Who'll go down in history as the greater fighter, Holyfield or Tyson?

[CloudJay]

holy will be. i like tyson though. but if holeyfield won a tittle if he can today. maybe he can be the one

[Dye]

Holyfeild beat the better fighters, Rid**** Bowe would have has his way with tyson

[deuce_drop]

holyfield over tyson.


holyfield had better fights, better opposition, he had moved up in weight to be a heavyweight, he wasn't a natural heavy.

he fought almost ever one that was available and fought them in their prime, some with exceptions but none the less.

tyson was devistating but i think career against career holyfield is the more accomplished fighter. inside and outside the ring, holyfield isnt a saint outside the ring either if you wanna get into his extra marital affairs and child support mess, but that has nothing to do with boxing but a lot to do with how some perceive a person. tysons just done more crazy **** and did one of the biggest against holyfield. makes tyson look bad always when that gets brought up.

[Bogler]

tyson. those who think otherwise probably were not around during tyson's era, as most of the posters here are not even over 20. you've got to be there to feel it and acknowledge how experts call him the baddest man on the planet. damn even nintendo made a game for him.

[neils7147933]

Holyfield is generally ranked higher because he had more quality wins and won head-to-head against Tyson. I think a 1988 Tyson beats Holyfield, but as a career, Holyfield > Iron Mike

[Verstyle]

tyson cleared his division in his prime,and did so at a very young age. holyfield didnt do that

[Verstyle]

.....Once the Tyson hype is completely watered down maybe 15-20 years from now, I think boxing historians will look back and favor Holy more. The bottom line is that Holy had the style to beat Tyson no matter when they fought. He would have beat Tysons ass even in his so called prime. Holy was the better boxer and the better man.

u make it seem like tyson's prime was in 2003 instead of 86 ahahahahaha. its been 20years and the hype is still there and growing into mythical proportions. it aint goin no where

[neils7147933]

tyson cleared his division in his prime,and did so at a very young age. holyfield didnt do that

Yes he did - the cruiserweight division.

Tyson's my favorite fighter, but I have to concede that...

[GunStar]

In my opinion Holyfield never beat Bowe, they fought 3 different times in their prime, I had Bowe winning fights 1/3 and I had the second fight a draw. So should I rank Bowe over Holyfield???

Tyson dominated for like 3 years, he was the baddest man on earth for 3 years, I can't really say the same about Holyfield.

I think a prime Tyson would've beaten Holyfield 9 out of 10 times.

Yes many people do overrate Tyson, but I think Tyson in his prime was a better then Holyfield.

[neils7147933]

In my opinion Holyfield never beat Bowe, they fought 3 different times in their prime, I had Bowe winning fights 1/3 and I had the second fight a draw. So should I rank Bowe over Holyfield???

Tyson dominated for like 3 years, he was the baddest man on earth for 3 years, I can't really say the same about Holyfield.

I think a prime Tyson would've beaten Holyfield 9 out of 10 times.

Yes many people do overrate Tyson, but I think Tyson in his prime was a better then Holyfield.

It maybe depends on how one answers the question - Is it 1) Who, at their best, was the superior fighter? or is it 2) Who had the greater heavyweight career?