It's all about timing. For example,Michael Spinks beat Larry Holmes but Bob Foster lost to Muhammad Ali (non title) and Joe Frazier (title)...
I honsestly don't think Frazier's eye problem really made any real difference to his career. March 8 1971 was the best Joe was ever going to do...
It's definitely up there with the very best. Certainly in my top 3 of the eighties,along with Leonard-Hearns I and Hagler-Hearns.
True. I can't see him beating the best versions of Ali,Frazier and Foreman in the seventies. Holmes would have beaten him clearly too.
Leonard by comfortable decision. His mental edge alone would be enough. Add to the equation his forcing Eubank onto the front foot where he's...
Me too. Ray's superior speed just about gives him the edge in this one.
Sounds about right.
McCallum on points. The Body Snatcher was simply the better 154/160 lb man.
Too bloody right !
He was doped on copious amounts of Ali's punches.
I like this thread :good I very much doubt George would have beaten Muhammad on that night no matter how many times he'd seen his own future....
Thing is,Lewis was also past his best when he fought Tyson. Just not as past it as Tyson. Lennox was at his very top form around 1997,I think.
Tyson was indeed in good form that night but Holmes was 38 years old and rusty as hell,imo.
At 154 lbs. What if Sugar Ray had n't been afflicted by that retina injury and had carried on fighting in 1982 ? Let's say Wilfred Benitez...
As great as Ray was,his time at the top of the 175 lb tree would have been short.
