28 years ago today...

[Bobthepen]

Yup. He'd have got knocked out by Holyfield instead.

You could be right, I don't rightly know who to pick in that one. But I think it would be a hell of a lot better than their eventual 1996 showdown,.

For sure!

Even though back in 90 or 91 his skills had declined, his fights with Rudduck proved he still had a fighters attitude and stamina and was active and getting rounds in.

Compare that to someone who hadn't trained for 4 years and had just 16 and a half minutes of action in prep.

People slate Tysons win over Holmes but Holmes was only out 18 months before he started training for for Tyson!

Sauce for the goose et al. Holyfield was in his mid thirties and considered by most to be shot when he fought Tyson. He wasn't shot, but he wasn't the fighter he was five years earlier.

[ross]

Yup. He'd have got knocked out by Holyfield instead.

You could be right, I don't rightly know who to pick in that one. But I think it would be a hell of a lot better than their eventual 1996 showdown,.

For sure!

Even though back in 90 or 91 his skills had declined, his fights with Rudduck proved he still had a fighters attitude and stamina and was active and getting rounds in.

Compare that to someone who hadn't trained for 4 years and had just 16 and a half minutes of action in prep.

People slate Tysons win over Holmes but Holmes was only out 18 months before he started training for for Tyson!

Sauce for the goose et al. Holyfield was in his mid thirties and considered by most to be shot when he fought Tyson. He wasn't shot, but he wasn't the fighter he was five years earlier.

He may not have been the same fighter but was Mike any better? Not fighting or even training for 4 years!!? That he had any success at all after prison is testiment to the natural ability he was born with.

Holyfield has been proven to have bought steroids and of your naive enough to believe he never took them then your are deluded. Holyfield as and was a cheat.

[Beanflicker]

Holyfield has been proven to have bought steroids and of your naive enough to believe he never took them then your are deluded. Holyfield as and was a cheat.

He was holding them for a friend...

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Holyfield has been proven to have bought steroids and of your naive enough to believe he never took them then your are deluded. Holyfield as and was a cheat.

He was holding them for a friend...

He actually is quoted as saying he bought them for his dad!

Holyfield is a cheat and a joke and its frustrating to see morons disregard the evidence against him (tiny bollocks, lack of testosterone, heart problems, being caught red handed paying for them etc) and continue to rank him higher than he deserves. Lance armstrong got stripped of his titles, why nt Holyfield and every other dirty fucking cheat?

[Beanflicker]

Holyfield is a cheat and a joke and its frustrating to see morons disregard the evidence against him (tiny bollocks, lack of testosterone, heart problems, being caught red handed paying for them etc) and continue to rank him higher than he deserves. Lance armstrong got stripped of his titles, why nt Holyfield and every other dirty fucking cheat?

To be honest, I'd be shocked if Mike wasn't using at some point, but he never got busted like Holyfield did so whatever.

[Master]

Holyfield is a cheat and a joke and its frustrating to see morons disregard the evidence against him (tiny bollocks, lack of testosterone, heart problems, being caught red handed paying for them etc) and continue to rank him higher than he deserves. Lance armstrong got stripped of his titles, why nt Holyfield and every other dirty fucking cheat?

To be honest, I'd be shocked if Mike wasn't using at some point, but he never got busted like Holyfield did so whatever.

Do not tarnish all fighters with the same brush. Tyson was probably taking marijuana than PED.

[Beanflicker]

Do not tarnish all fighters with the same brush. Tyson was probably taking marijuana than PED.

I'm not tarnishing anyone, but the fact is if you were a world class athlete from 1980s onward, you are a suspect for PED use. Lance Armstrong blew the doors off it, EVERYONE is a suspect to me.