-Gomez, in the first 2 rounds OK but then started survival mode during the mid rounds... -I would say Arreola because he kept the pressure during the whole fight! -Peter and Kingping were a disgrace!!
I said Peter.... I took the poll as meaning who was the best name he faced? I said Peter cos he was the world champion at the time. If it was the best performance i'd say GOMEZ
Considering the 1,400 day lay off and the way he dominated Peter who was still considerd the next "Tyson" at the time my vote goes to Peter.
Gomez was knocked out in 1 round by tomato can Diaz!!!! Gomez was old, showed up overweight too. Peter showed up overweight and out of shape, compared to his fight with Wlad. Arreola was the best fighter vitali beat. Arreola was undefeated and went after vitali the whole fight.
I thought the 1st round against Peter was really good. Vitali ambushed him and broke his spirit early. Peter never recovered and became a sitting duck.
The skillfulled one could arguably be Johnson but didn't show and chose to survive from head start... Gomez showed his skills, opened up, let his hands go and got KO'ed. If Johnson chose to fight instead of hiding he would show the same display as Gomez for a while but he would risk to be KO'ed...
when you you the words "best" and "quality" at a certain level you are implying that these fighters can fight. Please do not ever use "quality" or "best" when talking about anything in the current heavyweight division . . . they are all $hit!