1985 Heavyweights vs. 2010 Heavyweights

adamek is at no.4 now , well for me i could not pick him with confidence over any of the top 10 in 85 if they were focused

 

If I look at the '85 list I'm still trying to wrap my head around how the hell Spinks beat Holmes twice that year?! :huh

But yes, it's quite bad also that list.
A few names pop out, but that's the same with today's list.

 

The depth of 85 is far better, The K bros obviously would transfer across well but the rest of the contenders are not in the same league. The 85 guys all had a fairly good year bar Page who lost his only fight that year to Tubbs but had won the WBA title from Coetzee in december 84.

 

C: Michael Spinks vs. C: Wladimir Klitschko => KO Klitschko
1. Pinklon Thomas vs 1. Vitali Klitschko => KO Klitschko
2. Larry Holmes vs 2. David Haye => KO Holmes
3. Tim Witherspoon vs 3.Alexander Povetkin => Povetkin UD
4. Tony Tubbs vs 4. Tomasz Adamek => Adamek UD
5. Greg Page vs. 5. Ruslan Chagaev => Chagaev UD
6. Gerrie Coetzie vs 6. Eddie Chambers => chambers UD
7. Trevor Berbick vs 7. Denis Boytsov => Berbick KO
8. Carl Williams vs 8. Nikolai Valuev => Valuev UD
9. Mike Weaver vs. 9. Alexander Dimitrenko => Dimetrenko KO
10. Mikel Dokes vs 10. Chris Arreola => Dokes UD

 

I see it about the same, but i can't see Berbick beating Boytsov, after the way he looked in the Tyson fight..........

 

Good joke! got any more??

 

You can take a snapshot of virtually any year and the top ten is going to be - naturally - front-loaded with a few really good names and then thin out toward the end.

Both of those lists, if you shorten them to a top 3, are really not bad compared to most other years you could pull out of a hat. Most of those years also probably don't look so hot when you get down to about 8 or 9.

 

Great thread. 2010 Heavyweights >> 1985 Heavyweights easily no question.

 

I concur...

 

at least berbick beat some guys, and boytsov is no where near tyson and he hasn't faced quality opposition yet

 

85 was better