Holyfields legacy as a heavyweight...

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by sir axeman, Jun 6, 2008.


  1. FROST

    FROST Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah, Evander had some losses but go and put any other HW (or CW) in the ring against his competition and see how they will fare...they will not do better, with VERY few exceptions...

    Holyfield is not overrated. Period.

    Another thing, put a 44year old fighter that has been through many wars and injuries in the ring with a prime decent beltholder who went 12 with Klitschko recently - you think that he'll get knocked out, right? No, Holyfield went the distance in the other guys backyard - he got beat but was never dominated.

    And, these days Holyfield has problems with fighters who move and are somewhat fast, which is normal due to his age, but put a decent current top10 HW in front of him that isn't that fast, like Chagaev, Virchis or even Peter, and he will beat them even now at 45 years - that's what I honestly believe