If Holyfield beat Bowe in fight 1.... Would he have then fought Lewis in his next fight as was agreed upon? ofcourse he would. He's a ****ing warrior!
in all likelihood he would have done. question: who were the great heavyweights who fought during the 90's and what do they have in common? answer: foreman, holmes, tyson, bowe, lewis and they all fought evander the real deal holyfield!
I'll answer your question and answer with a question and an answer. Would I lick my balls if I were a dog? Of course I would. I'd be a ****ing dog! ...With balls!
I'm not totally sure, he probably would not give up the WBC like Bowe did but he did put off facing Rudduck for a while and after he beat Bowe in the rematch he didn't sign to fight Lewis, he signed to fight Moorer. After he beat Tyson he took 3 years to face Lewis. But it probably would be a natural fight in 93
I cant imagine Holyfield giving up a belt and the winnerV winner was so anticipated that Holy would not lose face and look like a coward like Bowe did
Holyfield regained The "Linear" HW Title along with the IBF and WBA belts when he beat Bowe in November of 1993, W12. Lewis had been proclaimed WBC Champ and made his 2nd defense vs. Bruno in October of 1993, KO7, but failed to look impressive prior to the stoppage. Holyfield lost a close decision to Moorer in April of 1994 and did not look well in the fight despite dropping Moorer early. Lewis beat Phil Jackson, KO8, in May of 1994. Holyfield was inactive until May of 1995. Lewis lost to Oliver McCall, LKOby2, in September of 1994. I really don't think Holyfield was ducking Lewis in '94... Moorer was ranked #1 by the IBF and WBA. Lewis had the WBC belt. It took a lot for Champions to fight other belt holders in those days... it was business, not always the fighters fault. It's like saying, "Why didn't Lewis defend his WBC belt vs. Holyfield (the IBF/WBA/Lineal Champ)?" It just wasn't something that was going to happen at that time. Anyway, in '93 or '94 I think Holyfield would have won. A well past prime Holyfield almost beat a prime Lewis in their rematch in '99 in my opinion... in '93/'94 I don't think Lewis had peaked.
IF Moorer was the mando then fair enough, but if he wasn't he could/should have gone straight in with Lewis
I'm not overly sure what moorer did to earn his shot at holyfield. By this time i'd say the fact of who was lineal wasn't exceptionally relevant. Between bowe throwing his belt in the trash, a series of close decisions and foreman hiding in obscurity the concept of linearity meant sweet fa.
Holyfield didnt want to have anything to do with Ruddock for the very same reason, the WBC. Who knows who cares, Holyfield didnt have a crazy man who only represented one fighter making his decisions.
