Was this Holyfield’s strategy to maximise his chances of beating Lewis in 1999?

Yeah that's why i don't bother reading any of his posts and have him on ignore, he has some of the worst takes i've ever seen and only talks about the same subject.

His obsession for hating on Lewis on multiple accounts is a bit weird yet he'll defend Fury i just don't get that mentality honestly.

Lewis won 15 world title fights, 8 lineal title fights, 13 wins against ranked opposition, and fought 23 times when he beat Razor Ruddock up until he retired.

By comparison Fury has only beaten 3 opponents who were ranked in the top 10, has fought only 6 world title fights, and has only fought 10 times since beating Wladimir.

Lewis was actively fighting for the most part world class opposition after his break out fight vs Ruddock, where as Fury since his break out fight vs Wladimir has fought the likes of Chisora 3 times, Ngannou MMA fighter, Wallin who was nobody at the time, Pianeta, Seferi.

Yeah Lewis may of missed out on 1 or 2 names but for the most part he fought the whos who of his era especially the most important names anyway.

Fury on the other hand has missed out on a ton of names Zhang, Hrogvic, Usyk still not confident this fight gets made, Joshua, Parker, Ortiz, Povetkin, Ruiz, Pulev, plenty of top Heavyweights that Fury hasn't tested himself against.

 

Exactly right. I've never seen such a thin resume hyped up so much as it is the case with Fury.

If you can be the "best of your era" and an alleged ATG with only six title fights (half of those fought against the same guy) and only two title defences, what was the point in Ali fighting the Listons, Pattersons, Fraziers, Foremans, Nortons, Bonavenas, Lyles, Youngs, Shavers of the world when six title fights and three defences are plenty enough? What was the point in Lewis fighting the Holyfields, Vitalis, Tysons, Tuas, Briggs', Golotas, Mercers, Tuckers, Ruddocks of the world when six title fights and three defences are plenty enough?

Ridiculous. Fury has done next to nothing compared to true ATGs. Apart from the ones you mentioned, there are the likes of Anderson, Makhmudov, Bakole, Sanchez etc who already challenged Fury but Fury ignored them. Some warrior ATG warrior, this guy, with his last two fights from the past 19 months are the corpse of Chisora and a boxing debutant who gave him hell.

OP is a joke to obsessively criticise someone who has retired over 20 years ago yet worship and vehemently defend the biggest hype job in HW history. I might follow your example and put him on ignore.