Quote Originally Posted by Times Roman

when lennox and klitchko faught, didn't lennox win due to some technicality? klitchko was cut or something like that and it went to the judges? I can't rememberd. but i do seem to remember that as the ffight was progressing, lennox was really starting to lose. the technicality was a "windfall" for lennox, and then lennox retired shortly after, assume due to him seeing the writing on the wall (spells rematch)

holmes was a good fighter, so long as his opponent was smaller than him. bigger fighters always was a problem for holmes, which is why I doubt he could have taken klitchko.

tyson was a knock out artist, until people realized you could frustrate him easily by the clinch. and klitchko was just too big for tyson, with a 6" height advantage and who knows how much of a reach advantage.

i think ali in his prime (casious clay) was one of the best all time heavy weights. but not sure how well he could have handled a much bigger man. his solution when he was no longer in his prime was to cover up and take the asss whooping until the bigger man (foreman) got too tired, and then start fighting after the fight was almost over in rounds. Klitchko is bigger than foreman, and very intelligent. not so sure he would allow himself to make the same mistake foreman did. if klitchko refuses to tire himself out, and ali only wants to do the rope a dope until klitchko tires, then this would make for an extremely boring fight.

smoking joe would have been a real interesting fight. joe takes no prisoners and knows how to apply pressure. if klitchko keeps him at arms length, klitchko wins. Smoking Joe MUST keep the fight on the inside. Don't know if he can do that.

Ernie Shavers is a HARD hitting mutha. Has the ability to knock out Klitchko if Klitchko doesn't keep his guard up. But his overall skills kept him from championship gold and therefore i give advantage to Klitchko.

I think it's time a new "Super Heavy Weight" division is created. I see nothing but bigger and bigger fighters in the future. No sense a 200lb bloke goes up against a 250lb bloke with a 6" height differential
Good post

However I think Lennox was on his was to beating vitali imo did you see the state of klitchkos face? Wowza If that fight had of continued lewis would of stopped him he was slowly breaking him down. Plus lewis was old as hell at that stage of his career, if it was prime lewis in there it wouldn't of been a contest imo was a good fight tho (war)
I agree with what your saying tho, there size make them a formidable force. I think prime holifield beats them both, maybe prime big foremon. I think skill wise there not top 20 I don't like to judge them on there size because in the 70's heavyweights where 15 stone 80's 16 stone 90's 17 stone 00's 18 stone teens 20 stone the weight is going up with evolution. So I like to judge them on there skill and for me there not on the level of the golden heavyweights of the 70's or of Holmes,holifield and lewis