The revenue suggested it was a superfight.
Seemed fine. It was pretty bad and possibly intentional.
Not sure if there's a distinction.
I think a moderator here deleted one of my threads last year because I said Tank v. Garcia was a superfight.
He made an error in deducting a point from Garcia for a late punch and not giving Haney the opportunity the recover. You can't really have one...
Coeztee was signed and it fell through over a crappy job by the promoter. It makes no difference if Holmes has excuses for not taking these...
Leon was a cruiserweight fighting a full sized heavyweight, at best. Ditto Ocasio.
Evangelista and Spinks were also pretty bad. Thomas first saw a Ring rating in 1982 and stayed undefeated after that including the draw with...
That's a convenient set of excuses, but other than Ali and Cooney, we know that Holmes took a bunch of fights against guys who didn't bring money...
Holyfield's first title reign was mediocre (Foreman, Cooper, Holmes). His second reign didn't exist bc he immediately lost to Moorer. His third...
Holmes didn't even want to fight Pinklon Thomas. Politics wasn't holding him back.
