the REAL atgs.

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  1. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I'm dissapointed. :bart
     
  2. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    Entirely arbitrary.

    Once you make a mental list of some sort, you could take the top five, or ten or twenty. It's up to you.

    Considering that there have been at least 4000 pro HWT boxers since Joe Louis day, I'd say the top twenty (less than half a percent ) might reasonably be described as ATGs.
     
  3. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    And then you're still left with what criteria to use and how much to weigh each criteria.

    Head to head, longevity, quality of opponents, achievement, etc.

    And when you start in on comparisons of ltwts with Mwts and with Hwts (lb for lb stuff) it can get interesting.

    Hence the great disparity of views on here on such matters and hence the occasional minor squabble on who ranks 37th on someone's list, when they're clearly no better than 40th on someone else's.
     
  4. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :rofl:rofl:rofl:lol:
     
  5. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :deal I did say top 100 but i change my mind this is ^^^ more like it.
     
  6. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :lol::lol: ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh:nono
     
  7. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Imo Schmeling is as much an atg as Tyson. In fact I rank them both in the same tier.
     
  8. Pachilles

    Pachilles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I suppose you rank Schmeling above Duran at HW too bodhi? General Forum is one up.