Evander Holyfield has revealed who he believes to be the greatest heavyweight to have ever graced the sport.
Known as ‘The Real Deal’, Holyfield had an exceptional professional career of his own where he became the undisputed world champion at both cruiserweight and heavyweight.
He racked up a number of legacy defining victories during his impressive campaign at heavyweight, defeating the likes of Riddick Bowe, Michael Moorer and Mike Tyson to name just a few.
Although many fans and analysts around the world believe the late, great three-time world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali stands out as being the greatest heavyweight of all time, Holyfield has now spoken out and had his say.
Speaking to Seconds Out, ‘The Real Deal’ sensationally claimed that he believes that he is actually the greatest heavyweight in boxing history, ranking himself higher than the legendary Ali.
“I’m the only four-time heavyweight champion of the world but they are still talking about Ali when I broke his record. I’ve been the only four-time heavyweight champion of the world for 24 years.
You can’t talk about it until you break someone’s record, they don’t say nothing about me. How do you cut somebody out of history? Now I didn’t even know I was the first person to be undisputed in two weight divisions, until Usyk did it.
They keep saying Ali is the best fighter, no I am. He was three times, I’m four.”
Ali rose to stardom during the 1960s although the bulk of his success came during that golden era throughout the 1970s. He became the world heavyweight champion on three occasions along the way, racking up victories over the likes of Ken Norton, Joe Frazier and George Foreman amongst many others.
While Holyfield believes he was better than Ali, both men did agree on claiming that one heavyweight in his prime would have given them both serious trouble.
