Who do you think are the ATGs of this era?

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  1. The_Hawk_2

    The_Hawk_2 Lineal WW Champion Full Member

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    I'm sure this question has been asked before but I'm just curious.
    Who do you guys are the ATGs of this era and why?
     
  2. Console Command

    Console Command Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Wlad, make it seem like HW era is weak, while he's just too strong.
    Mayweather, one if not the best defensive boxer of modern boxing
    Pacquiao, for his heigh, amazing he had recognized belt in 6 divisions ( 2 of his 8 division world championship are not from major organizations, so I can't say 8 saddly )
     
  3. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Pacquiao, Mayweather, Marquez, Hopkins, Morales, Barrera, Calzaghe, W. Klitschko.

    2011-2015
    Ward, Rigondeaux, Donaire, Gonzalez, Golovkin, Lara,
     
  4. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Spot on I would say.
     
  5. Webbiano

    Webbiano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Can we add Toney and Jones or are they not a part of this era? I'm not so sure about Lara. Carl Froch has a better claim and he isn't even the best fighter in his weight divisions era. Put Lara in that mid eighties light middleweight era and he probably doesn't do so well.
     
  6. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Toney and Jones belong more to the 90s. Carl Froch deserves to be in the p4p currently, but not ATG. Two guys who might deserve mention which I left out would be Vitali Klitschko, who doesn't have as deep a resume as his brother, and Sergio Martinez who you can argue deserves GGGs spot on my previous list.
     
  7. Webbiano

    Webbiano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yer I don't think Froch is an ATG. Martinez is a tough one, his Chavez Jr victory may get better with time, we'll see. he probably doesn't benefit from Macklin's dubious draw against Sturm. Unifying 2 titles at 37 would have been a nice accomplishment to add to a very impressive resume. His only blemishes in a 14 year period were both questionable. I'm yet to watch the Citron fight, but there's a consensus that sergio was robbed and I had him beating Williams in their first fight 114-113, man that was a fun fight.
     
  8. lepinthehood

    lepinthehood When I'm drinking you leave me well alone banned Full Member

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    Lara an atg. Lol ye right
     
  9. kingfisher3

    kingfisher3 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    martinez probably needed a big win or two more,

    the cintron fight was fuking outrageous, he got a ko then the ref decided to restart the fight, then the judges screwed him too.
     
  10. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    GGG Froch __________________ Close and may still be: Garcia Herera Provodnikov Bradley Pacquiao Marquez __________________ Not: Wladimir Floyd Cotto Alvarez
     
  11. lepinthehood

    lepinthehood When I'm drinking you leave me well alone banned Full Member

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    Sergey kovalec will be.
     
  12. Enigmadanks

    Enigmadanks Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I really recommend for you to see the cintron fight. Ive been watching boxing since the 80's, and honestly that had to be one of the biggest robberies in the history of the sport.

    Martinez actually knocked him out in the 7th or 8th right before the end of the round, the ref counted out cintron but for some ridiculous reason he allowed cinntron to go back to his corner and resume the fight. It was so odd to witness.
     
  13. Unforgiven

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    Froch ??
    Might as well say Ricky Hatton.
     
  14. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I can agree with most of the names on the first list.. Not so much the second..
     
  15. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Mayeather and Manny. Wlad is benefitting from a mediocre heavyweight division. He's the Lewis of today. Lewis's ATG status also inflated.