Wlad alone has impressive numbers. 10 title defenses and almost 6 years of dominance are notable even for All Time Greats. And Wlad's title...
A simple analysis about Holmes should consider the following: 1) He was a complete fighter; very good on the H2H basis (positive) 2) His...
Wlad could fight the winner in March or July 2012.
This was almost a done deal in 2005. The fans wanted to see Brewster-Vitali or Toney-Vitali, and that one almost happened.
:good Yeah. I'm not saying Larry Holmes is a bum. He just fought many of his opponents when they hadn't developd enough as mature fighters. This...
Calm down. I am not saying that suddenly Holmes doesn't deserve to be in the Top10 ATG. It's true that most of those green guys were ranked in...
I used to rank Holmes as #3 or #4 in the ATG heavyweight list. Now I change my mind. Mainly because of this: 1) Most of his defences, half...
Foreman, with wins over Frazier (twice) and Norton, has a solid argument to rank over Holmes. Also because of his epic comeback in the 90s.
Well, Holmes could have fought Greg Page, Michael Dokes, John Tate or Gerrie Coetzee. Those 4 contenders were probably the best of that era.
In these last few days I've been thinking about moving Larry Holmes down my ATG ranking. We criticize Klitschko a lot for his opposition: Holmes...
------ Holyfield MD12 Close fight, but Holyfield would outwork Vitali.
:rofl
Mayweather. De la Hoya fought better fighters, but lost to most of them.
Then retire. I actually think Haye's style would be better against Vitali.
Wlad wins by late TKO.
