Never doubted the rigour of the thought process behind your rankings for a second, Greg! I know you’re one of the most thoughtful posters on the...
Hi Greg, very nice list. I’d say Ortiz is definitely top 5 and probably top 3 imo. Olivares is probably a bit high based purely on his 60s work....
The only guy I’d make him an obvious favourite over is Duran at light-middle, where Duran’s record is very spotty. It’s really only the win...
Speaking of Tiger-DePaula, here’s a great description of the fight by Ron Lipton who saw it live: [MEDIA]
@JohnThomas1 I noticed under R/U for Fight of the Decade it says ‘Ali - ‘ but I think a name is missing. From what I’ve seen of 60s fights, I’d...
Yeah, I mean, I guess Butterbean was a cruiserweight at some point in his life.
Tyson was never a cruiserweight by any criteria.
I wouldn’t include Ali so it’s Louis.
That’s from the ‘boxer-finds-money-and-fame’ playbook, unfortunately.
@NoNeck and @Dynamicpuncher - I do take your points on Toney. I’m a big Toney fan so I don’t have an axe to grind. Reflecting a little more on...
That fight hasn’t been on YouTube for quite a while - where did you see it? I’ve been looking around for it. EDIT: Ah, I see you downloaded it...
I’m really sorry to hear that, Chris, particularly knowing you’d spent significant money on it. It’s good to know you’ll still be meeting Tito,...
Definitely Trinidad. WW: Regardless of what you think of the decision against Oscar, he met the best other fighter in the division and came out...
My first thought when I read the title was ‘When did Evander Holyfield knock Emmanuel Steward down?’. I must be tired - I’m going to bed.
Felix Trinidad Evander Holyfield Aaron Pryor Cornelius Boza-Edwards Arturo Gatti I like action fighters.
