Too bad we dont have a comparison with Chicken Tyson and Bowe

@@bobber0623 Both of them didn’t wanna fight each other they even said it before Tyson went to prison. They’re close friends. Tyson actually Only ducked foreman in his career. He paid Lewis to step aside to let him fight holyfield with both wba and wbc belts so they can make their title fight bigger and for the undisputed title which would’ve made an easy 40 mill purse for Lennox. Instead of the small 10-15 mill he would’ve got for fighting Tyson straight away.

Yes. Bowe should be acknowledged as the great boxer that he was. Top tier uppercut & jab.

@@AKBOXING-13-1 did Lewis duck Tyson in 1996

Holyfield was the only man that beat Bowe as a pro.

Agreed

Mike did it too sheet but bowe would have killed him.

“Fighting heavyweights at 213”? HW starts at 200lbs. 213 was perfectly average for the 90s. Tyson spent a big chunk of his career at 217.

​@@SKa-tt9nm210-220 is plenty big for heavyweights of the past, present and future. The current crop of fighters are heavier than past ones, but you'll notice that these heavier fighters are no match in skill and fighting prowess of the lighter fighters of the past.

Lions never step back

He was literally dead on his feet early in this fight due to poor health and he still almost ko'd bowe. In fairness Bowe didn't look great. Neither fighter ever looked the same after their first two fights. Even in the Tyson fight, Holyfield looked good, but it was not his best. The older EH had far more bounce in his feet and threw more shots. It's a testament to his will that he became champion again after the Moorer and this performance. People forget that a lot of individuals were scared for Holyfield's life against Tyson because he was looking soooo bad. One of the strongest willed fighters ever to live. I'll never forget when he beat Mike the first time. It was one of the most impressive wins ever in boxing.

Ali and Frazer also had incredible willpower. Round 15 of the Thriller in Manila, Ali said it was the closest he’d ever been to death. It was Frazers corner who stopped the fight, Joe would’ve gone out for R15. Incredible athletes. I’ve done a bit of boxing, I was terrible at it,,people don’t have a clue what it feels like to take a right hook on the side of the head ,above the ear, your brain shorts out, your eyes glitch, your legs don’t respond, then you catch a left straight in the face ..... how these men could fight like that and not die is incredible. One right hook from a heavyweight could kill an ordinary man. These are supermen .

@@thpxs0554 Yeah same. People don't understand what they leave behind. Ali, Holyfield, Frazier, and Bowe left parts of themselves in the ring they can literally never get back. I've met all of them, including Foreman, and George was the only one who didn't have extremely obvious signs of brain damage. I was on a plane with Joe, and he could barely walk on his own without stumbling. He had a young kid carrying everything for him because he simply couldn't. It really is the ultimate sacrifice.

LOL out loud, no. He was a bodybuilder who did well in the boxing world because boxing was way down in his time. Frazier and Ali in their prime would destroy Hollyfield in his prime.

Shit he was exhausted because he took bombs vs the much larger man round after round.

Evander was a Cruiserweight that fought at heavyweight and was usually always th smaller man. Bowe was a Superheavyweight that outweighed him by 40 lbs. Their is no question that The Real Deal was a warrior as evidenced in this fight. That's why Evander had a great career and Bowe became a crossing guard.

raider101416 Okay Holy was brave but he was much more muscular and athletic than Bowe. It wasn't so big thing. Evander wasn't healthy but it's another question.

navpreet singh he was sick

navpreet singh no he didn't have heart problems, he had caught hepatitis shortly before the fight. That's why his energy level went down temporally all the time. After he knocked down Bowe in round 6 his energy level dropped drastically moments later and he couldn't move his arms anymore to finish Bowe off.

It's hard for a guy with really long arms to not accidentally toss a low blow now & then. Cooney had the same problem. Holyfield was deliberately dirty with his head. I think he ruined himself with steroids as well. Too much bulk, too fast.

What clip is that?

