Holyfield ranked as No. 15 by the WBC!

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Minto, Oct 4, 2009.


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  1. Unforgiven

    Unforgiven VIP Member banned Full Member

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    Manuel Quezada beat Travis Walker with a first-round KO, but Walker was no contender.
    I just watched the fight on youtube. Holyfield would probably beat both those guys easily.
    Holyfield would probably beat Ray Austin too. And several on the WBC list. He'd beat Sam Peter, the guy Vitali beat for the title - that's the truth.
     
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  2. cubex

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    If anything he should go by the WBA way again and try for the title there.

    It would be a execution with Vitali.
     
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  3. Boxmaster

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    It would be Drago vs Creed.
     
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  4. Minto

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    Don´t forget, that Haye might be the next WBA champ. Although i am sure Vitali would k.o. Haye, i know that Haye might punish Holyfield harder than Vitali would, because Haye is so damn quick. Holyfield looks really bad against quick fighters like Byrd, Toney or Sultan Ibragimov.
     
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  5. Unforgiven

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    Holyfield might be able to KO Haye though.
    Haye leaves himself open and has a weak chin, and Holyfield can still drive through a solid sharp left hook or straight right counter. Barrett knocked Haye down, so did Mormeck - so Holyfield has a chance to hit, hurt or KO him.
     
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  6. djm

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    Criticizing ABC ranking is shooting fish in a barrel... I mean, someone cited Boxrec rankings as better (!!) and they actually are (for a top-15, at least).

    But if talking about Holyfield, how does the WBA put him in at 15, then drop him after losing a razor thin BS decision to its champ? I'll take Holy at 15 before I accept that logic. And how is Ruiz their mandatory, but not the #1 contender?

    Fightnews, whom I usually respect, have Holy at 11, which is just too high. 15, though, is not out of the question, really.
     
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