Comments Thread For: Evander Holyfield Explains How To Beat The Klitschkos

[The Nephilim]

Holyfield would have gotten destroyed in his prime by current Vitali.

And Holyfield in his prime without the juice wouldn't have beaten anybody of note.

All of these old guys always think they could do better than the current guys, but most of them are punch drunk and delusional, like steroid cheater "Evan Fields."

[Weltschmerz]

The Klits would have a point if they didn't fight losers and bums and nobodies 99% of the time. With th e exception of Haye who they knew was injured, and Possibly Sam "Lard Ass" Peter who rocked Wladi***** like a sterno bum....these guys have never beat anyone. Minus Haye, Holyfield today could beat their whole roster combined. Hell he even lasted 2 whole fights with Lewis, something Quitali could only handled for half a fight. That given, any outcome of Klits verses Holyfield are purely conjecture, just like the subject of the Klits career legitimacy and championship claims.

Still sucking Haye's ****. You are one sorry Klitschko hater, you're not even funny.

[Cuban Linx]

If you said it was someone like Rid**** Bowe, then I could see that.

Rid**** Bowe would give the brothers a really tough fight, he had excellent inside game and he had the size of a HW. Holyfield was a cruiser weight masquerading as a HW.

[GOD-FR33]

Show some respect........

The Real Deal is my all-time favorite fighter. He is perhaps the toughest heavy ever along with Ali. He is spot on here and would beat both brothers in his prime. He would stop WLAD and beat up Vitali over 12 rounds. He would STILL even put up a good fight today believe it or not because he isn't normal. LoL. Show some respect and stop acting as if the brothers are so great because they are not. They are simply reaping the benefits of a weakened Heavy-weight era. And for the record, at 37 years old, he also beat Lewis the second time asLewis was robbed in the first fight. He also beat N.V. and should have retired as the oldest Heavy-weight champion BUT the Russians robbed him that time as well.

[Simurgh]

I have a very high respect for Holyfield and everything he did - but I wouldn't prefer him over either brother prime vs prime.

It would be very similar to the fights against Lennox maybe even worse due to the digger size difference. Holyfiled's gameplan is to come inside and think both Wlad and Vitali are better in keeping fighters outside than Lennox was as he himself used to occasionally fight inside.

[493dart]

how the hell do you get on the inside of Wlad when he clinches constantly ?

[studentofthegam]

Because Lennox also can fight inside, that's how he hit Vitali so many times.

Great point

LOL A prime Holyfield loses to a prime Vitali and Wladimir anyday. A prime Holyfield was too small. His biggest wins at HW came against fighters that were old and on their way out. Foreman and Holmes. He got his ass beat by Rid**** Bowe both times that Rid**** Bowe showed up in shape. Lost to Michael Moorer. John Ruiz, Chris Byrd, James Toney.

His HW career is defined by his wins over Mike Tyson who was also way past his prime.

After the Tyson fights he fought Chris Byrd, after Byrd got annihilated by Wladimir Klitschko, and lost to Byrd in a very lop-sided fight. He would get killed if he ever faced the brothers.

If you think Holyfields career is defined by Tyson then you should watch more of his fight. Holyfields career is defined by being a dominant CW and moving to HW without cherry picking. BTW He lost to a bunch of HW champs. Not bad.

[bojangles1987]

how the hell do you get on the inside of Wlad when he clinches constantly ?

The openings have been there, there's just no heavyweights today who can fight inside. Definitely not like Holyfield could.

[studentofthegam]

The openings have been there, there's just no heavyweights today who can fight inside. Definitely not like Holyfield could.

Yep. There is not one HW outside the Klits with decent footwork. Its a real shame theyre not teaching boxing at the HW level anymore. I call it the caveman division.

[Larry the boss]

he needs to have someone explain to him how to use a condom