Was Holyfied Tyson 1 the last great Heavyweight fight??

[Jack Napier]

I did not see that fight,was it contested at a high level??Brewster has a habit of being out of shape..

Brewster outboxed early, then comes back
then the other guy comes back
great fight with some skill and some slugging
not sure why you rate Tyson-Holyfield so highly
Holyfield just surprised people by not getting murdered

[Guest]

All good fights but great,I don't think so..Kilts vs Lewis was great,toe to toe high action,but the skill level was high as well..I think that's what was missing from those fights ya mention..They were good fights,but what separates good from great is skill level...IMO it's what separates 140lb battles like Ward Gatti 1 from Pryor Arguello..The skill level for Tyson Holyfield and Lewis Klits was just on another level..IMO...

I don't agree.

I don't see how any of these fights were particularly skillful.

Entertaining yes. Skillful, not really.

Holyfield made Tyson back up, and Lewis-Klit they basically just slugged it out for 6 rounds.

All great fights though.

I don't think Tyson-Holyfield was that great. The hype was. The names were.

[Rome-By-Ko]

Brewster outboxed early, then comes back
then the other guy comes back
great fight with some skill and some slugging
not sure why you rate Tyson-Holyfield so highly
Holyfield just surprised people by not getting murdered

LMFAO,I'm going to check out the fight..

[Rome-By-Ko]

I don't agree.

I don't see how any of these fights were particularly skillful.

Entertaining yes. Skillful, not really.

Holyfield made Tyson back up, and Lewis-Klit they basically just slugged it out for 6 rounds.

All great fights though.

I don't think Tyson-Holyfield was that great. The hype was. The names were.

Was'int that a fight of the yr??I'm telling you it was hype,but it damn sure lived up to it..That does not always happen,look to Klits Haye..What a god awful fight...

[Jack Napier]

Was'int that a fight of the yr??I'm telling you it was hype,but it damn sure lived up to it..That does not always happen,look to Klits Haye..What a god awful fight...

Marco-McKinney shoulda been top fight for 96
Holyfield just hit and held over and over
the ending 2 rds were exciting, but overall not a great fight

[Guest]

Was'int that a fight of the yr??I'm telling you it was hype,but it damn sure lived up to it..That does not always happen,look to Klits Haye..What a god awful fight...

Yeah, there are too many crappy fights to think about.

But I always think people should concentrate on the good ones so if people get interested in a good fight or two, they can see what the heavyweight division can be (ie Holyfield-Bowe, etc) given the right participants.

[Rome-By-Ko]

Yeah, there are too many crappy fights to think about.

But I always think people should concentrate on the good ones so if people get interested in a good fight or two, they can see what the heavyweight division can be (ie Holyfield-Bowe, etc) given the right participants.

OMG Holyfield-Bowe is such a throwback fight..But again that had skill to it,ya know??

[Daļa]

Holyfield-Tyson I was a big event, but not a great fight, and Tyson lost almost every rounds.
The last great war was Vitali-Sanders, even if Vitali won almost all the rounds, Sanders was 'till the end a danger for Vitali.
The last great "technical" fight/victory was Wlad-Peter I, i think.

[Left Hook Tua]

Tua-Ibeabuchi

great fight.

shame about the robbery decision by the crooked judges though.

just like with the pac-jmm judges , they just didn't appreciate tua's counterpunching skills.

[IronDanHamza]

Tyson-Holyfield 1 wasn't really competitive.

It was the event of the year but it certainly wasn't the best fight of the year.

It was exciting because Holyfield was whooping Mike Tyson's ass (Not for me because Mike Tyson was one of my favourite fighter at that time) and as every round went by you would say to yourself 'Wow, Holyfield is actually going to win this'