Probably due to the fact that CW is traditionally only an "anteroom" for HW.
No. Leon Spinks is probably the worst lineal HW champion in history. In 1978 Holmes would defeat Ali (Spinks 2 fight) by unanimous decision, but...
Born on January 5, 1974; the champion was George Foreman. But at the end of the year in which "The Rumble in the Jungle" took place, Muhammad Ali...
Just because Mercer is the best win of Holmes' "second career" I would trade Mercer and Witherspoon. And instead of Muhammad Ali, Marvis Frazier...
Archie Moore
Would 2000 Lewis knock out Holmes (Tyson fight)? Holmes enters the fight after two defeats against Spinks and 21 months of inactivity. You can...
The 1988 Tyson would be an insurmountable obstacle for Louis, as well as many other ATG HWs (1988 Tyson only!).
1. Frazier 1 2. Moorer 3. Norton 4. Lyle 5. Frazier 2 6. Chuvalo 7. Cooney 8. Cooper 9. Qavi 10. Briggs
Max Rockatansky
I would add Briggs
Holmes (Norton fight) IMHO loses to Lewis (Golota fight); because of Lewis' greater "eye of the tiger" and greater "killer instinct" than Holmes....
https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/top-10-hw-chins-of-all-time.712888/ Mohammad Ali George Chuvalo George Foreman Larry Holmes Vitali Klitschko...
4 presidents are: Mohammad Ali, Oliver McCall, George Foreman and David Tua; imho. Also is this the top 10 HW chins of all time? Or you have your...
Choose your own battle circumstances :)
In a completely different, completely sports scenario, Mike Tyson could have been even bigger (and not post-prime at the age of 23).
