From Mario Martinez in '84 to Kostya Tszyu in 2000...

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  1. slender4

    slender4 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Has anyone fought as high a level of competition for as long as J.C Chavez?

    I can only think of a few names:

    Ali
    Robinson (although he did duck guys)
    Duran
    W. Klistchko (don't scoff.)
    Hagler
    Holyfield
     
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    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Forget the last few years of his career but Ezz Charles was fighting the best for almost as long a timeframe. From ken overlin a year into the pro game to rocky marciano around 14yrs later. Theres a helluva lot of good names in between.
     
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    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Archie Moore?
     
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  4. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon.

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    Checks down page to my thread about the top 100 p4p: Pacquiao, Griffith, Bivins, Loughran, Holman Williams, McLarnin, Duran, Moore, Charles, Armstrong, Robinson, Greb, Langford...
     
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    Larry Holmes and George Foreman are obvious choices
     
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    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Bob Fitzsimmons fought Jack Non-Periel Dempsey in 1891 and Jack Johnson in 1907 and man a great fighter in between.
     
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    You'll be hard pressed to find a fighter below middle to have a resume like chavez. I was hoping he'd make it to 100-0 but he did near enough.
     
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    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He had quality but a sizeable percentage were stay busy fights against no hopers.

    Whitaker was a better fighter than him, but had way less fights.
     
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    LOL are you serious?
     
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    slender4 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    They fought a few great fighters, but a lot of Joe Romans also.
     
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    slender4 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    But that wasn't the case. You look at the "no hopers" Chavez fought;

    Ruben Castillo
    Roger Mayweather
    Rocky Lockeridge
    Juan LaPorte
    Sammy Fuentes
    Kyun Duk-Ahn
    John Duplessis
    Lonnie Smith
    Angel Hernandez
    Frankie Mitchell
    Hector Camacho
    Marty Jakubowski
    Greg Haugen
    Terrance Alli
    Andy Holligan
    Tony Lopez
    Giovanni Parisi
    David Kamau
    Joey Gamache
    Tony MArtin
    Miguel Angel Gonzalez
    Ivan Robinson

    Half of these guys were world champs at one time or another, and Chavez had very few problems, stopped most.

    This does not even mention the big Hall of famers
    Whittaker
    DLH
    Jose Luis Ramirez
    Medrick Taylor
    Frankie Randall
    Tszyu
     
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    Half and half serious. But he came a Damn sight nearer than most active fighters.
     
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    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon.

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    Just rewatched Chavez-Taylor I. He probably shouldn't have won that. Richard Steele ****ed up.

    Plus, it was fight of the year in 1990 despite Banke-Zaragoza 2, Davis-Breland, Eubank-Benn 1, and Mercer-Cooper having better action. Bit of an overrated fight. Good pace by Taylor but not competitive beyond one late round and a surprise knockout ending. Has that Castro-Jackson 1 or Ali-Foreman twist but that shouldn't be enough to get fight of the year honors.
     
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    I can remember the Taylor fight well. The sight of steele stopping the fight with two second s to go and the uproar after wards.. Doesn't seem that long ago.
     
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    Tbh all you've done here is prove that a sizeable percentage of his resume was against no hopers.
     
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