@Jscottmoody Is that supposed to mean something?

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​@@wymple09 Toney used more steroids. Holyfield is a hall of famer.

@Izzy Kash and threw his WBC belt in the trash to avoid fighting Lennox 🤦🏻

His prime was short lived, after he first beat Holyfield. He started being less hungry and not motivated

Nope. He was one of the not very good people in boxing at the time. It's why Holyfield had success - the field was weak.

@@chunkyfxdls6622 Bowe only fought 2 top level fighters. Holyfield and Golota. No one else

@@paleo704 Seriously…… That’s a little disrespectful when he fought 2 former HW champions of the world. And look at what Lewis did Golota.

Agreed

Except Tyson .

@@Nightowl76 He would've destroyed any version of Tyson. Learn the Game

@@travzimmerman1340 lol ......that's fucking funny .

@@travzimmerman1340 bowe was good mate no doubt about it , but to say he would of beat a prime Tyson is outrageous .

Holyfield got smashed on while being on steroids... riddick bowe look like he ate beans on toast an stil won...

@@breaks3085 holy had hep a for this fight

@@MB2.0 what

@@breaks3085 holyfield had hepatitis A for this fight supposedly

@@breaks3085 This was also where he began having heart problems

He got hammered twice by in his last 2 fights

Full respect for Bowe as a fighter, but not sure if that record would be the same if he didn't dodge Lennox Lewis fight...

Bowe that beat I said beat Holyfield TWICE. was sensational I know he was lazy,, and lost his way a bit .. But When he was good …wow

Golata wrecked him twice 😂😂😂

A lot of people forget that. It's really the best Heavyweight has faired statistically besides Marciano.

Evander Holyfield, The Real Meal - Mike Tyson.

@@merveilmeok2416 hows that work when he beat tyson twice lol

Not vs Big Daddy

Yeah real deal at hearbutts

@@danbruno5945 its called headbutts

Holyfield had him with that knockdown but had something wrong with him and was gassed tired Bowe was just a few more punches from getting stopped. Holyfield had the fight I felt if he was right he would have had the energy to finish him cause he's like a tiger attacking in there

@@harryheath7546 It is true. Holyfield just needed to let his hands gone. It was like Holyfield was conserving energy. One more good shot and Bowe was gone. Holyfield sort of let him off the hook.

Bowe smashed on that steroid junky....evander couldnt headbutt or hug this time

@@harryheath7546 I believe that the knockdown and this fight did more damage then realized. Bowe started to look shoot the next fight against Golota. Before he was rarely woobled. Against Golota he was stumbling all over the ring.

I agree

Yeah that with all his headbutt wins

And this is not that match. Lets talk his lost here.

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I won £750 that night !!!!! 😁

And bowe got his balls crushed by golota....twice

240 to 213 He only had about 30 pounds on him. Golata wasnt so small was making bowe look like a journeyman

Well....he started out his career as a light heavyweight...went through Cruiserweight

Him and Tyson were small heavyweights... warrior's like you said

His defense is not very good. Espcially for a big man with such a good jab, he took too many shots. He could have done much better in he fought in Larry Holmes's way for example. Fighting more outside and using his range not to get ht that much.

@@emzid5105 Nobody could beat Larry holmes in his prime.

@@GunsDontKillSSRIDoes Ali could’ve but that might be it

⁠​⁠@@GunsDontKillSSRIDoesplenty of people could beat Larry in his prime. He barely beat terrible Tim, benefitting from a dubious SD. And he barely beat quick tillis, benefiting from a controversial close UD. And he got rocked by Renaldo Snipes, who wasn’t exactly a hall of famer.

I wouldn’t put it that way exactly, I would say he had all the advantages, size, power, chin, skill but his career wasn’t as good as it should have been because of his eating and training habits and because of the people around him. I think he should have fought Lewis in 93 because he would have beaten him then. Lewis wasn’t at all polished yet and Bowe was prime.

No he wasn't.

