Top 20 cruiserweights 2011 to 2019

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  1. Cojimar 1946

    Cojimar 1946 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I have been interested in cross-era comparisons and I was wondering what cruiserweights people would put in a top 20 list of guys active from 2011 to 2019 if ranking on ability rather than accomplishments. For example Steve Cunningham didn't do much during this period but one could maybe argue he was top 20 based on ability if we use the 2011/12 version.
     
  2. NoNeck

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    1. Usyk
    2. Okolie
    3. Breidis
    4. Hunter
    5. Huck
    6. Gassiev
    7. Guillermo Jones
    8. Yoan Pablo Hernandez
    9. Tarver
    10. Dorticos
    11. Bellew
    12. Lebedev
    13. Wlod
    14. Glowacki
    15. Makabu
    16. Firat
    17. Drozd
    18. Tabiti
    19. Afolabi
    20. Mchunu

    Basically, it's a bunch of musical chairs after the top 6.
     
  3. Chuck Norris

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    Okolie number two????
     
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  4. NoNeck

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    Yes.
     
  5. Chuck Norris

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    1. Usyk.
    2. Briedis.
    3. Drozd.
    4. Jones.
    5. Lebedev.
    6. Cunningham.
    7. Huck.
    8. Gassiev
    9. Wlodarzyk.
    10. Hernandez.
    11. Arslan.
    12. Afolabi.
    13. Tarver.
    14. Mchunu.
    15. Makabu.
    16. Glowacki.
    17. Ramirez.
    18. Goulamirian.
    19. Bellew.
    20. Fragomeni.

    Here is something I conjured up quickly. Feel free to critic it if you want.
     
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  6. mattdonnellon

    mattdonnellon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    scandcb Active Member Full Member

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    :lol:
     
  8. NoNeck

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    Where's Okolie?
     
  9. NoNeck

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    I dont think your reading comprehension is up to standard.
     
  10. NoNeck

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    I feel like his prime ended at heavyweoght in 2015, but ths cruiserweight list gets so ambiguous that he easily could be included.
     
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  11. Chuck Norris

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    Primarily because Okolie just recently became a champion now in this decade.
     
  12. NoNeck

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    Who do you think would beat him on New Year’s Eve 2019? Obviously Glowacki wouldn’t stand a chance.
     
  13. McGrain

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    10 - Ola Afolabi
    09 - Krzysztof Wlodarczyk
    08 - Yuniel Dorticos
    07 - Krzysztof Glowacki
    06 - Mairis Briedis
    05 - Yoan Pablo Hernandez
    04 - Denis Lebedev
    03 - Marco Huck
    02 - Murat Gassiev
    01 - Denis Lebedev
     
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  14. mattdonnellon

    mattdonnellon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Well if it's on ability, he showed his class against Takam, Jennings and Aduosalamov, albeit at heavy and losing a close one in Riga against Briedis proved his cruiser credentials, I doubt that 10 cruisers would defeat him, never mind 20...now on resume, that's a different matter.
     
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  15. Chuck Norris

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    Don't want to nitpick, but Usyk has to be number one.
     
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