Tuan_Jim wrote:SaadOffTheDeck wrote:man wrote:
right. though i feel like with pound for
pound everything past ten or maybe
twenty becomes messy by the number
of worthy candidates.
seems to me people sometimes forget
that evander moved to heavy at age 26
or so and many of his big fights were
past his prime. yet he was so competitive
that this was not obvious for quite a few
years. he was 37 when he met lennox ...
like I said. He's highly underrated.
Why do you think it's become so fashionable to downgrade him? A guy always fighting naturally bigger men, always giving his all in the ring. What's not to like? Bowe I understand the distaste. But Holyfield? I just don't get it.
perception gets twisted for some if a
fighter keeps going past the point where
he should. evander (for whatever reason)
looked terrific even in his mid forties, but
got beaten by mediocre men. and those
who had not witnessed his greatness, do
hold that against him.
many have maybe not forgotten
that roy
jones had been great, but they are not
aware anymore just
how great he actually
was. he was amazing and fought like no
one else, but the shell of what he was is
currently twisting perception of the past.
plus in evander's case he was this old
fashioned tough as nails, short hooks
kind of guy and that is not as flashy as
the 6.7 right hand knock out giant. he
was no dancer either, didn't "box", just
a guy who would keep coming no matter
what.
