Prime Holyfield in this CW tournament?

Holyfield has too much of everything for all of them. Chin, conditioning, hand speed, punch power and work rate.

 

Do you remember the heavyweight h2h tournament thread from a few years back? We could legitmately do a good crusiser weight one now with Evander and Haye added to the mix.

 

I also wonder how would Dorticos fellow Cuban Juan Carlos Gomez do in the current wbss tourney.

 

Evander would be Undisputed easily.

 

Haye would win!

 

Too small. Uzyk would dominate him.

 

Haye with his speed, traps and power.

Usyk with his silky skills and ring IQ.

Evander with his chin, desire and insane work rate.

Gassiev with his tactical pressure and bone crunching punch placement.

What a clash of styles that would of made for.

 

Bs. Usyk has trouble with Hunter and Briedes. He has no defense and he’s just a volume puncher. His skills are overblown. I don’t band wagon here like most people.

 

Dem traps.

 

Could he ambush Usyk?

 

Dominate??

When was Holy dominated?

No offence to Usyk.

 

Holyfield, for sure.

How about we revisit in a decade...

 

You'd have to favour Holyfield. He has faster hands than anyone in the current division, better combination puncher too. He also took bombs from Bowe, Tyson and Lewis and was only stopped once, can't see him getting stopped by anyone at cruiserweight. Also Holyfield's workrate and stamina was on another level to anyone else. He fought in the 15 round era and threw 1290 punches in his first fight with Qawi, that would be 1032 punches over 12 rounds and you'd assume he could of thrown more knowing he didn't have to fight those 3 extra rounds.

So how do you beat a guy who you can't stop, is faster than you, a better combination puncher and can out punch you at least 2-1.

Usyk probably has the best chance of anyone. He has the foot work to try and outbox Evander and the best work rate.

 

Holyfield is a legend, he' too much for any of them