Exactly, Bokaj. Coincidentally, as of the time of typing this post, 49 people have voted in this thread. Only 1 of those 49 has Rocky in the top...
Cheers Stevie, I think a fighter who was a natural LW at their peak, beating a prime top 2 WW of all time, is definitely the best single victory...
Are you asking from a p4p perspective, Stevie? If so, surely it can only be either Duran, who was peak at LW, beating the consensus 2nd greatest...
I disregard expected outcomes in cross era fantasy fights and focus solely on how a fighter actually did in their own era, when I rank fighters...
He's #18 for me (I only ranked retired boxers on all time lists).
Cotto was drained at LWW. LW would badly weaken him, assuming he didn't lose this on the scales.
Cheers mate, likewise.
I think our differences on where we rank Conn are mostly attributable to different criteria. i.e. I think Bivins and Conn are both greater boxers...
I think the biggest arguments for having Marciano top 5, are: 1. His paper 49-0 record, he's the only retired HW world champion who never lost....
Cheers. Yes, on win resume alone, I'd have Greb #1 at LHW. His wider career resume is beyond absurd. On Conn being in your top 10 at LHW, do you...
Iirc, there wasn't a single Ring magazine ranked top 10 contender amongst them.
He's #5 for me.
Yes, I do. Based solely on fights contested at LHW, allowing a few lbs over for non title fights, my all time list is: 1. Charles 2. Greb 3....
If we're talking about wins where the world title didnt change hands: Greb's wins over Tunney, Loughran and the Gibbons brothers. All of Sam...
