Top 50 HW'S, 2000-2009.

Another name is Yanqui Diaz. He beat Juan Carlos Gomez and Vaughn Bean. That’s better than what Pianeta and Boytsov can say for themselves.

 

That's a good shout too. I think with some thinking, We could probably "discover" couple more fighters on that level that wouldn't immediately come to mind.
Let's take Zuri Lawrence. Now, that's stretching it a bit in terms of top 50 probably - but He does have a win over Vidoz, draw with Austin, win over McCline and then Sosnowski. Of course, there are all those losses inbetween.. but I still find that type of career more impressive than, say, Boswell's. Guinn I think You got right too.

I forgot that Pianeta beat Duhaupas. That's a solid win in retrospect.

 

I understand it in most cases - although looking at Nielsen or Boswell. They also lost whenever They stepped up, in that decade anyway. They just stepped up, out of their comfort zone, less often.

 

Danny Williams has more losses then Skelton(hes got more losses then just about any modern contender). Skelton debuting at 35 is about as good an excuse as there is for losing. Thats a full 5 years older then Luis Ortiz.

 

I think that's the list for the next decade, @mattdonnellon .