BoxRec

Gnome wrote: ↑01 Apr 2018, 20:29

MrGuy wrote: ↑01 Apr 2018, 20:18

Gnome wrote: ↑01 Apr 2018, 20:01

Indulge me, name some names. Proviso: his prime was when he learnt to keep his hands up.

Is hands up code for excessive clinching? His hands up had little to do with his success. In real non-clinchfests......Ali, Foreman, Holmes, Lyle, Tyson, Holyfield, Lewis, McCall, Mercer, and his own brother. That's the short one.

What are you on about? I'm talking about his contemporaries, not Ali and Foreman and their ilk. And McCall and Mercer wouldn't have won against Wlad, and the others are no sure things.

You never said in this era. That's what I'm on about. Hard to tell who he would or wouldn't have beaten in this era due to his clinch style. You dont think Holyfield, Tyson, and the rest wouldnt spark him? Look at who he got stopped by mid career. He doesn't stand a chance against that crop unless it's a clinchfest.

Was the worst unification Heavyweight Title fight in recent memory if not the worst of all time sparring session

Yes a pretty poor fight, not helped by the ref. If Fury gets himself into good shape I think he would have a good chance of causing an upset over AJ.