A prime, early Ray would beat the likes of Casamayor, Corrales and Castillo for mine.
I had Valdez edging Monzon and I'd probably still say Lausse as far as greatness goes. In terms of ability, perhaps Valdez might edge it. Bottom...
Toney may have been a little less than at his best, but stylistically he was always going to struggle with Jones no matter how sharp he came in....
I think Ramirez's edges in strength and power probably see him manoeuvre MAG around and land the better shots to take a fairly close and...
Yeah, there's no point giving an opinion if it's not your own. If a fight is close and could have gone either way but you gave it to the guy...
In which case, who are you to determine a fighter's place in boxing history?
Yep, my list, my scores.
Chavez and DLH were both better than the BHOP and Toney that Roy fought for mine, pretty emphatically. I'd say Nelson was on a par with them too....
Yama Bahama was the ****en man. He'd own the middleweight and jnr middleweight divisions today with ease.
On paper, Griffith by a huge margin. In reality, a much tougher question. Taking away the Rodriguez wins and perhaps the first Ortega and...
Of course, not in a losing effort though... (which was the theme of my post).
I've answered differently in the past but I'd probably go for Jones. Whitaker has the better resume for me (since I include Chavez and DLH as...
Funnily enough, a lot of the better jabbing displays came in fights where the good jabber ultimately lost. Tommy Hearns vs. Ray Leonard I Jim...
Nice topic, but an awful thread. Some other guys that rate a mention: Virgil Akins - got by mainly due to his decent pop, ranginess & good...
Weighing in at the welter limit on the day of the fight mind you :good
