By far it was Chris Eubank. The media attention and audiences were beyond compare and he fought 16 world SMW title fights in three and a half...
Slight exaggeration. Fact - Valuev landed more on Haye than Haye did on Wlad.
WHO KNOWS what kind of fighting shape Haye will be in when entering the ring, with four completed rounds in the previous 27 months!
6ft9, 260lbs, can fight inside or outside, southpaw or orthodox, moving or smothering - all with a grin on his face from start to finish! Valuev...
But Eubank got the better of Benn on the inside rough game in their second fight, very smart.
He had 12 fights against Watson, Benn, Graciano, Lindell, Thornton, Wharton, Collins, Calzaghe and Malinga that stack up nicely! Not to mention...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtZVoWmskmQ
Purely intelligent!
Whitaker had more versatility, because he could be comfortable toe-to-toe and in-the-pocket even with fighters much naturally bigger/stronger....
Steve Collins and Joe Calzaghe deserve mentions!
People tell me Marvis Frazier was more talented than mega-rich David Haye, and look at one-year novices he had to fight (Tyson)..
Did the likes of Barkley, Benn, Toney etc get lucky breaks?
Based on this interview with Chris Eubank, in which he details a difficult rise in the 80s, I wandered if this was the era most difficult to reach...
Kind of a strange time-warped bitterness, even though he beat him (and made 5-10mill more than him)
