Tough to say. It'd either be Wlad by decision or Holyfield by TKO. My initial opinion was Holyfield, so that's who I picked, but I'm not %100 sure on that.
Very interesting matchup because Wlad is a lot bigger but cannot fight inside, where as holyfield can.
It was easier for Evander to get inside on Riddick Bowe than it would have been against Wlad. But Bowe had much better inside game than Wlad.
a hell of a fight, very hard to predict but holyfield was a beast even at heavyweight
going with holyfield after a very tough fight by md/sd although wlad has a good shot as well
Bowe beat Evander pretty clearly in the 1st fight, but Holyfield still landed some monster shots in that fight. Bowe's chin is incredible though.
I'm pretty certain that Wlad would not survive those shots.
And i'm not convinced that Wlad has a better jab than Bowe. The only reason why Bowe abandoned the jab in some spots against Holyfield is because he also had a stellar inside game as well, and he wanted to wear him down on the inside, and force him into trade war (which Evander did in all three fights) which was Evader's downfall in 2 out of 3 of the fights.
Prime Bowe, Prime Lewis & the Tyson that Holyfield beat twice are better than Wlad.
Wlad has nobody on his resume that comes close to a prime Holyfield.
Holyfield by lopsided RAPEage
Evander wouldn't land those decent shots(Your overrating Holyfields power).
At least not in combination.
Wlad might have a scare here and there.
I think Wlad neutralizes Holyfield much in the way Lewis did when he fought Holyfield.
Not as well. but close enough to get the close win.
Holyfield by lopsided RAPEage.
Wlad has never fought a guy even close to being on par with a prime Holyfield.
But Holyfield has beaten better fighters Wlad.
Fight ends with Wlad unconcious on the canvas with 3 cracked ribs (due to some nifty inside work) and his piñata like chin busted.
No way in hell does Wlad survive any of the bombs that Holyfield landed on Bowe in any of those 3 fights, and trust me, they would land.
I'm not so sure and he didn't hit that hard.
Bowe only had issues with Evander when he got lazy in the second fight.
Wlad would not fight on the inside and use his jab much better than Bowe did.
after watching the bowe fights againt recently i think it would be a similar fight but holy would be able to slip wlads slower jab and bowe took a better shot...
i tihnk holy would win by tko....
but he would have trouble
Well Evander had a iron chin. One Lewis couldn't dent and Bowe had trouble denting.
So I don't seeing Wlad hurting him.
If Evander can get inside he has a shot.
Holyfield at his best at HW didn't hit very hard.
He only gained power when he bulked up and slowed down.
Really hard to predict this one.
I lean towards Wlad slightly. by MD.