bowe both held titles during Foremans comeback. Foreman not fighting them can't be explained away through the argument that he was...
Stewart was probably like 6'1-6'1 1/2. A lot of measurements in recent times seem to be way off Like Fury is nowhere near 6'9 Generally...
Lewis beat roughly 4 times more top 10 heavyweights than Bowe that's a pretty massive advantage in resume depth
Ortiz and Povetkin were top contenders until just a few years ago and certainly would imagine both would qualify as more skilled than many top 80s...
What reason is there to favor Grant? I think he should be at least favored over the likes of Grant
I don't see much case for any Wilder victims other than Ortiz and Stiverne being top 10 heavyweights. There doesn't seem to be a case for anyone else
Given the gap in accomplishments it's not really surprising many see this as a mismatch. Sort of like Ali vs Ingemar Johansson
Zhang and Joyce are about the same age only a 2 year difference. If were going to dismiss Zhang based on age we could do the same for Joyce
