Who was greater: Floyd Mayweather or Evander Holyfield?

[McNulty]

Let's get this out of the way.

Floyd Mayweather: beat Oscar, Pac, Cotto, Hatton, Maidana, etc. Has held world titles in 5 lower weight classes. Retired with with an official record of 50-0.

Evander Holyfield: beat Holmes, Foreman, Tyson(x2), Douglas, etc. Only boxer in history to be Undisputed champ at both Cruiser and Heavyweight. Four-time Heavyweight champ.

Who was the greater boxer?

Floyd had the better all around skills, plus he was never a testosterone cheater like Holyroid was.

Holmes and Foreman came out of retirement so put ***'s (yeah, 3!) next to those wins. Tyson was shot and he fought hella dirty.

Holyfield still was impressive despite his *'s. Floyd had something special not many fighters in history had and thats the complete package.

[joseph5620]

It's close.

Can't believe no one has mentioned Holyfield's wins over Qawi and De Leon.

I can believe it because of their lack of knowledge. Someone in here listed 42 year old Larry Holmes as a great win for Holyfield lol.

[Gigantes]

I can believe it because of their lack of knowledge. Someone in here listed 42 year old Larry Holmes as a great win for Holyfield lol.

huge lack of knowledge. idiots continue to say Evander was a cheat yet dismiss Floyd's own steroid use with IV to hide it.

side note, that's awesome you've been around since 07, I would've loved to have seen it then, I bet it was a lot better with guys actually discussing boxing

[The Big Dunn]

Let's get this out of the way.

Floyd Mayweather: beat Oscar, Pac, Cotto, Hatton, Maidana, etc. Has held world titles in 5 lower weight classes. Retired with with an official record of 50-0.

Evander Holyfield: beat Holmes, Foreman, Tyson(x2), Douglas, etc. Only boxer in history to be Undisputed champ at both Cruiser and Heavyweight. Four-time Heavyweight champ.

Who was the greater boxer?

I voted for Floyd. I think Holyfied will win the poll. Check thread below.

https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=653826

In the October issue of Ring magazine they asked 20 writers and historians to list their top 20 fighters since World War 2.
Points were awarded to each fighter = 20 points for 1st place placing, 19 points for 2nd place ect.
Here is how the total came out. The number of 1st place votes are in brackets.


1. Ray Robinson - 396pts - (17)
2. Henry Armstrong - 339 - (1)
3. Muhammad Ali - 324 - (1)
4. Roberto Duran - 296
5. Joe Luis - 293
6. Ray Leonard - 258
7. Willie Pep - 246 - (1)
8. Archie Moore - 189
9. Julio Cesar Chavez - 171
10. Ezzard Charles - 164
11. Perenell Whitaker - 132
12. Floyd Mayweather Jr - 118
13. Marvin Hagler - 117
14. Carlos Monzon - 98
15. Eder Jofre - 86
16. Sandy Saddler - 82
17. Roy Jones Jr - 80
18. Rocky Marciano - 77
19. Bernard Hopkins - 66
20. Ike Williams - 55

See post #18. Holyfield was voted 22nd.

Also, see post #183, In a Yahoo poll of top 25 in boxing history, Floyd at#19 Holyfield is not in top 25.

[DreamFighter]

holy, continually took the riskier fights by far.

but drug use may drop him below MOneyman.

holy could have gone 50-0 if he'd careered at LHW and CW with an opposition shorn of ATGs and Hof (though Money does have faded Pac). BUt Evander had no interest in a padded career. He faced the ultimate meatball as often as possible.

[Robbie Barrett]

Amazing..........

Pacquiao fans that left after Mayweather embarrassed him suddenly come back at the same time to vote in this poll.

[Robbie Barrett]

holy, continually took the riskier fights by far.

but drug use may drop him below MOneyman.

holy could have gone 50-0 if he'd careered at LHW and CW with an opposition shorn of ATGs and Hof (though Money does have faded Pac). BUt Evander had no interest in a padded career. He faced the ultimate meatball as often as possible.

How many top 10 and 5 P4P did Holyfield beat?

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Floyd by a little but Holyfield had the better resume

[DreamFighter]

How many top 10 and 5 P4P did Holyfield beat?

plenty, look at his resume.

but more to the point of the thread, undisputed is more important than "titlist"

[Robbie Barrett]

plenty, look at his resume.

but more to the point of the thread, undisputed is more important than "titlist"

You don't now do you?

I guarantee it's less than Mayweather.