I've been commenting on a few boxing pages on facebook and today one of the pages posted a video of the 10th round of Holyfield vs Bowe I. I basically said that IMO that is the greatest round of HW boxing I've ever seen. Anyway someone saId that I was way out and that Willard vs Dempsey Round 1 and Louis vs Schmeling 2 round 1 were far superior. This was my exact reply.....
"No way on this planet was Louis vs Schmeling 2 anywhere near this level of back and forth action. I only remember Schmeling landing one right hand of any real note, the rest was just Louis battering him to the canvas.
Pretty much the same with Willard vs Dempsey, Dempsey had bet his purse on stopping Willard in the first and went all out to stop him. Willard must have thrown 5 very robotic punches in the whole round whilst Dempsey just pummelled away at him. That was not the quality back and forth action we saw in Bowe vs Holyfield 1 round 10. They were maulings that deserve their own place in history but certainly not amongst the greatest rounds of all time.
I have liked your post so you get the notification and see this post not because I agree at all with what you say."
Anyway now he's swearing at me telling me that there is no significance to the Bowe vs Holyfield round 10 blah blah blah (despite it being for the linear and unified HW title), so please guys vote on this for me and if you agree with this guy that's absolutely fine. You're voting for which is the best round of boxing here......
Here is a reminder of the 3 rounds in question...
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