Top 20 H2H heavyweights in history?

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  1. slash

    slash Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    old Holyfield. starting on his way down. wars had caught up to him.
     
  2. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Loyal Member

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    Thompson was not great...there are no great wins on his record. And he was light hitting.

    Wach was a finge contender.

    Briggs would have been the kind of guy Wlad didn't like, which is why he let Vitali have him. Grant had made a little comback. Ortiz and Wilder were indeed two names, and Ortiz wanted him.
     
  3. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Loyal Member

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    Again, not a thing. There weren't that many talented southpaws out there. And it's not like he ever lost to a talented southpaw the way Wlad got rolled by even low quality physically imposing fighters.
     
  4. Ice8Cold

    Ice8Cold The Hype Job Spotter. Full Member

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    Oh and Muhammed Ali lost to Ken Norton, and Mike Tyson lost to Buster Douglas, next!

    Just have a proper look at Holyfields record.
     
  5. Ice8Cold

    Ice8Cold The Hype Job Spotter. Full Member

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    I do see your point on a legacy sense, but going off a H2H/prime for prime sense Bowe for me is better than Holyfield and has proven it.
     
  6. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Loyal Member

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    Except that I am obviously not, and it's in writing:

     
  7. Ice8Cold

    Ice8Cold The Hype Job Spotter. Full Member

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    Pulev? Come on now.

    Riddick Bowe beat fighters much better than these guys.
     
  8. Ice8Cold

    Ice8Cold The Hype Job Spotter. Full Member

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    Before he knocked Mike Tyson out...
     
  9. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Fun facts: Lewis shared an era with the first ever southpaw heavyweight champion, openly declined to fight the second southpaw champion, and had a career that started and ended over almost the same period as Sanders’ career.
     
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  10. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    One fighter, singular.
     
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  11. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Loyal Member

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    What, two fights away from retirement? Please.
     
  12. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Oh right, his wife begged him and that Francois Botha fight had to happen.
     
  13. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Loyal Member

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    If this helps you sleep better. Having not fought a southpaw is qualitatively not the same on any level as having been beaten by physically imposing fighters, but whatever.
     
  14. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    Man, the disrespect Rufus Coin gets on these boards is awful.
     
  15. brb

    brb Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Preach.
     
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