Bigger crime is them putting Haye at number four. What the f*** did that fool ever do in his career to warrant that sort of standing?
Three belts at 190 then beat a 330lber for another belt, bombed Ruiz and fresher Chisora, etc. Got off the deck to win away from home against a long reigning great, made a peak Wlad hit thin air all night, blew Enzo and Audley out (they froze for a reason!), silver at amateur worlds etc etc
Froch took out Magee, Dodson and Reid in third gear domestically to get into the WBC mandatory spot. Fought young RJJ-clones Pascal and Dirrell in very tough fights stylistically, got off the deck to stop Taylor in the last round, went 24 with Kessler, 12 with Ward, blew Calzaghe-clone Bute away, and avenged defeat against domestic Groves with one shot. AJ hasn't fought that class, Wlad was further past his best than even little Abraham and Johnson and inactive, and Whyte was a total novice to boxing at the time.
Always thought there must of been something with Froch hating on AJ with his constant comments over the years. Then again Froch constanly criticises a lot of MR fighters and always attempts to score biasedly towards the non MR fighter asmuch as possible I've found. Froch is by far the worse pundit on Sky.
Lists are subjective by nature but Froch would be ahead of AJ on my personal list. Calzaghe being 1st and Froch not being on top 10 will have grated on him though
If you only consider his HW achievements then sure. But he unified the cruiserweight division and had all but one of the belts, then moved up to heavy and won a title. Has a few notable names but didn’t have many fights. Haven’t seen the list but can see why he’d be quite high. Certainly above Froch. Not sure why they have fighters that are still active on there though.
Who did he defend his title against at CW? Who did he beat in his career to rival the likes of Kessler, Pascal, Abraham, Taylor, Bute etc? There's no argument to put him above Froch, and very little argument to put him in the top ten frankly.
Tony Dosh PPV has no improvement to make - he is simply not that great with poor punch resistance, poor stamina, no heart and has been fed pudding after pudding. (Except the old robot who was well past his sell by date.) A big KO is the only thing I expect if he grows a pair and faces Fury, Wilder, Dubois, Usyk, Joyce or Bakole. I give a number of puddings a decent chance including Whyte, Dull Boy Pakora and Big Baby Miller. Tony Dosh PPV will continue to dig deep into the bowels of the Tesco pudding shelf and scrape off non delicious puddings such as Pulev, Parker 2, Hrgovic, Ruiz 3 before retiring and sailing into the sunset with his huge haul of PPV loot.