To clean out the division he would have to beat Holyfield who was ranked prior to Tyson losing to Douglas. Given how their fights played out...
Also, I'm not seeing this evidence for him being insanely highly rated head to head. His fans to me don't seem much worse than the Dempsey or Ali...
I think the fact he retired undefeated is why he is rated so high. Ali, Louis, Dempsey, all suffered prime losses whereas Rocky didn't.
It's speculation based on pretty compelling evidence. Also, Tyson didn't fully clean out his era as evidenced by his loss to Douglas. The guy...
Was Marciano's brother banned from attending the press conference? If so, he shouldn't have attended. If he wasn't breaking any laws than I...
No he loses a lot of marks because he wasn't even the best of his own time. If Povetkin had went out and beaten 20+ guys ranked in the top 10 he...
Tyson was considered the best heavy in the world for such a brief period of time that it doesn't really count as a definable era. I would say you...
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How does Tyson rate so highly when he wasn't even the best of his own era?
It's also perfectly reasonable for Marciano's family to point out Marciano was lineal and undisputed whereas Holmes was merely one among various...
Holmes wasn't robbed of victory and had been the recipient of some highly questionable decisions. He easily could have lost his belt to...
Picking him to beat Lewis or Wladimir Klitschko or Tyson is probably unrealistic but I don't see many people on this forum picking him to win...
I think the competition in Marciano's era is comparable to that in other eras prior to the 1980s. He would be too small to compete today at...
It seems silly to bring up all Holmes title defenses when he was blatantly ducking the best competition towards the end of his reign. It's not...
By that logic I'm sure you agree Holmes is too little to compete today
