Yes, we don't see or read too much about Steele. Hopkins is just about the best MW I'd pick him over.
Let's say that Bernard Hopkins and Freddie Steele meet at MW. Just for fun, let's say they meet around 1965 or 1970... Mid-way. So we're talking...
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My thoughts exactly. Ref stops it.
Not quite, in my view. Halfway between 20 and 25 for me. 22 or 23, yo.
I agree with this post but, if they're meeting at 175, then Foster is not really 'travelling up.' I tend to rate Burns on my LHW lists rather than...
Would it be fair to say that this is a heavyweight ('baddest man on the planet') phenomenon? I'm not trying to put a cat amongst the pigeons. Just...
Incidentally, I'll go for Bowe.
Always difficult isn't it? They are such common suffixes... Witherspoon (of the Holmes fight...) Bowe (of Holyfield...) Almost as bad as the most...
And as for Laguna... I like to place him one below Buchanan. And I like to place Buchanan just under DeJesus. Quite valid, methinks.
McFarland is difficult to rate. Fair point. Canzoneri... Let's agree to disagree. Better men than me can argue that. Williams: yes. I have him in...
Loving this thread. Such disparate opinions. How do you like these ATG Heavyweight apples? 19. Jackson 20. Fitzsimmons 21. Corbett 22. Wills 23....
Furthermore, I do respect your lists. They are often very different from others'. But you are always happy to give reasons. Fair play.
Yes, you have definitely exposed my favouritism towards older fighters. I admit it freely. I also have a bias towards men with great stories....
Although I conjecture that most would agree with my picks of Welsh, Canzoneri, and probably McFarland, each to his own. I certainly don't see how...
