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There is no magic to his name even though he is a skilled boxer with explosive power. The heavyweight division used to be about superstars. From Joe Louis to Rocky Marciano, heavyweights commanded the sporting world prior to the s.
Then Muhammad Ali brought the heavyweight division to a new level. No heavyweight fighter has ever been able to dominate the world stage before or since the way Ali did.
While he was stellar in the ring, his personality and politics had as much to do with his superstar status as his boxing ability. Joe Frazier and George Foreman were also superstars, but it was Mike Tyson who had the most commanding presence after Ali. Holyfield had effectively learned to stall, frustrate and catch breathers for himself.
Toney was different. His bulky shimmer evoked none of the menace of pop-culture badasses. Jirov, known for fighting German shepherds in a closed hallway during his amateur days, was famously dedicated to his training. Both Holyfield and Toney were considered outstanding fighters, but Holyfield had the better earnings and reputation after knocking out the palpably violent Tyson and nearly beating champion Lennox Lewis.
Holyfield would bring his own brand of relentlessness, fans thought, along with what some called world-class conditioning. Toney, conversely, was known as a hard partier who loved cheeseburgers and preferred sparring over other kinds of training.
Little time elapsed in the fight before the outcome was certain. His boxing was economy of movement, his torso swiveling to offer him vast counterpunching options. His defense followed the shoulder roll tradition of the old days. Whenever Holyfield tried to punch Toney, the slickster used a suite of defensive maneuvers to create odd angles. Both men carried substantial extra weight into the ring, but it was the fat man who breathed easy.
And yet, the fight did little to deter a movement across boxing towards bigger, more sculpted fighters. Big men with big muscles, like Michael Grant, had already been established as standards in the prize ring. Holyfield, after all, was old for a prizefighter, and had suffered from high-profile health problems for years.
And Toney had already distinguished himself as one of the finest technical boxers of his day. The outcome was unexpected by the sports books, but understandable. More conditioning coaches would follow, like Alex Ariza in the camp of Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao.
The toughest fighters were immortalized in statues or mosaics, often with idealized musculature: big arms, huge chest and sprawling veins. But weightlifting in boxing was far from becoming as rigorous as it is today. He advocated running for seven or eight miles every day.
And while he believed in training with dumbbells and a weighted bat, he never grew bulky. Running has been a cornerstone of boxing training since then, along with jumping rope. Generally speaking, heavyweights of yesteryear had shredded, fit physiques, but lacked the same raw size as the Holyfield era. Primo Carnera was the first blockbuster attraction to awe audiences with sheer mass.
He collected a string of knockouts in the s, with headlines to match. When Earnie Schaaf died shortly after losing to Carnera, the big Italian earned a dangerous reputation. In that fight, Carnera absorbed frightening punishment from Baer and was knocked down at least half a dozen times, showing little more than oafish technique and incredible heart.
Fat boxers could also grab headlines, but with skill. Universal Conquest Wiki. WBA Super. Oleksandr Usyk. The Ring. Tyson Fury. Joe Louis. Larry Holmes. Jack Dempsey. John L. Wladimir Klitschko. Jack Johnson. James J. Joe Frazier. Vitali Klitschko.
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