Whenever Im starting a get fit programhe for whatever reason I like to stream Holyfield-Bowe I on my TV. (Not the Second boring Fan Man Fight). It is, in my opinion, the greatest heavyweight fight of all time, and one of the greatest boxing matches of all time. This is Evander Holyfield at his best -- stage one. And in stage one he was one of the greatest action fighters in history. When he moved up to the heavyweight division, he had only one chance against the bigger men he faced --- outpunch them. I remember vividly watching this fight at a gathering of my law school buddies and it was abundantly clear from about the third round that Holyfield had ZERO chance to win. The bigger man was simply better. From that point forward it was one of the greatest displays of courage and determination and resilience I have ever seen. It is breathtaking. Unfortunately, the fight taught Holyfield that he could not compete using only his natural skills. If you watch his subsequent fights, its abundantly clear from his freakish physique that he was taking some form of steroid. And it was unfortunate because it turned him into this plodding frankenstien that was nothing like the athletic dynamo we all saw in November of 1992. https://youtube/watch?v=WPejZhE6cq0
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 08:49:38 +0000
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