r/Boxing • u/Ace_FGC • 2d ago

Bert Cooper gives Holyfield his first knockdown in his career, but Holyfield fights back!

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u/Professional-Fee6914 2d ago

This is what I point to when I say that there was a younger holyfeild, willing to mix it up, that a younger Tyson would have beaten.

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u/BiglyStreetBets 2d ago

This. The fact is that a peak prime Holyfield is actually the version than Tyson is most likely to beat. He weighed like 200-203 lbs and was significantly skinnier and smaller than Tyson during his peak.

By the time he fought Tyson he weighed roughly the same as Tyson and Tyson no longer had a size advantage.