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There are few unluckier guys in boxing history than Holyfield.
Robbed of Olympic gold, which made his pro purses far smaller.
Accused of headbutting which biased and unfair Tyson fans use as an excuse to take away credit from his great victory...despite Jim Gray showing Tyson the replays that CLEARLY show it was Tyson trying to get a butt in to get a DQ or NC.
He was robbed of becoming 5 time heavyweight champ due to being docked a point for a low blow that was a legit knockdown of Ruiz, but then Ruiz was not docked for a deliberate low blow straight after.
He was robbed of becoming 6 time heavy champ after easily outpointing Valuev. This was the biggest weight discrepancy in heavyweight boxing history too btw.
Further credit is taken from him for apparently being a steroid cheat..despite the fact that he never tested positive in any fight before or after, and despite the fact that the weight jump was nothing compared to many other boxers. The cruiser limit is 14st 4 and he fought the almost 18st Bowe at 14st 10 having trained with a pro body builder and personal nutritionist.
If he did take steroids it was only to help him get to heavyweight and since he had nothing in his system whilst in the ring, and whilst virtually all his opponents still outweighed him(some by a wide margin) he was hardly at an advantage.
Let us not forget, he was a natural light heavy, not cruiser.
Let us not forget that the ring magazine said he would not last one round with Tyson.
Tyson fans who say Tyson was not at his best should not forget that Holyfield was said to be shot after struggling with former middleweight, Bobby Czyz.
Many people listen to biased, haters and have it in their heads that he was a dirty fighter and drug cheat, with absolutely not one replay or slo mo, to back the dirty fighter accusations up, and no positive drug test acquired.
Give the guy the credit he deserves, he was an absolute warrior, who ducked no one, and never bad mouthed his opponents.
Robbed of Olympic gold, which made his pro purses far smaller.
Accused of headbutting which biased and unfair Tyson fans use as an excuse to take away credit from his great victory...despite Jim Gray showing Tyson the replays that CLEARLY show it was Tyson trying to get a butt in to get a DQ or NC.
He was robbed of becoming 5 time heavyweight champ due to being docked a point for a low blow that was a legit knockdown of Ruiz, but then Ruiz was not docked for a deliberate low blow straight after.
He was robbed of becoming 6 time heavy champ after easily outpointing Valuev. This was the biggest weight discrepancy in heavyweight boxing history too btw.
Further credit is taken from him for apparently being a steroid cheat..despite the fact that he never tested positive in any fight before or after, and despite the fact that the weight jump was nothing compared to many other boxers. The cruiser limit is 14st 4 and he fought the almost 18st Bowe at 14st 10 having trained with a pro body builder and personal nutritionist.
If he did take steroids it was only to help him get to heavyweight and since he had nothing in his system whilst in the ring, and whilst virtually all his opponents still outweighed him(some by a wide margin) he was hardly at an advantage.
Let us not forget, he was a natural light heavy, not cruiser.
Let us not forget that the ring magazine said he would not last one round with Tyson.
Tyson fans who say Tyson was not at his best should not forget that Holyfield was said to be shot after struggling with former middleweight, Bobby Czyz.
Many people listen to biased, haters and have it in their heads that he was a dirty fighter and drug cheat, with absolutely not one replay or slo mo, to back the dirty fighter accusations up, and no positive drug test acquired.
Give the guy the credit he deserves, he was an absolute warrior, who ducked no one, and never bad mouthed his opponents.
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