Holyfield: "Floyd is great but he never fought everybody"

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  1. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Hey, you were great too, old man, but...Evan Fields. :deal
     
  2. slash

    slash Boxing Addict Full Member

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    everybody
     
  3. NewBoxingOrder

    NewBoxingOrder Boxing Addict Full Member

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    True.

    Besides this, it's hard to criticize Holyfield as a fighter. He would fight anyone. That's one of the great things about him.
     
  4. BingM3

    BingM3 Active Member Full Member

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    His resume looks great, but fought most of the fighters that counted past their peak. That is the simple difference. Foreman, Rjj, Ali, Lennox, Holyfield, Pac, Sugar Ray Hagler, Duran, Hearns and Tyson, etc fought the best that was placed in front of them with NO DRAMA, NO PPV KING BS,NO DEMANDS, this is what makes you great.
     
  5. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    WTF? Holyfield was fighting into his late 40's and vying for another shot at the title held by the Klitschko's! These are guys 5 inches taller, 40 lbs. heavier and 10 years younger, and Holyfield had the nuts and guts to challenge them.

    Holyfield can say whatever the f u c k he wants about Floyd. :deal
     
  6. klimting

    klimting ???? Full Member

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    The numbers don't quite portray the manner in which he won those bouts (or the timing of facing certain opponents). But the record books will show the figures as they are regardless. Can't argue with the figures.
     
  7. THE BLADE 2

    THE BLADE 2 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I am nolt sure what you are taklking about. Holyfield is a millionaire himself.

    You can't really compare Holy with Floyd.
    Holy was fearless, involved in countless wars and great fights, fought much bigger men. Holy fought everybody.
     
  8. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Holyfield didnt face Morrison, Ruddock nor Mcall.
     
  9. Imperial1

    Imperial1 VIP Member Full Member

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    The typical ***** response the only real argument they can come up with is the amount of money he made :lol:


    They are so naive Floyd fought everyone that counted sure he did ..Did it clean to :rofl
     
  10. acie2g

    acie2g Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nobody has fought everybody saying that though outside of 140 anybody who is even borderline great or HOF level Mayweather fought and beat. There is no name he had the chance to fight that you can argue is better than who he did fight.

    People talk about past prime names while ignoring those same guys waiting until they had no where to go but Mayweather. Is Mayweather TBE no but top 10-20 arguably which is better than most fighters can do.
     
  11. madballster

    madballster Loyal Member Full Member

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    Holyfield didn't fight everybody. Lewis didn't fight everybody. No fighter in history has fought "everybody". Holyfield is just a delusional and obviously mentally challenged old man. He's living in a different reality.

    The truth is Holyfield is just a sad old man after going into bankruptcy.
     
  12. rodney

    rodney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Holifield jealous. He blew his money.
     
  13. M.3

    M.3 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    There will never be nobody left of you're undefeated at the lower weights.. Unless you have 100s of good to great fighters on your resume, there will always be that guy they'll say could give you trouble.. No one thinks Khan is great or could beat Floyd, but he gets knocked for not fighting him... Crazy
     
  14. Special 1

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    Hollyfield fought everybody, Floyd has not!! Think about it, on retirement Floyd had not fought the 4-5 best other guys in the divisions he held belts- Thurman, Khan, Brook just for starters, the list goes on and on way down to the likes of Berto!! ;-)
     
  15. Flexb

    Flexb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Oscar de la hoya sure came close to fighting just about every worthy contender and champ during his era. The only ones he didn't fight were Winky and Forrest that he could have. Cotto and Marg also but those guys were right at the end and Oscar instead fought the toughest guy that beat both of them -- Pac. Just about every big name guy around his class oscar fought, the guy was a true champ and the fact is, only one guy outpointed him during his actual prime by one round, and that was prime, undefeated Mosley, which Oscar avenged in a fairly easy rematch.