Who is the greatest HW of the last 25 years?

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  1. Ilesey

    Ilesey ~ Full Member

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    Of the ones you have listed I would probably arrange them something like this:

    Holmes
    Holyfield
    Lewis
    Tyson

    Holyfield and Lewis are movable in my opinion but Holmes and Tyson stay put.
     
  2. 196osh

    196osh Mendes Bros. Full Member

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    In the last 25 years? :huh
     
  3. Ilesey

    Ilesey ~ Full Member

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    From the choices listed above.

    Edit: Ah, I see what you are saying.

    Perhaps by the early 80's Holmes was fading - I've arranged them generally or maybe even over the past 30 years.

    I suppose Lennox or Holyfield would top the list otherwise.
     
  4. 196osh

    196osh Mendes Bros. Full Member

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    Personally I would have Lennox just above Holmes anyway in a proper ATG list. But they are all very subjective.

    1. Ali
    2. Louis
    3. Lewis
    4. Holmes
     
  5. columbo man

    columbo man Active Member Full Member

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    NO!!!!!

    LEWIS WON FIRST ONE HANDS DOWN

    GOT TO ADMIT THE 2ND ONE FOR ME WAS CLOSE BUT STILL LEWIS WON!!!!!
    :thumbsup
     
  6. Drexl

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    Lennox was WBC Champ.
    Holmes had just lost to Holyfield and was 44 years old.

    Why the **** would Lennox fight him in 93? :lol:


    ******.
     
  7. Drexl

    Drexl Your Hero Full Member

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    Post your round-by-round scoring so we can all have a good laugh.

    :deal
     
  8. fidds

    fidds Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The man is blind :rofl or dosen't understand scoring :yep
     
  9. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Exactly. And it's a measure of how UNDERRATED Evander is, and how OVERRATED Lennox Lewis is that this poll is so skewed. Holyfield beat two of of the other top four guys in his era (Tyson and Bowe) when it mattered, and you never saw him getting taken out in the early rounds by second-raters when he held the title. Heck, he was never taken out early at ALL!

    Evander "Real Deal" Holyfield is, hands down, the greatest HW since Holmes.
     
  10. smiffy

    smiffy Well-Known Member Full Member

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  11. Vanboxingfan

    Vanboxingfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The only problem with this is that it's the answer to a different question than asked. yes Tyson was the most popular heavy over the last 25 years, hell he's the most popular fighter since Ali, but he's not the greatest, if greatest is defined in terms of accomplishments, which to most of us it is.
     
  12. smiffy

    smiffy Well-Known Member Full Member

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    we're talking about who was the hardest fighter, and its tyson all the way .
     
  13. smiffy

    smiffy Well-Known Member Full Member

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    strange isn't it ,feel like i'm dealing with children. thought this was a good site ?
     
  14. sues2nd

    sues2nd Fading into Bolivian... Full Member

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    :thumbsup
     
  15. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    It is. There's just a lot of people who really overrate Lewis.:yep