I don't think people realize how bad the resumes of todays heavyweights are relative to prior eras. They assume that since its good by todays...
Lewis and Holyfield were fighting better opposition than Moorer
who wins
Chuvalo was stopped by the two biggest punchers he faced. What massive hitters did he face aside from Frazier and Foreman? His durability can't...
{Of course Tua is lower than Joshua legacy wise. He's beaten all of one ranked contender. Wilder who you blast for being unproven, has triple the...
Lineage means very little given all the poor champions there have been over the year. Leon Spinks and Jimmy Braddock were lineal and nobody sees...
Regardless of who is to blame without him fighting these guys we can't know how he rates in his era. The loss to Dubois means he can't be...
Of course it makes a difference. He's managed to lose 4 times despite rampant ducking of dangerous opponents no Fury no Zhang no Joyce no Bakole...
Of course he has a chance, he's a heavyweight by the standards of Louis era and likely better than Schmelling who beat Louis. He was 39 vs Bivol,...
Joshua doesn't post Dubois.
Holyfield beat Oquendo at 44, and most feel he beat Valuev at 46. I've never seen these wins cited as rationale for rating Holyfield highly....
Mayweather's career ended in 2015, McGregor was a gimmick fight to break Marcianos record. Maidana Guerrero Ortiz Alvarez were all younger than...
Fraziers the only Foreman victim who could be considered great and he faced a poor version of Frazier out of shape in both fights plus shot in the...
Most of his opponents were younger than him including those supposedly over the hill. Who were all these young guys he was ducking?
Lots of guys score a win and then are allowed to sit in the ratings for years without proving themselves. Ortiz did nothing post Jennings but...