Heavy weight contenders fighting in the wrong era?

I’m on board with this Fergy!

 

No silly. Not 5 boxers he would beat. You said he would definitely do better in different eras.Name them?

 

That's an interesting matchup, Quarry and Moorer. Yeah he could have grabbed a title in the ninties. I think he'd have drilled John Ruiz

 

I think a guy like Akinwande would have done better in previous decades. Not a lot of love for Henry and he's kind of looked at as a heavyweight Hugo Corro type guy. But he was in shape and was a good boxer. That non-engaging style and those octopus arms would have maybe served him better against the smaller heavies. Decision bouts. I think his style would be tough to solve for some guys & he'd be, lets say an Ernie Terrell type guy instead of now looked at maybe as a Herbie Hide.

Corrie Sanders is the obvious choice. It really hasn't been until recently we've had southpaws. Dangerous fast handed big hitter southpaws are an endangered species. I think his size and fast hands could have got some nice upsets in years past. I'm just not convinced too many of the old guys could do well against the southpaws like a Tony Thompson even. But a guy that hits like Sanders is a whole different ballgame. i think he lands clean & going back I'm not sure how many guys eat a left hand down the pipe they never see.

 

Yeah, I think Foreman could've reigned as long as Holmes did as I don't see anyone Holmes beat beating Foreman, although if he wasn't careful, some like Witherspoon or perhaps but less likely, Bonecrusher Smith could've upset him.

I think Foreman's reign ends in 1 of a few ways. Michael Spinks moves up from LHW and in an ATG exhibition of skilled boxing, outboxes Foreman enroute to a UD while avoiding Foreman's bombs, he loses to a young up and coming Mike Tyson or he beats Spinks and observes the rise of a young Mike Tyson and a battle worn Foreman sees the writing on the wall and decides to retire.

 

Foreman would've had the K2 brothers to contend with. And let's be honest, both would have a reasonable chance at beating Foreman. But he'd likely have slain most of the contenders. Monte Barret seems like a typical Foreman victim.