AGREED🙏💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 BOWE ... COULD OF BEEN THE BEST OF HIS GENERATION IF HE STAYED WITH THE JAB👈💪 BAD TRAINER ADVICE IMHO🔥🔥🔥

Bowe corner wasn't worth a damn they were dirty ....

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It helped that he wasn't THAT big of a guy. 213lbs in this fight.

@@wreckim ikr

And in my opinion one of the best straight punches. They are so fast and clean for a heavyweight

This is better than the second fight by a mile.

Nobody gives a shit about Tyson here. Go whine on a Mike Tyson fight thread.

27:05 Round 5

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tsuko tsikou Watch Anthony Joshua vs Dillian Whyte when it comes around.

George Havenhand LOL you're comparing that to this..go home dude. The 90s era was the best. Today's era is weak.

Aj and whyte are really fucking big actually. Dont take those guys lightly LOL. But comparing generations is stupid. Just enjoy it for what it is! Boxing is coming back again and you can either complain or watch it!

Don’t compare AJ to these guys lol one punch from them would floor him

George Havenhand aaaaas love how this comment aged when a perennial B level fighter knocked out the fake champion

Yeah, an over the hill Tyson with no real trainer in his corner. Had Rooney still been in his corner, Mike would've jacked Holyfield up in a massive way and everybody with any honesty knows it.

@@tombstone1111 you could argue that Holyfield wasnt in his prime either.

He beat TYSON WITH HEADBUTTS AND STEROIDS. HOLYFIELD IS A CHEATER 💯 PERCENT

@@donaldwhitten2438 He beat Tyson because Tyson was no longer what he was which was Tyson's OWN fault....anytime Mikes character was tested...he crumbled like a stale cookie. You seem like a pathetic loser yourself buttercup.

@@donaldwhitten2438 Holyfield is natty bro

The real tyson was back The one that could knock out bums easily

@@bobber0623frank Bruno challenged for a HW belt FOUR times, you absolute bellend. How is he a scrub?

You have no idea mate internet experts forfaarksakes

And they say the thickening of the heart vessels that Holyfield had suffered from is often a by-product of steroid use.

Its terrible the way some fans convict people who were never busted and never failed a single drug test in a 30 year career. Its just wrong.

some people born cruiser weight

Holyfield is a legend

@@Orange6921must be delusional

Real talk

@Jovan Stamenkovic if holyfeild never gassed out he would've stopped bowe bowe was poor defensive wise that's why hes punch drunk now

@@vlLEGTxSQUADX Bro to be totally fair to both these fighters, but they are both Punch-drunk now. Thats what happens when you either fight too long or take too many shots to the head in your career.

@@lawreneph holyfeild isnt punch drunk but bowe is

@@vlLEGTxSQUADX I'm not going to try and convince you because you obviously haven't heard or seen Holyfield speak lately. Holyfield has taken many shots to the head. They don't call him Warrior for nothing. Holyfield fought every bad man in the sport of Boxing. Holyfield also fought almost to age 50 with 57 total fights. I seen Holyfield on a cooking show with his fam a few years ago and he could barely speak then. Boxing is a dangerous sport, you have to get out early or it happens to everyone.

@@lawreneph yea ik but hes allways stutterd badly lol

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That good ol' horse meat does wonders!

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I was watching this PPV with my brother and father. When Holyfield knocked Bowe down I leaped off the couch in excitement and shouted ! I was so excited and happy. Too bad he ended up losing. That was the last big Boxing match we all watched together. And we all had a great time. Now we don't even talk to each other. Haven't seen either of them in over 10 years.

@@BoxingbearI’m sorry man. Families are complicated.

