Boxing Monthly Ratings August 1993: Compare to the state of the game today!!

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  1. robpalmer135

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    agree those cruiser were just fat light heavys. these days we have legit cruisers.
     
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  2. Grievesy

    Grievesy Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The gulf between 93's Heavy's and todays is huge!
     
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  3. brown bomber

    brown bomber 2010 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    Ok, light heavies

    1) Virgil Hill (us) WBA
    2) Henry Maske (Ger) IBF
    3) Jeff Harding (Aus) WBC
    4) Leonzer Barber (us) WBO
    5) Prince Charles Williams
    6) Frank Tate (us)
    7) Mike McCallum (jam)
    8) Fabrice Tiozza (france)
    9) David Vedder (us)
    10) Ernie Magdelano (us)

    Versus

    ESB World Champion: Chad Dawson (Beat Glen Johnson November 2009)
    1. Jean Pascal
    2. Zsolt Eredi
    3. Bernard Hopkins
    4. Glen Johnson
    5. Tavoris Cloud
    6. Adrian Diaconu
    7. Behbut Shumenov
    8. Gabriel Campilo
    9. Chris Henrey

    Thoughts???
     
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  4. robpalmer135

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    difficult as you have to count Hopkins and Johnson as they are now and not prime. there these best 2 fighters on the list overall on the list
     
    robpalmer135, Jun 16, 2010
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  5. brown bomber

    brown bomber 2010 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    Observations thus far-

    Look at the all time greats in operation in 1993

    Lennox Lewis
    Holyfield
    Holmes
    Czyz???
    Mike McCallum
    Maske????
    Hill????

    Also France have a cracking set of fighters in the top 3 divisions Tafer, Wamba and Tiozza.

    Also note thus far we (the UK) have 2 fighters in the top ten out of a possible 30.
     
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  6. brown bomber

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    ha ha true, WTF are they?
     
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  7. GazOC

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    1993 at Light Heavy, quite easily. Thats a solid list right down to number 7, there are a couple of 160lbers at the end of their careers but I'd still take them over their "opposing" numbers at 6-8.
     
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  8. GazOC

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    Hill is the only ??? with a shot at being an ATG.
     
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    Supermiddles should be interesting....
     
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  10. robpalmer135

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    only Lewis, Holyfield, Holmes and McCallum all time greats there.
     
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  11. brown bomber

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    brown bomber, Jun 16, 2010
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  12. brown bomber

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    You need educating Bobby. Maske and Hill were fabulous fighters. Czyz too is very under-rated.
     
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    Hill was indeed top class.

    But the loss to a faded/shot Hearns does him no favours :yep
     
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  14. brown bomber

    brown bomber 2010 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    1993- 2
    2010- 1

    OK Super Middles

    todays are

    1. Lucian Bute
    2. Andre Ward
    3. Mikkell Kessler
    4. Carl Froch
    5. Andre Dirrell
    6. Arthur Abraham
    7. Sakio Bika
    8. Robert Stieglitz
    9. Librado Andrade
    10. Allan Green

    get ready for this one
     
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    Eubank, Benn, Nunn...Toney and RJJ might make the cut off? I don't like 2010's chances :yep
     
    kosaros, Jun 16, 2010
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