Rating of the Heavyweights of New Millenium decade

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  1. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    let me guess ur top 5 would consist of klit brothers and corrie sanders sam peter and lamon brewster....all klit victims right?
     
  2. ChrisPontius

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    Is this your way of saying you're not going to bother refuting my arguments?
     
  3. mr. magoo

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    What difference does it make what I think? If I make a list based on what fighters did in the heavyweight division between 2000-2008, you'll likely say things like " Toney was a middleweight who moved up when he was past prime, therefore he deserves greater credit ", or " this fighter was robbed against that fighter, so I'll give him the win ."

    Its virtually impossible to argue with someone who pulls stuff like the kind of stuff you're pulling. Most people don't consider either of Peter's wins over Toney as being robberies, but you obviously do, therefore it must be fact right? Maskaev knocks out Rahman twice, but doesn't even make the top 10, yet Rahman get's a number two rating. Sanders Ko's Wlad, and gives Vitali one of the best fights of his life, but get's rated lower than Holyfield who had a record of 6-5-1 from 2000 onward.

    What am I supposed to say?
     
  4. PowerPuncher

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    Thanks, yes sort of 2000 onwards, ability, dominance, achievements.
     
  5. PowerPuncher

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    Toney was shot and way over weight when they fought AND Toney still won the first fight. Toney beat better fighters in Holy, Ruiz, Guin, Jirov too
     
  6. mr. magoo

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    Does anyone here think that Ruslan Chagaev should be in a millenium top 10?

    I for one think that he probably should. He's undefeated in 25 fights, ended Valuev's winning streak, and currently holds a world title.
     
  7. PowerPuncher

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    NO, he lost to Shitty Skeleton, although I was drunk when I was scoring that 1, but Skeleton threw more and bullyed Chagaev. I was a fan of his fat ass before that performance

    What else has he done except beat Valuev who many thought Ruiz and Donald beat?
     
  8. SuzieQ49

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    Correction.........Maskaev only knocked out rahman ONCE 2000-present. the other knockout came in a different decade, and is disregarded from this thread.


    Actually this forum was lit up with threads on how toney was robbed against peter in the first fight. toney gave him a boxing lesson, peter ate counter rights all night.


    Best fights of his life? He won like 1 round vs vitali, who is pretty overated himself. Sanders completley lives off that "one hit wonder" syndrome. Braddock was at least a rated heavyweight contender that had beaten other ring magazine contenders. Sanders was not rated in the top 10 by any of the 4 bodies going into the wlad fight let alone ring magazine. Sanders in the first 12 years of his career never made it into Annuel Ring Magazine top 10 list.



    Better than Sanders 1-2 record against Ring Magazine rated contenders 2000-present.
     
  9. mr. magoo

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    You talk about Toney being shot when Peter beat him, but then credit James for beating a 40 year old Holyfield. If you're going to pat the guy on the back for beating old men like Evander or mediocrities like Guin, then you could at least acknowledge the fact that Peter just beat the livin' snot out of Oleg Maskaev for the WBC title. In fact, that was a more decisive win than any Toney's ever had at heavyweight. Albeit, Maskaev was 39 years of age, and rather innactive, but these are the types of wins that you're giving Toney credit for.
     
  10. SuzieQ49

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    I agree, most thought toney deserved the nod in the first fight. He also stopped 40 year old holyfield which is better than stopping 40 year old oleg masakev...and he beat ruiz which is a better win than mccline.
     
  11. PowerPuncher

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    Lets look at wins

    Lennox - Tyson ATG, Tua

    Wlad - Brewster (past prime), Byrd (prime and past prime), Peter (prime), Ibragimov (average), Brock (average)

    Rahman - Lewis, Toney (he won that)

    Vitali - Sanders (past prime), Johnson (past prime), Donald

    Toney - Holyfield, Peter, Ruiz, Guinn, Jirov

    Brewster - Wlad, Golota, Krasniqi
     
  12. mr. magoo

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    Well, I certainly think that the Valuev win was a good one, and better than that of anything Toney did.
     
  13. SuzieQ49

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    now this is a good arguement. He beat a big puncher like Virchis, beat a very much improved top heavyweight Nicolay Valuev, beat consistent top ranked contender like john ruiz. I think I should have included him. we will see what happens in the valuev rematch. wlad needs to fight these 2, and virchis.
     
  14. SuzieQ49

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    Rahman also beat sanders(prime), barrett, and tua in the rematch robbery
     
  15. mr. magoo

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    Somehow every split decision or draw, is being turned into a robbery here.