Quote Originally Posted by JulianJaz
HOLYFIELD IS THE BEST, MOST EXCITING, MOST BELOVED, MOST RESPECTED HEAVYWEIGHT SINCE ALI !!!(LOOK AT ALL HIS PPV $$$)
HE IS NOT THE MOST TALENTED THOUGH. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT LENNOX LEWIS HAS HAD THE MOST TALENT SINCE HOLMES.
BUT TALENT DOES NOT MAKE A GREAT HEAVYWEIGHT (AS MOST PEOPLE DO NOT PUT LENNOX IN THAT CATEGORY).
WHAT MADE GREAT HEAVYWEIGHTS WAS WHAT THEY GAVE THE FANS, AND ALTHOUGH HOLYFIELD WAS NOT THE MOST TALENTED HEAVYWEIGHT, HE GOT MORE OUT OF THE TALENT THAN ANY OTHER HEAVYWEIGHT AND CRUISERWEIGHT. THAT IS WHY PEOPLE GREW TO LOVE HIM AND THOSE THAT DIDN'T, CAME ON THE BANDWAGON WHEN HE "ICE'D TYSON, AND THEN BROKE HIM INTO A MELTDOWN IN THE SECOND".

NO DOUBT ABOUT IT - HOLYFIELD HAS BEEN THE MAN SINCE ALI. HE WAS WHAT ALL HEAVYWEIGHTS SHOULD STRIVE TO BE.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIS GREATNESS AND LENNOX'S GOODNESS IS SIMPLY THIS....
HOLYFIELD WOULD FIGHT TO WIN, WHILE LENNOX WOULD MOSTLY BOX NOT TO LOSE!!!

THAT MAY GET YOU SOME WINS, BUT IT DOESN'T GET YOU GREATNESS.

HOLYFIELDS LIST OF OPPONENTS OUTWEIGHS ALL OTHERS IN HIS ERA (1990-2000)

NOTE: AFTER HOLYFIELDS REVENGE KO OF MOORER IN 1997 (AS HE WAS RE-UNIFIYING THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS)
NONE OTHER THAN RING MAGAZINE MADE HIM THE #3 HEAVYWEIGHT OF ALL TIME (I BELIEVE JUST BEHIND JOE LUIS AND ALI)

AND WE ALL KNOW THAT HOLFIELD WAS ALREADY PAST HIS PRIME AT THAT POINT.
HOLY WAS PAST HIS PRIME WHEN HE FOUGHT LENNOX, BUT HE DEFINITELY WON THE SECOND AND SHOULD HAVE RETIRED AS UNDISPUTED HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION AGAIN.

DO YOU REALIZE THAT HOLYFIELD IS ALREADY AN UNDISPUTED CHAMPION IN THE 80'S, 90'S AND NOW MAYBE IN THE 2000'S !!!
HE ALREADY HAS BEEN A CHAMPION IN EACH DECADE, AND HE NEEDS TO GET AN HONORARY GOLD MEDAL FOR THE ONE HE WAS SO WRONGLY DENIED TO FIGHT FOR IN THE 84' OLYMPICS. (WHY HAS ROY JONES GOT ONE AND HOLY NOT)

THAT IS GREATNESS!!!

HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING NEEDS MORE FIGHTERS LIKE A PRIME HOLYFIELD RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT!!!
Great posting although you didn't need to scream it at us

I think Holyfield will be remembered more than Lennox Lewis just as Frazier is remembered more than Larry Holmes.

Holyfield epitomises the never say die warrior spirit more than any other fighter of the past 30 years.