Quote Originally Posted by ross View Post
Holmes beats everyone that Adamek fought. Including Vitali.

Cooney would hurt Arreola. Arreola would be ideal for Cooneys big left hooks.
Holmes would beat MOST that Adamek fought, he MIGHT beat Adamek, if it was the Holmes that showed up against Spinks I'd doubt it!

Arreola would beat Holmes.

Vitali would demolish Holmes badly.

Holmes was great but he was no more special than any other opponent.

He has a great record against shit opponents, but he failed to convincingly beat a lot of his better opponents like Witherspoon, Williams etc and failed to beat Spinks and Tyson. He even struggled gravely against Norton and got decked by Shavers! He has KO wins against Weaver and guys like that but they were not that great.

I think he could have had his run stopped much earlier than Spinks if the judges had had a different heart in several fights. You overrate Holmes a bit, just because your trying to defend Spinks!

Holmes best win was against Ray Mercer a plodder who hit hard and could take a lot of punches but otherwise not so special. Holmes fought a smart fight against Ray, not so smart against Spinks. He should have gone after Spinks.

As for Arreola/Cooney, huh! Cooney was a lumbering, one armed fighter with a questionable chin. Now how the hell is he gonna survive the vicious maniacal pace and power of bull-like Arreola?