What Do You Think Is The Hardest Fanatsy Fight To Pick A Winner Out Of?

[sonnyboyx2]

So Weaver was "exposed", but Thomas apparently wasn't, despite a heroin addiction and having lost three of his last four fights? Grant had one of those undefeated records you keep touting, but had nonetheless also been "exposed"? That's in contrast to Golota, who was in no way "exposed" by Pouha. Come on, at least be consistent.

Regardless of the questionable ratings, it was Grant, not Ruiz who was being promoted as the next big thing, and that was the fight to be made. Ruiz' main claim to fame prior to facing Holyfield was being sparked cold in a round by Tua. Lewis had already vacated the WBA belt and fought Grant by the time Ruiz and Holyfield met the first time. I'm sure if King really fancied Ruiz' chances against Lewis the fight would have happened.

Herbie Hide? Who cares? The WBO had an even lower standing then than it does now, so "undefeated WBO champion" doesn't mean a whole lot. Lewis was busy unifying the division with Holyfield while Hide was fighting Willi Fischer and Damon Reed. Hide was also a "cruiser", or does that only count when Lewis was fighting them?

So Gonzalez beat Lewis in the amateurs. Kent Green beat Ali as an amateur and Henry Tillman beat Tyson as an amateur. Lewis also beat Bowe in the amateurs but I'm sure you have a slew of excuses for that. It doesn't have much bearing on their pro careers though and Gonzalez turned out to be little more than a journeyman.

The bottom line is Bowe vs Lewis was the biggest heavyweight fight out there after their respective wins over Holyfield and Ruddock. Bowe binned his belt, reneging on a prior agreement, and instead opted to defend against two journeymen. You're the only person I've come across who seems to think that was a good career move for Bowe.

The reason Bowe binned the belt was that Lewis was demanding a 50/50 purse split with the undisputed Heavyweight champion and options on Bowes next 5 fights which is ridiculous, Lewis did not want to fight Bowe, Lewis turned down £10 million in 95 from the Bowe camp saying he was consentrating on regaining his WBC title, the truth is Lewis never wanted to fight Bowe... in a recent interview with Evander Holyfield who was asked who the best fighter was he had ever fought Holyfield said Bowe was the best by some way

[Sugarj]

I suppose using Holyfield as the common opponent Bowe does seem to shade Lewis based on performances. Styles do of course make fights but Lewis's performances against a post prime Holyfield (1999-onwards) were not as impressive as Bowe's performances against a prime 92-95 Holyfield.