Plus: The loaded undercard; Navarrete-Berinchyk show; Tyson-Paul media tour & undercard, Canelo's mandatory & more news of week; memories of two big bouts
I'm a little stunned Wladimir Klitschko never was "Undisputed". Considering how mediocre the Heavyweight division was throughout most of his reign. BTW we have Oscar de la Hoya and his controversial victory over Felix Sturm to blame, for legitimizing the WBO belt as a piece of the modern Undisputed designation. Prior to DLH's Middleweight Championship fight with Bernard Hopkins. Who was already considered "Undisputed" with his WBA, IBF, WBC titles.
I was one of those folks who thought Holyfield did enough to keep his titles in the rematch. Lewis likely won seven rounds in their first bout but I thought the unified champ took the fight to Lennox in the rematch, rocking him several times and earning at the very least a draw.
Considering how much a prime Lewis struggled with a faded Holyfield at the end of his third and final undisputed/unified title reign, I can't imagine Lennox beating Evander earlier in the decade.
I'm a little stunned Wladimir Klitschko never was "Undisputed". Considering how mediocre the Heavyweight division was throughout most of his reign. BTW we have Oscar de la Hoya and his controversial victory over Felix Sturm to blame, for legitimizing the WBO belt as a piece of the modern Undisputed designation. Prior to DLH's Middleweight Championship fight with Bernard Hopkins. Who was already considered "Undisputed" with his WBA, IBF, WBC titles.
He was never going to fight his brother Vitali, who was the WBC champion for a long period of time when Wladimir held other belts.
I was one of those folks who thought Holyfield did enough to keep his titles in the rematch. Lewis likely won seven rounds in their first bout but I thought the unified champ took the fight to Lennox in the rematch, rocking him several times and earning at the very least a draw.
Considering how much a prime Lewis struggled with a faded Holyfield at the end of his third and final undisputed/unified title reign, I can't imagine Lennox beating Evander earlier in the decade.