Re: Tomasz Adamek vs Evander Holyfield
Sorry I did not read it correctly, my bad.
Ok so when you look at the context, some of the opponents of Adamek were not exactly solid, esp when he fought them and ok perhaps merely fighting Vitali is no virtue of greatness.
Yes of course Holyfield had a tremendous career both at CW and at HW, he in fact did fight among the toughest run of opponents and most of his losses came later. Regarding Tyson though, I specifically highlighted his "reign" as being his 1980's 1st career. He was never a dominant champ after that at all so I have not dismissed his later losses. Holyfield however, never really had an established reign as he always got upsets even at earlier stages of his career. When exactly did Holyfield become "shot"? I can accept that Holy was past it post 2001 but before that, up to the Ruiz loss for certain you cannot make that excuse. Some people have a "prime" Holyfield only losing to Riddick Bowe the 1st time and there after becoming instantly shot and excusing all subsequent losses from there, total BS!
But in all you are right, there is not much to go on with for Adamek's case with any solid ground.
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