All of the best ones have been taken at this point of the thread but I'm going to throw out a guy that was one of my favorites that had a five...
I'm going to iron for Cerdan and solid for Abrams although Abrams is one of those guys that is kind of an in between er. That era was full of...
Definitely agree with Kalambay! I usually think of him as European because he fought out Italy mostly but you are 100% correct that he is African...
The best of them all-- Dick Tiger.
I had a feeling this series would be the first one mentioned. Definitely at the top my list for sure! HBO had Gatti vs Ward and Showtime had...
Just recently re-watched the HBO Gatti vs Ward legendary nights and it got me thinking which fights from Showtime's extensive library would make...
Turpin is simply solid for me. There is no shame in being knocked out by Robinson but I don't see any reason to rate him higher than that...
No problem with that. It's tough to evaluate because there are so many factors like strength of competition, defensive skill and fighting style.
The left hook that Jackson rocked McCallum with in the first round caught him right on the temple and for about 15 seconds he was wobbly but...
McCallum is titanium for me. He chin certainly benefited from being on the head of one of the most technically sound fighter's that ever lived...
Solid is the highest that I can go with the incredibly talented yet flawed Nunn.
I just think he was not as defensively sound earlier in his career as he was in the higher weight classes later on. He was always a great...
Toney's chin did not improve as he went up in weight but his defense did. It is well documented that he struggled tremendously to make 160 which...
Ray Robinson--8.5 Jake LaMotta--6 Roberto Duran--8.5 Ray Leonard--8 Thomas Hearns---9 Marvin Hagler--8 Bernard Hopkins--7 James Toney--7.5
I see it the same. Glen Johnson was tough as nails and gave everyone fits. I remember when he was Ring magazines fighter of the year after...
