Who was the greatest in their "prime" from the 90's Heavyweight Fab Four ?

lewis easy.

 

Prime
1. Holyfield
2. Tyson
3. Bowe
4. Lewis

Overall greatness
1. Lewis
2. Holyfield
3. Tyson
4. Bowe

 

Tyson ko1

 

Hard choice
Each one could beat the others IMO.

We saw the Tyson whirlwind of the 80's, he then flushed all that down the toilet. Same with Bowe, he could have been great but lacked discipline. Holyfield did exceptionally well for a small guy and Lewis, well he did everything you could ask for. Tough call.

I could pick Tyson, because of his sheer dominance, knocking out the closest challenger in 91 seconds.

Or Bowe who beat Holyfield who probably achieved the most out of all of them.

Or Lewis who ruled his era, just like Tyson ruled his. However unlike Tyson, Lennox kept his head screwed on straight......

 

At no time in his career did Holyfield ever have power even remoting close to approaching Liston. Liston's on par with Foreman, and Lewis and Tyson are close behind, (if you consider speed, Tyson may exceed them all)

Holyfield was never in this league.

 

Head to head it is definitely lewis.

Based on career achievement in prime, I did vote holyfield, but I changed my mind. It's lewis all day long. Close between them two with tyson a close third. Bowe is a fair bit behind.

We can discuss prime bowe all day long but it didn't last long and plus he avoided loads of big fights.

 

Lewis, Holyfeild

 

My list is the same. Lewis only makes it because of his legacy. Holyfield makes it on longevity. Bowe makes it for the reason you stated.

Prime for Prime, Tyson owns all of those guys inside 6 rounds.