Is Carl Froch amongst the top ten SMW fighters of all time?

I agree with what you’re saying about Benn and Eubank being in decline but in fairness a lot of the men that Froch faced were as well. Still you’re probably right from the standpoint that his resume had a bit more depth.

 

Johnson was 40, I think, but the others were pretty much in their primes, weren't they?

 

Good point.

 

On second glance I think you’re right. Most of those guys were probably around their pinnacle. Mikkel Kessler however was in his last fight and had been nursing injuries for a while.

 

Yeah, Kessler won their prime match-up. Even though it was close.

 

Obviously, what the question? Isn't he 4x champion?

 

Was not Abraham schooled by Froch ?

 

Sorry, Christophe Tiozzo.

He couldn’t be ranked that highly.

 

It would be very interesting to see your top 25 list.

 

I respect the time and effort you’ve put into it, and I appreciate the fact that you’ve posted it.

I would find it extremely hard to do a top 30 list.

I find some of your picks very odd though.

I agree 100% with Roy being at number 1. However, you can only rate Roy that highly based on H2H ability. And that’s perfectly fine. That’s how I debate. But if you’re going to rate Roy on a H2H basis and not just his resume, then you have to do the same with James Toney. So I don’t know how Toney can only make number 16. Because in terms of ability, he was better than almost everyone listed ahead of him.

Ottke and Collins are way too high.

Collins wasn’t a better SMW than James Toney.

Andre Ward is way too low. He’d be in my top 5.

Froch is also too low.