Who are your 3 favorite fighters of all time?

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  1. london2k

    london2k Guest

    I really struggle to see Lewis, or even Tyson being on the list.

    Lewis, apart from not being able to get the better of a vastly smaller, and old and beat up Holyfield, got knocked cold by ONE PUNCH not once, but TWICE in his career. That doesn't happen to all time great fighters. One punch and you're gone.........what other all time great fighter has that even happened to ONCE, let alone twice?

    Tyson, while one of, if not THE most exciting HW of all time, and despite being gifted with a one-in-ten-million body (he is a real freak of nature, even at 12 years old, and with no weight training he could beat the crap out of most adults....he was huge and freakishly fast) to me betrayed his true nature in the big fights against top competition.

    Tyson is a surprisingly interesting guy....thougtful, intelligent, with lots of interesting things to say. He also, in my opinion, is a bully and a front runner. When people refused to fight back he looked sensational. But when great fighters stood up to him and fought back he often folded up his tent. The exact OPPOSITE of Holyfield. In a shooting war, if Tyson was in the trench next to you, I picture him as the one diving face down into the mud while you are left alone to shoot it out. If Holyfield were next to you, you'd have nothing to worry about...he'd be right there in the fight. 'Just my opinion.
     
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