Is Rid**** Bowe's victory over prime Holyfield better than any Tyson victory?

[PRINCEKOOL]

It's definitely Mike's signature win. But I don't think it's a better W than Bowe's. Michael Spinks, although he proved to himself he could be a legit heavyweight, wasn't really an all time great heavyweight. Evander is easily a top 10 ATG HW so Bowe beating him while he was in his prime and undefeated makes it better in my opinion.

Michael Spink's when he was obliterated by Mike Tyson? 'Was a Olympic Gold Medalist, Undisputed Light Heavyweight Champion and the man that ended Larry Holmes's Heavyweight reign by beating him twice'.

Evander Holyfield was not really considered a all-time great heavyweight during the time of the first Rid**** Bowe fight etc

I don't think Evander Holyfield was at his peak, during the first Rid**** Bowe fight 'Holyfield's peak was during the second Bowe fight, he was stronger and tactically more astute.

Note: When evaluating all of these statistics, I honestly don't think Rid**** Bowe's win over Holyfield 'Was a greater win than Mike Tyson's victory over Michael Spinks'.

[Mitchell Kane]

Maybe ... but that version of Holyfield weighed 205 pounds and was prone to getting into slugfests with opponents like Foreman, Cooper and Bowe.

It took that loss to convince Holyfield to change.

I wouldn’t favor that Holyfield over pre-prison Tyson.

[Toffee]

Tyson lost against guys who believed they could beat him. I think any version of Holyfield had enough belief to fck with Tyson's head and beat him.

I'd put Bowe's win over Holyfield ahead of Tyson's win over Spinks. Bowe beat a prime champion who came to win.

Tyson beat a guy who was never a great heavyweight champion and just wanted out. Good win, not great.

[LeOoze]

Michael Spink's when he was obliterated by Mike Tyson? 'Was a Olympic Gold Medalist, Undisputed Light Heavyweight Champion and the man that ended Larry Holmes's Heavyweight reign by beating him twice'.

Evander Holyfield was not really considered a all-time great heavyweight during the time of the first Rid**** Bowe fight etc

I don't think Evander Holyfield was at his peak, during the first Rid**** Bowe fight 'Holyfield's peak was during the second Bowe fight, he was stronger and tactically more astute.

Note: When evaluating all of these statistics, I honestly don't think Rid**** Bowe's win over Holyfield 'Was a greater win than Mike Tyson's victory over Michael Spinks'.

His win over Michael Spinks is very good. And I mentioned earlier, Spinks beating Holmes two times shows that he had the skills for heavyweight. That being said, it's not like Spinks is a great heavyweight, his legacy is 90% him being arguably the greatest light heavyweight ever. Even though Holyfield wasn't known as an ATG at the time when him and Bowe first fought, over the years he's been accepted as a top 10-20 ATG heavy, which makes Bowe's victory even better in hindsight.

[Roadblock]

Spinks was a LH just too small.

The version of Bowe that beat Holyfield would have stopped Tyson.