That's a fair call (although I think Witherspoon's win over the quite highly-touted Mike Williams was decent). Thing is, hardly any of Tyson's...
Holyfield was rated #1 and his promoters were calling for the fight. It was the biggest fight out there. People have been saying "Holmes managed...
That's partly true, and I was the first to mention it here, I think. Tyson was very active and eliminating a lot of the ranked fighters But Tubbs...
I'm just going off the boxrec site. The issue cover dated April wouldn't have been on the shelves in time to consider a fight that took place on...
No, he was talking about Carl Williams and Michael Spinks. That's the last few months of the Holmes reign.
I agree. Berbick fought prime Holmes and prime Tyson, and they both fought "prime" Berbick. He bridged the eras. He was outclassed by both, to be...
So the plan was to have his #1 contender wait on the shelf for two more fights, not one. Thanks for clarifying.
No, I think you're just sensitive when it comes to Greg Page. We've had this discussion before. If Holmes ducked Page in a short window of time,...
It wasn't grossly unfair at all. Holyfield had been sat waiting for Tyson to give him a shot. Holyfield was #1 contender. Not to mention that King...
Yes, those two were better matches at the time too, early 1987. Witherspoon had just lost in 1 round to Smith. But roll on to 1988 and 1989,...
Yes, Tyson had less filler. Everyone he beat in that reign was better than Lucien Rodriguez or Jean-Pierre Coopman. Well, I'm sure you will...
@janitor if you want to address this ("I think what would be telling ..."), please do. If my information is doubtful, let me know. Under the...
The stretch from Berbick to Tucker, maybe Biggs was good. That's only 5 fights though. If you have the RING magazines from that year, you can work...
No. I'm not talking about "ducking". I'm talking about "missing". NoNeck has come out with all this crap about Holmes "missing" Tom, Dick and...
Yes, Berbick was highly rated and well inside the top 10. But Williams was rated #6 at the end of 1987 RING rankings, Berbick was rated #7 .......
