If Tyson never went to jail after the wars with Razor Ruddock and the fight with Holyfield was made when it was supposed to?
Would the outcome have been similar to their real fight? How would that have boosted Holyfield's legacy, remembering he did not really receive much credit until after he LOST his first fight to Riddick Bowe! It is only after Holyfield actually did beat Tyson many years later (and had avenged against Bowe 1ce) that we really started to think of him as the ATG we know him as today (at HW).
Or would the outcome have been more along the lines of Holyfield not being seasoned enough yet to withstand the Tyson onslaught and succumbing to Tyson then, with Mike regaining the title so soon, the history of HW boxing might have been very different. The Douglas win might be regarded as just an anomaly, Tyson might have been even more dominant. Would Lennox had risen to such prominence? Would Holyfield have been relegated to just another B grader?
Such ripples have certainly changed the course of boxing history.
Would the outcome have been similar to their real fight? How would that have boosted Holyfield's legacy, remembering he did not really receive much credit until after he LOST his first fight to Riddick Bowe! It is only after Holyfield actually did beat Tyson many years later (and had avenged against Bowe 1ce) that we really started to think of him as the ATG we know him as today (at HW).
Or would the outcome have been more along the lines of Holyfield not being seasoned enough yet to withstand the Tyson onslaught and succumbing to Tyson then, with Mike regaining the title so soon, the history of HW boxing might have been very different. The Douglas win might be regarded as just an anomaly, Tyson might have been even more dominant. Would Lennox had risen to such prominence? Would Holyfield have been relegated to just another B grader?
Such ripples have certainly changed the course of boxing history.
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