How does Loma fighting in Britain compare to all time greats that have fought there before?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    It isn`t often that we get ATG`s in their primes to fight on our shores. So the Sun thought it would be fun to select ten elite fighters Colin Hart has been priveleged to see to see in the flesh in British rings over the last 50--odd years.
    How does Loma fighting in Britain compare to these fighters and fights on British shores in the past?
    Cooper v Ali (1963)
    Griffith v Brian Curtis (1964)
    Napoles v Ralph Charles (1972)
    Foster v Finnegan (1972)
    Hagler v Minter (1980)
    Arguello v Watt (1981)
    Barrera v Paul Lloyd (1999)
    M.Tyson v Julius Francis (2000)
    GGG v Brook (2016)
     
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    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    I'd rank them like this pfp

    Ali
    Hagler
    Napoles
    Arguello
    Griffith
    Foster
    Tyson
    Barrera
    Loma
    GGG
     
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    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    He is not yet an ATG
    What he is is a current pound for pound great

    He will of course leave the legacy of an ATG
     
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    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    So he's only the 2nd one in almost 20 years time? Didn't Wlad fight in the UK?
     
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    Fair play, quick tune up vs Campbell
     
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  6. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I feel Ali was really off colour against Cooper that night though and being floored in that fight was a low point in his career.
     
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    He wasn`t in his prime.
     
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I was quoting the sun newspaper.
     
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  9. George Crowcroft

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    But a 2000 Mike Tyson was?
     
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    No, you`re right, I just noticed that.
     
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