Yeah this started during the Michael Moorer fight. Teddy Atlas kept talking about how something was wrong with him. This fight was even worse. I was at both fights as a young holyfield fan ad I was heart broken. I thought this had to be the end of his career. When he was going into the tyson fight, the odds opened at like 20-1 for Tyson. People thought Holyfield was going to die because of the health issues. When he won, it was insane. I was ten years old, and I remember he had a cut and Flip Homansky was looking at it. My dad and I were huge holyfield fans and we couldn't get over what was happening. Nervous that Flip would want to stop the fight, 10 year old me said "Get the fuck out of there flip!" right in front of my dad... I looked at him and said "sorry" and he was so into it he just said "it's ok don't worry about it."

Nah he dont in any of the three fights Foreman destroyed Frazier twice this was Bowe's Frazier and took him 30 rounds to knock out

Immediately, the song "Untouchable" came to mind after reading ur comment.

Vo Uub I saw this fight years ago, and has been looking for it since.

I came here to see Pac

Or maybe he dropped his steroid useage

Who knows but something went wrong For Holyfield cause he didn't have the push to rush Bowe after he dropped him Bowe was a duck dinner waiting to get got he was all out on his feet dude let him off the hook!

I think so.

The heart condition was later revealed to have been totally made-up and false.

I cant undrstsnd. After 1 year holyfield is too much strong fight vs tyson.

Lol sounds like a Tyson fan to me. I seriously doubt if Bowe and Holy needed card board cut outs to fill seats after their first two fights What will yall come up with next to try to disc Holy

@@bobber0623 calm down brother, love holy bowe and Tyson. Merely asking a q based on how flat and still those ppl looked but looking at them closer now, I eventually saw some movement. No need to jump to conclusions, I love the bowe and holy fights and not discrediting anyone, juuust an observation bro

Holyfield ok

Sean Kimble;don't forget Mike was ONLY 5'10"on a GOOD day!! OUTweighed and a lot shorter than ALL his opponents!!

What

With all due respect to Mike Tyson, when he decided to self-destruct he went fast, publicly and painfully. Sadly at the end of the day, he reverted back to the juvenile delinquent he was when D’Amato first rescued him. Truly sad.

LOL, Who Tyson won of big names? Noone!!!

Great at 20 a bum at 23

I like seeing holyfield on his ass 😲😌😳😁

@@WizeOwl764 Me too, I never liked him. I agree that he had major courage but had he fought Tyson before Tyson went to prison, Mike would've slaughtered him. Assuming Rooney was in his corner. My biggest wish though was that Foreman would've knocked Holyfield out.

@@tombstone1111 Why did you dislike Evander? What is there to dislike about him?

That dude is a gentleman and a straight warrior.

He didn't suffer a heart attack in any fight, but in the 1st Moorer fight they thought his left ventricle closed and thus the doc said that he fought the fight, "essentially at cardiac arrest". What actually physically happened to Holy in the Moorer fight has been debated by many people, and you can read up on all the medical theories, but there is no doubt SOMETHING was wrong with him in that fight and this fight too b/c in every other fight Holy could go to war for 12, even 15 rds and not slow down. After reading his book and watching the fight, the Hepatitis thing sounds like it's 100% legit, and if he had been healthy, I think he destroys Bowe in this fight. But, it all worked out in the end....

All your fantasy huh?

@Nitty Gritty yeah one of the toughest men in history is a bitch. You're a moron

Did you say that when your father knocked out your your mother

I shout that but ok

@@vlLEGTxSQUADX I know that not a typo and you not saying you doubt it.. You would be a heavyweight bias fan boy if you doubt it. It's obvious. AJ can't even fight for 3 rounds with out getting all sloppy hands down. And he take a heavy punch like these guys. He gets rocked by lesser punchers

@@elvo6217 bowe is one of the worse boxers defensive wise. Bowe was dropped by andrew golata and he ducked lewis

@@vlLEGTxSQUADX wait so you saying he can't take a 👊. Being dropped and being KOd is different things. People can get dropped it happens and they still win. If you watch boxing enough you will see that. But Bowe haven't lost and he fought true champions real fighters

@@elvo6217 the only good fighter he fought was holyfeild and who he outweighted by almost 30lbs