Which boxers have had the highest level of competition?

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  1. rocky1

    rocky1 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    It's pretty simple it's just which current fighters(active in the last 5 years) have faced the toughest level of competition regardless of wins or losses, i'll get it started with

    Mayorga - Vernon Forrest x2
    Cory Spinks
    Felix Trinidad
    Oscar De La Hoya
    Fernando Vargas
    Shane Mosley
    Miguel Cotto

    Froch - Robin Reid
    Jean Pascal
    Jermain Taylor
    Andre Dirrell
    Mikkel Kessler
    Arthur Abraham

    Hopkins - Jean Pascal
    an old Roy Jones
    Kelly Pavlik
    Joe Calzaghe
    Winky Wright
    Antonio Tarver
    Jermain Taylor x2
    Howard Eastman
    Oscar De La Hoya
    William Joppy
    Felix Trinidad
    Young Rjj
    "sugar" Andrew Council :D
    Glen Johnson
     
  2. Uncle Rico

    Uncle Rico Loyal Member Full Member

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    We easily forget how many great fighters Hopkins has fought over the years. You're missing Glen Johnson on there.
     
  3. puga_ni_nana

    puga_ni_nana Dempsey Roll Full Member

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    wow, mayorga could ba an ATG if he just beat all of his competitions.
     
  4. rocky1

    rocky1 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    True my bad, if I missed any others of those 3 lists someone just let me know.
     
  5. elTerrible

    elTerrible TeamElite General Manager Full Member

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    Mosley:

    Pac
    Floyd
    Winky x2
    Margarito
    DLH x2
    Forrest x2
    Mayorga
    Cotto
    Collazo
    Vargas x2

    :deal
     
  6. El Indio

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    Oscar De La Hoya.
     
  7. Dude

    Dude lost my car Full Member

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    Had he have won all those fights. He'd be more than deserving of the nickname Sugar.
     
  8. modestbiggles

    modestbiggles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Cotto?

    Mayorga
    Pacquaio
    Clottey
    Margarito
    Mosley
    Judah
    Quintana

    etc
     
  9. Uncle Rico

    Uncle Rico Loyal Member Full Member

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    But that's the thing, though. It's extremely difficult to maintain an unbeaten record when you face competition like that.
     
  10. saul_ir34

    saul_ir34 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Recently it has to be Froch hands down.
    Martinez is a close second.
    Also everyone in the super six tournament.
     
  11. Dude

    Dude lost my car Full Member

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    This is true, there isn't much of a margin of difference when an elite boxer is facing another elite boxer.
     
  12. cesare-borgia

    cesare-borgia Übermensch in fieri Full Member

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    Pacquiao:
    -mosley
    -margarito
    -clottey
    -cotto
    -hatton
    -de la hoya
    - marquez
    -morales
    -barrera
     
  13. elTerrible

    elTerrible TeamElite General Manager Full Member

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    2 losses each to Forrest and Winky but how would Pac, DLH and Floyd have done against Forrest and Winky? They would have lost too.