Faded heavyweights grand prix...who wins the 4 man tournament

Tyson beats Frazier
Holmes beats All

Tyson beats Holmes

Tyson is the best shot HW of the four. But Holyfield from 2008 beats all of them.

 

I don't know... it's a sad tournament...

In Holmes vs. Weaver II in 2000, Holmes still looked like a boxer, whereas Weaver looked like a civilian. But Holmes was 50, going on 51 in 2000. And Ali did fairly well against rated contender Berbick at nearly 40 years old. 39 year old Tyson should have never lost to a guy like Kevin McBride, who as I recall, was never within sniffing distance of a top-ten ranking. Nearly 38 year old Frazier managed a draw against top-15 Jumbo Cummings.

The form and speed Tyson has shown in recent workouts looks impressive, but that's not against an opponent in the ring. This Tyson looks like he'd mop the floor with all those guys, but we're talking about a 2005 unmotivated Tyson.

I can't make a call on this. Ali was far better against Berbick in 1981 than he was against Holmes in 1980. Holmes of 2000 is nowhere near the Holmes of 1980. So that Ali could pull a surprise over that Holmes. And if Tyson could be stopped by McBride, but Frazier could pull off a draw against a better-than-McBride Jumbo Cummings, we might see that Frazier beat that Tyson.

We could ultimately see Ali-Frazier IV.

Of course, out of the four Holmes was competitive at an older age than the other three.

 

Holmes wins over Frazier ..

 

"It's a sad tournament..." lol

 

I hope nobody took that as an insult to the original poster. It's sad in the sense of guys fighting on too long.

 

He absolutely did not floor him . the left hook was a clean miss , a slip was ruled a knockdown. Holmes won 10 out of 10 rounds ..

 

Ya, I agree. Btw, no insult to the poster either. It was an interesting question.