Is Chris Byrd the GOAT?

Ike is real GOAT:

- he beat Tua, which alone makes him unbeatable,
- he beat Byrd who beat Tua AND Vitali,
- he retired undefeated,
- he would beat Lennox, because Tua had better chin+power than Lennox,
- he would beat prime Tyson, because Tua was bigger and had better chin+power than Tyson,
- he would beat Dempsey, because Tyson was bigger and had better chin+power than Dempsey,
- he would beat Foreman because he was bigger, better, better conditioned and stronger.

The only hope against him is Primo Carnera.

 

Yea I mean steroids become more prevailant in the sport by the 90s, probably way before that. Comparing much more muscular athletes against much smaller ones is unfair and they didn't have the same tools/drugs so cross era matches are unfair for this reason.

I thought the Ibeabuchi fight could of gone to Tua too tbh close fight. Ibeabuchi did take Tua's punches but Ibeabuchi was 235lbs of solid muscle and an astute technical pressure boxer

Holyfield would of beat Tua. He had the high guard defense to take Tua's left hook away and counter punching. This them sparring in prep for Tyson

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Holyfield talking about mitigating the left hook

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