When Was Holyfield's Prime?

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  1. ashl3y72

    ashl3y72 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    good answers. i just feel like every time holyfield lost they'd be like "oh he is done now" and he kept proving them wrong. sad how a few losses mean its the end to a fighter :-(
     
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  2. JeanPaulValley

    JeanPaulValley Boxing Addict banned

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    Yeah when it's proven in a court! Notice how there was never any follow up investigations? Notice how he never tested positive?
     
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  3. Son of Gaul

    Son of Gaul Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This
     
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  4. the commentator

    the commentator Boxing Addict Full Member

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    holyfield's prime was when the "magic juice" still flowed all throughout his body......
     
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  5. thesandman

    thesandman Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He's had three primes I think according to some of his fans.

    When he wins, he's prime. When he lost, he wasn't. I think that's how it goes.
     
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  6. UniversalPart

    UniversalPart Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    'just' put in one of his best performances? In 2004??? Just????

    That was 8 years ago.

    Put that into perspective; I was still in college then.

    Since then I've gone to University, graduated, got married, had a child and opened my own business.

    'Just'????????????

    Really?
     
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  7. pirao666

    pirao666 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He had various primes. Whenever he wins he was prime, whenever he lost he wasn't, just ask his fans :yep
     
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  8. Hands of Iron

    Hands of Iron #MSE Full Member

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    Nah, nah, nah.. :D

    1987-93.

    He lost once to an elite with 30+ lbs on him. :deal
     
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  9. guncho

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    douglas to foreman! at hw.

    foreman fooked holyfield mentaly
     
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  10. Boxed Ears

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

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    2008 is when he'd finally come along all the way, peak of his powers and all of that. Too bad it ended with a devastating 12-round beating that would've ended any fighter's prime. :-(
     
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  11. irishny

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    Hes been the same size for about 20 years now.

    Even in his last fight when he was darn near 50 he weighed 226, he was 218 against Tyson.


    I reckon he was at his best all the way up to about 2000.

    It was only after that,that he really seemed to decline and start get beating by fighters he would have beaten in his prime.

    He went toe to toe with ATG prime Lennox Lewis, twice in 1999.
     
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