Tyson vs Holyfield - who of them is better fighter?

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We could say the same thing about Holyfield. After all, the best two fighters he fought he lost to ( Bowe and Lewis), and other guys he beat at heavyweight weren't exactly stars. Not saying he's not an ATG, just that he's not as good as some of his fans make out!!

Evander Holyfield beat Riddick Bowe once and would of beat him the 3rd time, but he couldn't finish him off because there was something wrong with him in that fight. He was huffing and puffing like an old man only after 3 rounds.

And he was very competitive with Lennox Lewis in there 2nd fight, and could of won. And he did beat ATG's he beat Mike Tyson, Dwight Muhammad Qawi, there both ATG's.

OK, well if you include Qawi, then I'll include Spinks. If you want to talk about what might have happened in Holyfield-Bowe III, I'll talk about what might have happened in Holyfield-Tyson II.

Lets forget Lewis-Tyson OK? We all know Tyson was way past it when he fought Lewis. At least I hope we do.

You do have a point about Holy's two victories over Tyson though. If you think that Tyson was still "prime" then that makes a difference.

Thats totally different there was something for certain wrong with Evander Holyfield, in that 3rd fight with Riddick Bowe you know it and i know it. He had Riddick Bowe out in his feet in the corner after he knocked him down.

But he hardly done anything im not sure what was wrong, but there was something for certain wrong with Evander Holyfield fact. Some people say it was heart problems, others say it was Hepatitas B. Whatever it was there was something wrong with him.

And what do you mean what might of happened in Evander Holyfield vs Mike Tyson 2 fight ? Mike Tyson had one good round he lost the other 2, he had a similar round like that in there 1st fight. It was the 5th round i believe, then Mike Tyson got taught a lesson and never come close to producing a round like that again.

Evander Holyfield beat Dwight Muhammad Qawi at his best weightclass. Mike Tyson beat Michael Spinks not at his best weightclass. Michael Spinks was an ATG at Light Heavyweight not at Heavyweight, he shouldn't of even had the belt in the first place. But yes Mike Tyson did technically beat an ATG in Michael Spinks, but i certainly don't believe Michael Spinks was an ATG at Heavyweight but whatever.

Lastly i never brought up Lennox Lewis vs Mike Tyson, i brought up Evander Holyfield vs Lennox Lewis 2. Pointing out alot of people thought Evander Holyfield defeated Lennox Lewis, and that wasn't in Evander Holyfield's prime either.

Evander Holyfield was a massive underdog against Mike Tyson, people were afraid for Evander Holyfield's life against Mike Tyson. Also out of 42 boxing experts only 1 chose Evander Holyfield, and thats simply because Evander Holyfield had looked like a shot fighter in fights against Riddick Bowe, Michael Moorer.

Obviously Mike Tyson wasn't in his prime but neither was Evander Holyfield. So its a legit excuse both ways, remember Evander Holyfield was 34 in the Mike Tyson fight. But i do believe Evander Holyfield does deserve alot of credit for beating Mike Tyson, considering how much of an underdog he was.