this fight is at cruiserweight and is the schmeling of the first louis fight against the holyfield of the first qawi fight ,gloves are of schmeling's era the fight is over 15 rounds and there is no standing eight count.
Schmeling, absolutely no doubt. The guy who beat Louis is a superior fighter to the guy who beat Qawi. Prime for prime would be much closer and I'd probably elan more towards Holyfield then, but it's close.
Def wouldn't go the distance. Would be war. Holy was a force at cruiserweight. Schmeling's win against Louis was a strategy job. I just don't see Schmeling destroying Holyfield's chin. On the other hand we have Holy with Ko-power and decent technique. So I'd say Holy by late round stoppage.
Why are we talking about crusierweights? Schmeling was 190 lbs. He was a heavyweight. So was Holyfield at this weight. War? Before Schmeling destroyed Louis, he had been outpointed by Jack Sharkey and knocked out by Max Baer. He then dropped a decision to Steve Hamas and drew with Paulino Uzcudun. War? Please. Schmeling's only victory in this pre-Louis series was against middleweight Mickey Walker. Louis took the Schmeling fight because he figured Schmeling was a has-been. And, really, Schmeling was. The problem was that Schmeling wasn't enough of a has-been for Louis. I suppose people think Holyfield-Schmeling is a competitive fight because they believe Louis beats Holyfield and Schmeling handled Louis. There's a bad assumption in there. It's not hard to figure out.
MrMarvel probably because 190 pounds isnt a heavyweight anymore it is a cruiserweight. Schmeling knocking Louis out isnt much of a big deal since Louis couldnt take a punch. Holyfield on the other hand could. Holyfield moved up and beat big fighters like Bowe. Max didnt and couldnt do the same. Holyfield would slaughter Schmeling.
12 fights into his career might be cutting it too close. Put a little more seasoning on him, then he should win it. Victory through volume; starting and then finishing the exchanges.
i voted holyfield but only after it i noticed it is the 1st qawi fight holyfield. this makes it a tough question. i don't know , holyfield inexperienced . This content is protected
holyfield didn't really beat bowe , though , it is 2(1):1(0) for bowe , with holyfields' win a close MD. it is much more of 'bowe beat holyfield'. and seen 3 fights , btw , each one twice and more , i think that actually 3 times each one.
I se Holyfield winning by mid round KO. Too much speed, chin,power and combination punching. Max would try for a sneaky right hand bomb to set up a fight ending combo but that's his only chance (and a small one at that). Holy would overwhelm him.