Evander Holyfield

[Master]

I can't help putting an asterisk next to all his accolades and achievement, because he was a drug cheat

There will be a lot of asterisks on our favourte fighters then.

Word. I might as well not watch any sport then.

Best not to think of our heros like Shane, Roy and Toney took PED's.

[NoSavingByTheBell]

I can't help putting an asterisk next to all his accolades and achievement, because he was a drug cheat

There will be a lot of asterisks on our favourte fighters then.

Word. I might as well not watch any sport then.

Best not to think of our heros like Shane, Roy and Toney took PED's.

I'm glad I never have to think about my hero Rocky Marciano as taking any PEDs.

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[Spicoli]

Holyfield was about everything that got me hooked on boxing. His face first KO loss to Bowe III was the reason I stopped watching entirely for months . Always fought the best and even a few of his second tier opponents, top form Cooper and Dokes, Ruiz , Stewart would make some of todays hvys blush. Loved that Mercer fight with Ray at his best and forced to take a KD for first time ever. The left hook of Holyfield is one of the more seriously underrated weapons at that time. Always find a cruel irony in that from early on he was labeled a 'blown up' cruiserweight and for a guy who went toe to toe with a Foreman, Lewis, Bowe, Moorer, Tyson..all top notch hitters..it was James Toney who absolutely battered him the worst of all. I've also had a procedure done that permanently blocks any memory whatsoever of the Larry Donald and Vaughn Bean fights . Oh and thought he beat the walking shag carpet Valuev for his trinket.

[johnsebastianmiran]

As it was once said before me while I waited for my turn in the barber's chair, Evander is a roughneck fighter who hit you hard enough to make you beg and when you fell it was acknowledgement of who the better fighter was. The old gent saw many fights in New York and the east coast and in his ninety plus years called himself a supreme fan and had some collection of fight tickets and programs in his valise. He said the only thing that spoiled his admiration of Holyfield was he seemed too nice to be a fighter. I met him fifteen years ago on his ninety second birthday and wished him many more. I forgot to ask him his name but sometimes it is more important to remember the person.

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Holyfield might have been the best HW ever if he was 6' 5" and weighed about 240 lbs.

He is still a great HW who was able to hang with & beat the best behemoths, but his lack of size was his undoing against Bowe & probably against Lewis.

If he was the same size as those guys with exactly the same attributes, but with the increased physical strength that comes with being larger, I don't think those guys would have beaten him.

[SlimTrae]

I can't help putting an asterisk next to all his accolades and achievement, because he was a drug cheat

There will be a lot of asterisks on our favourte fighters then.

Word. I might as well not watch any sport then.

Best not to think of our heros like Shane, Roy and Toney took PED's.

I'm glad I never have to think about my hero Rocky Marciano as taking any PEDs.

💪💪💪

He took hoagies.