P4P CRITERIA RESUME (50 POINTS) The focus is on the quality of fighters beaten, but: - The size of the opponent and difficulty of the task...
He did beat a lot of name opponents that were past their best like Saldivar, Stevens, Elias, Crawford, Gomez etc. but how many fights is our...
Resume is not the only consideration that goes towards your all time standing. The other big components of it are dominance, longevity and...
Yeah, Rodriguez would have much more fanfare today if he received the decisions against Griffith that he deserved. And if we're talking about...
One guy that I think could rate a little higher is Marlon Starling. I thought he clearly beat Simon Brown, Mark Breland and Maurice Blocker. He...
Most see DLH pretty accurately: a guy that held his own against the top echelon of his day, but who rarely distinguished himself from them. If...
Kid Gavilan would be top 15 on everyone's list if he didn't get robbed in fights against the likes of Ike Williams, Billy Graham, Johnny Saxton...
I can make sense of that phrase in the following ways: 1. Going out on your shield in an attempt to cause a very unlikely upset when the easier...
This. Norris was a bully to past prime welters and junior welters but didn't fair too well against the better fighters his own size. Extremely...
Sammy Mandell is pretty underrated for a lightweight I feel. DIdn't have the best chin of course, but he was a great boxer. He cleaned up old...
Some of my favourite virtuoso performances in the boxer & boxer-puncher moulds (which haven't been mentioned yet) include the following: Buddy...
To me level of dominance is a massive factor in p4p discussions. It's almost as important as resume. Jones' win resume is closer to Oscar's than...
Marcel was definitely a special fighter. I think he'd beat all the featherweights you mention Tin, with his closest fights probably coming from...
Well, tell that to guys like Carmen Basilio and Tony Zale! Technically MUCH less solid. We've also seen a marginally inferior version of...
I think Duran improved a bit from that point though. In any case, I really, really rate Marcel. I know not many would agree with me, but I...
