If you would be Given a Choice, Which Legacy would you rather Have?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by asero, May 31, 2020.


Which Legacy would you rather Have?

This poll will close on Oct 16, 2047 at 5:46 AM.
  1. 15th Best Heavyweight of All Time

    19 vote(s)
    40.4%
  2. 10th Best Middleweight of All Time

    6 vote(s)
    12.8%
  3. 5th Best Lightweight of All Time

    14 vote(s)
    29.8%
  4. 3rd Best Bantamweight of All Time

    1 vote(s)
    2.1%
  5. Greatest Strawweight of All Time

    7 vote(s)
    14.9%
  1. VBOX

    VBOX JOURNEYMAN Full Member

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    15th best HW ain’t too bad whereas I don’t even know any current straw weights let alone the greatest ever.
     
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  2. Chuck Norris

    Chuck Norris Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I rather be first in strawweight than second in Rome. :chuck:
     
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  3. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Literally in the same order that the poll options are in.
     
  4. Komaster

    Komaster Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Can I be a 6'3 TBE strawweight? If so, then that one
     
  5. ForemanJab

    ForemanJab Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Heavy. I'd have made far more money than the other guys on the list.
     
  6. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    Probably the one who made the most money and walked away from the game with his wits and health.

    As for the bottom three choices, I'm not sure I'd like to be that small.
     
  7. El_Gringo

    El_Gringo New Member Full Member

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    I would purely base it on money. Also who wants to be a ‘great boxer’ who weighs less than a pubescent girl and would get beaten up in the street by most average sized men
     
  8. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    How tall was that thin boxer on the Fury v Wilder 2 undercard?
     
  9. RB1702

    RB1702 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    15th best heavyweight. Heavyweight is generally the money division and being considered 15th best heavyweight in history of the sport would probably at least guarantee me the best of my era if not second best. I would be a world champion and get paid tons of money. Strawweights and Batam weights don’t usually get big pay days. I suppose the 5th best lightweight and 10th best middleweight would be great as well. Overall though I would just prefer to be a big jacked 6”5 + heavyweight even if that does mean a lower ranking. Don’t need to worry about changing weight classes or cutting weight either.
     
  10. RB1702

    RB1702 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    His name is Sebastian Fundora and he’s a 6”6 super welterweight. Crazy stuff.
     
  11. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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  12. aaalbert

    aaalbert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Greatest Strawweight hands down!
    Amazing fights came and come from the lighter weight classes and it's a real shame it doesn't get more exposure.
     
  13. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    Maybe to live that life. Who knows? Dude had a crazy ride and it cpuld have been worth it.
    But just for the legacy? GTFO.
     
  14. asero

    asero Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This still shows that being 15th best HW still trumps being the 3rd best Bantamweight
    So it means that Klitschko still has better legacy that someone like Whitaker or Hopkins or Olivares
     
  15. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    Besides that I probably wouldn't even be able to make Middleweight in a healthy fashion, let alone the lower weightclasses, I would pick Heavyweight anyway.
    Making the top15 HW's of all time would make you infinitely wealthy and famous in my entire lifetime.
    Just take a look at at the guys that made it into the top20 in my lifetime (since 1973) according to Ring.
    Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Riddick Bowe, Lennox Lewis, Vitali Klitschko and Wladimir Klitschko.
    Not too shabby.