What Era had the Most Talented HeavyWeights?

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Tony Tucker was a beast, he had guys relinquishing titles so they wouldn't have to fight him.

He broke his hand a few days before the Tyson fight and then shattered it early in the fight, shit happens in boxing, Tyson was a beast who probably would have beaten him anyway, but Tucker was a bad motherfucker. Michael Spinks ducked him hard.

Tucker was the lifelong beneficiary of Don King low balling people and generous rankings late on. The guy had big natural skill and ability for sure, but I really doubt Spinks and Foreman were afraid of the man. Asking a lineal champ to settle on a fraction when he was able to make 7,8 times that is a non starter and bad business, King at his calculated finest with all roads to Tyson either way.

I get that Tony Tucker was not a big name, but I think you're downplaying the man's skill. The guy was a fantastic boxer, great jab, mobile, and had huge power in both hands. He was a nasty fight and in his prime I say he was a tough night for any HW you could name.

Oh no, he absolutely had skill, absolute. But he was similar to many of time as he was also a self saboteur with substance abuse, jumbled management and lack of focus and motivation. I'm still not convinced he wasn't outhustled and boxed vs Orlin Norris. His skill was obvious, its not as if he lacked ample opportunity to show it? But no matter the era if your mind ain't right and the fire wavering, skill means nothing. Having that leech King pulling his strings was a catch 22. His name didn't need to be huge with that connect.