One of those rare occasions when the prelims were better than the main event. Poor ole Mike, his trademark head swerve now makes him dizzy and unsteady on his feet. His lethal left hook has lost its timing, possibly due to his right knee giving way.
You need to watch more boxing or believe less hype.
The character and story aka the hype play a huge part in boxing…I will agree a lot of his matches the op had no where near his size
And Holyfield was a cruiserweight at first. I will say that 1987ish era Tyson was incredible. Sure some guys were intimidated and lost before they went in the ring but not all of them.
His opponents had good reason to fear him. He was open about his intentions, as he often stated, “I’m going to kill him.” Not many fighters declare their intent to commit murder.
I dunno, I think the average pro heavyweight, especially in that era, assumed fairly bad intent from the other guy. Even Larry Holmes.
Don't be too hard on Evander. I'm not saying he's the GOAT but a cruiserweight who always fought the biggest and best heavyweights, and if they beat him backed up again and beat them, he's legendary. I shook hands with him at the Sydney Olympics and he's not much bigger than me. ( in much better shape, of course ) I can't believe how much he achieved as a heavyweight.
Evander was a very good fighter, I'm just saying that he isn't in the conversation for the GOAT.
