prime holyfield vs prime Wladimir Klitschko

I just did, why did you not follow my reply?

naa irrelevant. Bertie wasn't hurting Holyman bad. in fact it was Cooper who was getting taken apart, tkoed in 7 and down twice.
Holyman just absorbed everything, even after being knocked down.

Don't remember wladdie doing that, he lost baaaad almost always when he got floored.

 

Holyfield wasn't prime in 93 and 94? :huh Vaughan Bean in 98 I'll maybe just give you. Still a good bit younger than Wlad is now and he fought for another 13 years.

 

I haven't suggested that Holyfield wasn't prime in '93. :huh You cited Alex Stewart, Vaughan Bean and Mercer, as having all lasted 12 rounds with Holyfield.

I consider Holyfield's prime to be from the point at which he won the World Heavyweight Title to the point he regained it from Bowe in their second encounter ('90 to '93).

That's more or less four years of Holyfield at the peak of his powers, during which time he fought Alex Stewart for the second time, in '93, and why I suggested that Stewart was the only fighter you had listed, who took Holyfield 12 rounds rounds in his prime.

The Mercer bout was in '95 (which was, incidentally, a 10-round fight) and had immediately followed Holy's loss to Moorer. It also immediately preceded the final encounter with and loss to Bowe, that same year. This was at a time when there were genuine concerns for Holyfield's health. I personally do not consider anything after '93, as Holyfield being in his prime.

You neither judge a boxer's prime by how long they fought on for nor by comparing ages between boxers. Every Boxers' career is unique in that way. Suffice to say, Wladimir's age now is of absolutely no relevance to Holyfield's prime.