Beterbiev v all of Larry Holmes opponents how would he have fared?

And also knocked out one of Spoon’s teeth. But against a man who wasn’t there to win

 

Excellent points. It's akin to cricketers and helmets. Since helmets became almost compulsory technique against the short ball has greatly declined and far more people are actually hit in the head region now than in the previous era. There was far more at stake without helmets and this was reflected via technique urgency.

 

Smith won fair and square, no foul play. But even he admits Witherspoon had zero motivation. And that's Smith's best win by a mile.

But according to some people, Smith is a h2h monster. There's no helping someone with an agenda.

 

I didn’t used to think much of Beterbiev, that was until he cleaned out his division

 

Smith won fair and square yes. Nothing that HE did which was foul. But Witherspoon wanted to sever his ties with Don King and basically threw the fight. He has said so in interviews

 

Because he got knocked out. His conditioning was bad because he thought it was an easy fight. He blew a career high payday with Tyson by losing.

Tim is full of ****.

 

Yeah I guess those of us who lived through the times are just naive and blind

 

Whyte would send Beterbiev to the moon.

So would pretty much everyone in the current top ten. I wouldn't even be surprised if Beterbiev failed up at cruiser, let alone heavy.

 

That’s naive. Whyte is trash and Beterbiev is comfortable at heavyweight. Much better than a shot Povetkin.

 

Please direct me to the fighters who blew career high paydays to escape promoters via humiliating loses.

 

Whyte has a wicked left hook and about 60lbs on Beterbiev. He'd knock him out in a round.

Beterbiev is comfortable at heavyweight? Based on....

And don't say his amateur career, because that wasn't at heavyweight, and the only reason Beterbiev fought at 91kg is because he couldn't maintain 81kg through tournaments.

 

Because he did it in the ams and says he’s going back to heavyweight.

 

He didn't do it in the amateurs though.

Oh but if Beterbiev says he will do then it must be true!