Styles make fights. With less weight Holmes would have reduced his punching power, punch resistance, and clinching stamina, against Mercer....
It depends against the opponent. With Mercer - Yes, Holmes had an edge coming in heavier. Against someone like Wladimir Klitschko, Holmes would...
Yes and no. If both just run around the ring yes, in clinch - no. The bigger guy just need to hold and lean on the smaller guy, even if they are...
According to some posters here, size isn't a factor.
The smaller guy in the clinch get's ragdolled and must use more of his power and energy to compensate for the lack of weight. Thus he drains...
Modern athletes DO train with weights... which give them more muscles and a better punch - and better punch resistance. Because: Weight equals...
Thank you for one example against the general rule... Well, well past it Larry Holmes weighted more than Ray Mercer for that fight, at 233...
Simply because they were not that good at boxing? But the size alone made them champions to begin with. Size is the most important in boxing,...
Nice. It's laughable how he won the belt, but the guy is good, people should give him that. Saw him some year ago on youtube when I searched for...
Just the fact that Valuev even managed to be a beltholder in modern times just shows how important size really is. Think....
You talk about "dead weight". More mass means more muscles as well. 235+ pounds beats 200+ pounds every day....
I would say - Wlad dominated better comp than Ali, just based on the weight argument alone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK1AdX0Phq0
Good. Should be considered top 10-15 with his size, power and timing alone.
You say fat, Look at Klitschkos body at 245 pounds - he looks more lean than what 210+ pounds Ali did. Ali at 201 looked lean:...
Ali were bigger than Holyfield. But he would simply have to trade away some speed for power in this division
