He won his first heavyweight title belt against Chris Byrd. Then he defended it five straight times which were all won via Tko/ko.
He was upset by Corrie Sanders. Then he suffered a TKO loss to Lamon Brewster after taking two bounce back fights.
Then after beating Davarryl Williamson and Eliseo Castillo, he challenges undefeated hard hitting Sam Peter. He won that via Decision.
Then he rematches Chris Byrd for a heavyweight title and stops him. Since then he has made 6 straight defenses. 5 of the 6 were by stoppage. These 6 defenses were against the likes of Lamon Brewster where he avenged a loss. Calvin Brock who was undefeated and a hope for the next best american heavyweight, then he unified his IBF belt with the undefeated WBO champion Sultan Ibragimov and won a near shutout.
Afterwords he stops Tony Thompson in 11 rounds and stopped former universally recognized heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman in 7 rounds.
What do you guys think? Hall of fame worthy already?
I think he is
He was upset by Corrie Sanders. Then he suffered a TKO loss to Lamon Brewster after taking two bounce back fights.
Then after beating Davarryl Williamson and Eliseo Castillo, he challenges undefeated hard hitting Sam Peter. He won that via Decision.
Then he rematches Chris Byrd for a heavyweight title and stops him. Since then he has made 6 straight defenses. 5 of the 6 were by stoppage. These 6 defenses were against the likes of Lamon Brewster where he avenged a loss. Calvin Brock who was undefeated and a hope for the next best american heavyweight, then he unified his IBF belt with the undefeated WBO champion Sultan Ibragimov and won a near shutout.
Afterwords he stops Tony Thompson in 11 rounds and stopped former universally recognized heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman in 7 rounds.
What do you guys think? Hall of fame worthy already?
I think he is
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