First off, he wasn't dominating Lewis. That's a falsehood. Vitali had some early momentum, and then Lewis started bouncing back, and the fight...
While it's been awhile since I've seen the fight, I recall having it much closer than the judges did. But it doesn't matter. Byrd won the fight....
You can make the case that he did win because of style. Vitali, Holyfield, and Golota all had trouble with their left arms during their fights...
Yeah. He didn't lose many rounds, and all that. But he didn't face too many high level heavyweights in the grand scheme of things, and he did lose...
Good God! :lol: Some of you really need to share the drugs. :smoking:
Do you really think Kovalev-Beterbiev would be in Russia? Not saying you're wrong. But I would think US TV would love having that one.
:lol: Oh goodness! I think you're referring to an extremely old survey.
Fair take. I do think 2004 Vitali was better than 2017 Wlad in a head-to-head sense, but I don't think that necessarily means Vitali would match...
It would definitely favor undefeated fighters, no doubt. But perhaps not as much as you'd think in every situation, depending on the number of...
Might be cool to see what happens if you subtract the combined W's from guys they lost to, and added in the combined losses. Or something along...
I always enjoy these type of things, based on equations, and raw numbers. A Herculean task for sure, so thanks for sharing and taking the time....
Also, are you counting the final W-L records? Or the W-L records at the time they defeated these fighters?
Wait? Did I misunderstand? Does Jeffries loss to Johnson count against him in some way?
Would be more interesting if you also penalized the W-L records from those they lost to.
Agreed, but I was replying to a specific post. And there was talks of that fight happening at 168. In fact, RJJ said he'd meet the winner there at...
