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Well he has a point but i dont know why he would say somthing like that but lets get real how do you think he would do with the competion that Evander Holyfeild dealed with i mean have you seen some of the fighters Louis fought against for the defences they were not really fighters there is a reason the called it bum of the month club because they were bums. Holyfeild beat Tyson, Bowie, Holmes, Foreman and Moorer all good heavyweights and even in his late 30's gave Lewis in the rematch a good fight i think his age and heart condtion have effected him but he still has fought through it and i could see Holyfeild beating Louis i think Holyfeild was just as good if he were in that era could of done the same thing.
Well personally I think that Louis was just too good for anyone barring Ali. Like I said earlier Holyfield is my favorite ever HW but Joe was just a beast. I don't think that a Prime Louis could KO a prime Holyfield but then again I don't think any heavy in history could have with the exception of Foreman. (I do not think that Holyfield was anywhere near his peak in Bowe III)

For me Louis would beat all of Holyfields opponents at his peak and I know people will disagree saying that he was "too small" but to be honest there isn't that much difference in size between Louis and Holyfield and Holyfield got by fine. To me todays average HW is TOO BIG and that is what the problem with the division is. Most of them are very robotic and someone like a prime Louis, and Holyfield for that matter would have known what todays guys were going to do before they had done it and easily tagged them all night long. That is the same reason I have such high hopes for David Haye, I mean I know he is not the second coming of Ali, but he keeps his weight tight and punches like a mule. So with these benefits plus the factor he is pretty much faster than the whole division I give him a great chance to do well in the heavyweight division.
I give the fight to Holyfield base on the fact that I think he had better chin. I think Holyfield would of took Louis punches better than Louis would of took his.