Tyson or K-brothers who fought better competion?

They are absolutely nothing to boast about in terms of greatness. I see it different:

Carl Williams -- Sam Peter: Peter KO 8 WK
Frank Bruno -- Eddie Chambers: Chambers close UD WK
Michael Spinks -- Ruslan Chagaev: Chagaev UD WK
Tony Tubbs -- Hasim Rahman: Tubbs UD (Rahman was past prime) MT
Larry Holmes -- Tony Thompson: Thompson KO 10 (Holmes far past prime) WK
Tyrell Biggs -- Sultan Ibragimov: Ibragimov UD WK
Tony Tucker -- Lemon Brewster: Tucker UD MT
Pinklon Thomas -- Ray Austin : Thomas UD MT
James Smith -- Calvin Brock: Not sure

Thats 3 for Mike Tyson, 5 Wladimir Klitschko and an unknown.

 

I'm going to bed, hopefully by time I wake up, you would of at least gone to the effort of watching these fighters before making a comment on them. :-(

 

Seen em all brother, take care:bbb

 

Carl Williams is ****. Peter is much better.

 

tyson easily

 

Tyson but comparable.

 

Reality is Tyson went down in his career after a loss, i.e. facing adversity, where Klitschko learned, made adjustments, and improved.

 

Tyson. Is the sky blue? GTFOH.

 

atsch
The thread asks who fought better competition and to any sane boxing fan, the answer is Tyson. He fought:

Larry Holmes
Evander Holyfield 2x
Lennox Lewis

What three fighters did Wlad fight that are better?

 

Yeah, it's also subject that Gigli is a better movie than The Godfather.

 

The Klitschko nut huggery around here is exponential.

Tyson fought and beat the better opposition.

Why is this even a question?

 

I think Tyson fought better competition, and the fact he was smaller in height and weight than most of them is more impressive. The Klitchkos are superheavyweights fighting smaller guys.

 

In my opinion, Tyson. Tyson's era was filled with good boxers compared to now. The heavy weight division is crap!

 

I like Bonecrusher Smith but he is not better than Calvin Brock. Come on now.

As to the thread - obviously Tyson, but let's wait until the Klitschkos' careers draw to a close before making our final judgments.

If Wladimir, for instance, cleared out Povetkin/Haye/Adamek and then managed to somehow rope his brother into a fight and win it...then you could at least start to make a credible case for his resume of wins surpassing Iron Mike's.

 

Actually, you are right. I was thinking who BEAT better competition. Tyson fought much better guys, and just lost to most of them.

In terms of who beat better competetion, I still say Tyson but it is comparable. Spinks was done because of his knee problems, and was best as a light heavy anyway; Holmes was 37 years old with a long layoff, and Tucker, while formidable, is often morphed by Tyson fans into something he is not. Tyson's competition was solid for a great heavy- faded former greats and leading contenders, but harldy spectacular.