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Yeah, Holyfield in his prime was scary, not so much because of his punching power or anything but because he didn't seem to have that instinct to cover up when he got damaged. I kept waiting for him to get really badly hurt in a fight. Fortunately he didn't, but I'm convinced that it's mostly luck that he didn't get put into a coma or worse. The '94 Moorer-Holyfield matchup could have ended that way IMO if Moorer was more aggressive in the early rounds.
As for Wepner... yeah, I know smart boxing fans think he was a complete scrub, but again... how many other craptastic heavies had movies made about them? And I've talked to a good number of people who talk about the Ali-Wepner fight as though it was a valiant effort by an "old school" boxer.
Speaking of which, up until the Klitschkos you could make a case that all the heavyweight "Great White Hopes" from Ingemar Johansson on were pretty overrated. Did Gerry Cooney deserve to step into the ring against any classic boxer?
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