Surely that was the best era since Muhammed Ali was around. At least there was Lewis, Holyfield, Tyson, Bowe.

When Tyson was ko ing everyone in the 1980s who did he ever beat who was top class? An aging Larry Holmes?

I think Don King took selective opponents to another level. He wouldn’t let Holyfield near him for years.
Still Iron Mike at 20 was awesome, and a real scoop for ch4....who I think have a 4 fight deal..,and I think may have covered 2 unification fights, if not, I saw them somewhere....and he immortalised Tupac at the same time.

Holyfield was down to have a shot at the title in 1990 but Tyson lost to Buster Douglas so Holyfield fought him instead. Then when Tyson was supposed to challenge Holyfield the next year, he was jailed.

In hindsight the Holyfield-Tyson rivalry was probably better to have been delayed. Given Tyson's lifestyle at the time, if he'd fought Holyfield in 1990/91 he would probably have been beaten badly.

This is a pretty incredible post.

A guy that has never lost.... who beat the undefeated Klitschko in Germany... Who came back from the brink of suicide to win the WBC World heavyweight title... having now held all the belts.... only the 2nd heavyweight to have held the ring magazine belt twice (the other was Muhammed Ali)... A man who hasn't ducked a fight in his entire life.

'yea but he hasn't fought anyone'

Jesus wept.

You win stupidest post of the year award... Go and sit in the corner, face the wall and never turnaround again... especially to watch boxing.

What about Usain Bolt, name me some sprinters of note that he beat

he's no carl lewis or ben johnson

No Alan Wells.

Fury's CV isn't full at he jumped up in levels to fight Klitschko when no-one fancied him and then had a mental breakdown.

Pretty sure if he fought in 2016 and 2017 he'd have ticked off plenty of top 10's.

In the Ring's current top 10 Joshua has beaten four of them, to his credit (as well as Klitschko).

Both great fighters but might have to wait a while for that fight to happen.

For sure it’s a great period for British heavyweights...when within decades, we when there was only Bruno till Lewis who didn’t really come across as one for the British.

For those of a certain vintage Bodell, London, Walker, Cooper, Bugner and Dunne........

Talking about loyalty to British boxing...as I was writing it about Lewis....I was also thinking about Bugner.

He (Bugner) never got truly accepted after he fought and controversially beat 'our 'Enery' Richard Dunne Sports Arena or whatever is called is opposite Odsall for free parking

Is Bugner still the Australian champion or is that honour held by a kangaroo these days ?


The 60s boxers mentioned earlier were unfortunate to come up against Clay/Ali who started a golden age for American boxers.

Let's not forget the great Don Cockle who fought for the title in the 1950s... that one isn't for the faint hearted, poor Don!

4 of the best British pub brawlers we've had, Cooper was a good boxer but apart from a lucky punch against Cassius Clay was never gonna hit the heights away from these shores anyway, Bugner very technical and very difficult to hit and even more difficult to put down, unfortunately no heart.