How would Wlad fair against......

[Master]

Off the top I think Holyfield would have a helluva chance to score the tko. Side to side and jarring combination punching as long as he doesn't stand on the end of the jab and rips off inside hooks when Wlad falls in to hug and maul it out first. Think he'd have Wlads feet, balance crossed over often and take advantage.

Holyfield could fight stupid like against Bowe because he could not get past that jab. Wlad had a great one. If Evander got inside Wlad would hold. Another weakness was Holy field was not a big puncher. The only thing I would say he could do to beat Wlad would be by making it a battle of heart, conditioning and attrition to break Wlad as Brewster did.

[Spicoli]

Off the top I think Holyfield would have a helluva chance to score the tko. Side to side and jarring combination punching as long as he doesn't stand on the end of the jab and rips off inside hooks when Wlad falls in to hug and maul it out first. Think he'd have Wlads feet, balance crossed over often and take advantage.

Holyfield could fight stupid like against Bowe because he could not get past that jab. Wlad had a great one. If Evander got inside Wlad would hold. Another weakness was Holy field was not a big puncher. The only thing I would say he could do to beat Wlad would be by making it a battle of heart, conditioning and attrition to break Wlad as Brewster did.

Holyfield was actually out jabbing Bowe very early on and started slugging when Bowe opened up inside and hitting on the break. Bowe wasn't a lot of things, but he was a very crisp and capable inside fighter a level above Wlad in the wheel house I believe. Was also the lightest Holyfield ever came in as heavy, and that was just dumb. His combos and resulting power were underrated, Mercer, Tyson, Foreman all iron chins and all seriously hurt and left reeling well enough.

[mikeeod]

I'm not a big fan of Wlad's, but I have to (grudgingly) give him credit for how effective he has become. I don't think he is as sturdy as Foreman, Tyson, Lewis (although Lewis did suffer two horrific knockouts), Bowe, Evander...etc., but I think his size and athleticism puts him in with any of those guys. Due to the style match up I think Tyson, Lewis and perhaps Bowe on their best nights give him the most problems. Evander hated fighting tall guys who moved and leaned/clutched him, so I don't know how effective he would have been vs. Wlad. I can see Wlad just boxing of the back foot and jabbing Evander and winning the decision. Evander was able to effectively outjab both Bowe and Lewis (2nd fight) during certain periods, so he definitely is a live underdog in my opinion. I think that George is just too slow for Wlad, who would be more mobile and never stand still long enough to let George land the big shot. Frazier is the most interesting match up to me. He had stamina to throw hard and bob n weave all night, and the punch to stop Wlad if he landed a solid hook. Wlad is much taller and very effective at leaning on the other guy and fighting tall, that I don't know if Joe would be able to overcome that. All would be great match ups though.