Late 60's to mid 70's were magic. Then the 90's.
It gets pretty bad, especially since it doesn't care about any circumstances.
You know it's bad when Szpilka is one of your best wins.
Majority if not all of Ezzard's heavyweight run happened when he was past-prime. The fights you mentioned happened after he already reported signs...
I consider George to be capable of a much more educated pressure that Ron or Earnie. He was also better at fighting short fighters and had that...
Spot on. People used to say that Frazier and Tyson stand no chance against Foreman because he had that killer of an uppercut and great punching...
He took too many punches anyway. Golota fights did speed up his decline though.
What about the two specific bouts (Holmes-Shavers and Quarry-Lyle)?
Unless Charles is heavily burdened by ALS, he clowns Ron all night long.
I had Jerry Quarry vs Ron Lyle in mind.
"He's beautiful," Arcel screamed. "He's just beautiful." Indeed, he was. Larry Holmes versus Earnie Shavers I. 119-109, 120-108, 120,108. A...
The question is whether Wladimir knocks him out or goes for a snoozer UD, right?
It really isn't as easy as comparing the other fighter to Grant. Based on that fight, people would probably say that Bowe can make him quit in 3....
Before Golota cracked, if he did, he still put an insane beating on the other guy. I highly doubt AJ has the tenacity and guts to make Andrew...
On topic: Foreman, and it's one of the worst matchups Mike can get himself into.
