I think of he might’ve ended up beating Morrison and Briggs, but not Moorer because Moorer would’ve beaten any version of Old Foreman on most nights.
I can’t think of a single guy who had trouble getting challengers after unifying the belts.
At a glance, none of them were defending champions who had outclassed a prime pfp fighter.
Yeah, Asthma Free Briggs deserves fantasy matchups like Mentally Stable Golota.
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He still had quick hands, but his feet were slow. Considering that he gassed out against Wilson and then got thrown into a twelve rounder with...
Foreman could barely use his right hand against Briggs. I imagine the 1990 version would win. But Briggs was also green and it was first time...
Who else are you applying this logic to? Whitaker? Jimmy Young? Johnny Nelson? Sandor Martin?
Circular logic. The best fighters not named Donaire ducked him like the plague.
You’re talking about entertainment more than levels.
He got one fight against a pfp guy and outclassed him. Gomez had politics on his side.
Guzman was good, but not Rigondeaux good.
Default to Rigondeaux no matter the opponent at 122.
He was one of the physically strongest guys to ever lace them up. Luck tends to favor those guys even if they’re otherwise limited (I.e. Peter,...
Vitali was number one after beating Sanders and Deontay (to me and a lot of us) was number one after Joshua lost to Ruiz. Haye only had a couple...
