All-time heavyweight tournament Round of 16: Holyfield vs. Foreman

Interesting that Holyfield is seeded higher than Foreman, but Foreman looks like he's cleaning up in the poll so far.

 

Yeah, I was surprised that Holyfield earned a higher seeding than Foreman too, but he received more votes in the seeding round. I think more of the classic forum guys needed to participate to improve seedings. My takeaway from how things are seeded is that the 90s was a better heavyweight era than the 70s.

 

Thanks. I was desperate to do something to cut through the tedium of endless Floyd/Pacquiao threads. I'm still slightly offended that obvious troll threads routinely get more replies than any of my threads, haha. Quality over quantity!

 

Reminder - voting for this round ends tomorrow. Get in your votes.

 

The seedings weren't based on my personal rankings, it was based on board input. Everybody ranked their Top 10, and I collated and seeded based on frequency of mention and place of mention. The usual seeding methodology that's been around for decades.

If there's a blatant problem with Vitali's seeding, it'll show up in short order because he'll be upset in the next round or two.

 

Voting is now closed. Final scores for the Round of 16 are:

(7)Louis def. (10)Bowe 61%/39%
(6)Tyson def. (11)Frazier 82%/18%
(5)Wlad def. (12)Johnson 79%/21%

And in our first upset of the tournament:

(9)Foreman def. (8 )Holyfield 67%/33%

The results from the first half of the bracket are:
(1)Lewis def. (16)Dempsey 83%/17%
(2)Vitali def. (15)Liston 70%/30%
(3)Ali def. (14)Jeffries 92%/8%
(4)Holmes def. (13)Marciano 70%/30%

We now move on to the QUARTERFINALS, with the following match-ups:

(1)Lewis vs. (9)Foreman
(2)Vitali vs. (7)Louis
(3)Ali vs. (6)Tyson
(4)Holmes vs. (5)Wlad

The quarterfinals will begin shortly. Thanks for continuing to participate.