In the real world Foreman lost to Jimmy Young and was nearly ko'd by Lyle. Writing off Louis's opponents seems pretty silly.
If Robinson is fighting the majority of his fights as a middleweight that makes him a middleweight in my book. He wasn't someone who every now...
Robinson was campaigning extensively as a middleweight as early as 1945 so I would say he was a middleweight by mid 1940s so Burley should count...
What is the evidence for it being a poor era? I don't think many contenders from earlier eras like Galento and LaStarza could have made it in...
As I've pointed out repeatedly Tyson could have fought Lewis earlier when he was still in his prime.
Holyfield was the most formidable contender of Tysons title reign. Tyson not fighting and beating undermines the claim he cleaned out his era.
Heck I bet Mike Tyson could make cruiserweight at the new 200lb limit, maybe I should reclassify him as a cruiserweight.
Seamus, todays cruiserweights are as big as Ali if your going to argue that Walcott's opponents were actually light heavies and not really...
Wouldn't it be safer to pick someone from Vitali's own era or later who were actually tested against skilled big men? Ali, Liston, etc never...
Tyson being favored over Holyfield doesn't mean much given how the fights panned out, he was 0-2. And he didn't clean out his era while champion...
Resume can only take you so far. You have to be able to beat the best of your era and Tyson couldn't. Spinks was not Tyson's most formidable...
I don't see any similarity between the Lewis situation and Holmes. Lewis was a top contender when Tyson was still in his prime. Holmes prime...
I guess you might be able to make a case for putting Tyson in the lower top 10 but I would feel a lot more comfortable doing so had he beaten...
If we assume the results would be the same prime for prime then by the same token wouldn't we have to assume that Joe Choynski beats any version...
My reasoning for Liston is that I see him as the best heavyweight in the world for 5+ years. From 1958 to 1963 there isn't really anyone that...
