The boxing legend believes that Alexander would have been a difficult opponent for him Legendary American heavyweight Evander Holyfield told how his fight against Alexander Usyk would go. “I think it would probably be difficult for me. I had an easy time against aggressive fighters, I dealt with them very well. I could beat those guys because they couldn't do anything about my game plan,” Holyfield said. Earlier, former heavyweight and cruiserweight world champion Evander Holyfield named the place of Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk in the ranking of the best super heavyweights in history.