Appearances can be deceiving, if Donald Curry had retired undefeated pre-Honeyghan I bet many would view him as an ATG welterweight.
Walcott and Moore were in their primes, Charles and Louis were not.
I've always found the complaint that Marciano's opponents were past their prime a bit odd. Walcott for example scored the best win of his career...
I would think the Peralta fights would make a much better case for the smallists
Marciano didn't beat anyone like Foreman but by the same token Ali never beat anyone like Wladimir Klitschko and Foreman never beat anyone like...
They were considered punchers in their day but I don't think their power would necessarily be as effective in todays division. You don't seem to...
So why can't one of these aggressive come forward fighters make adjustments in tactics?
Why is it fortunate for his fans? He was pre-prime when all these fights occured. We have film of Ali struggling with Doug Jones and getting...
Oh sure H2H he is probably outside the top ten but I thought we were talking accomplishments.
Bruno lacks stoppage wins over ranked opponents, the only guy he beat who may have been in the top 10 is a faded Coetzee. Likewise Ruddock built...
They may have been considered big punchers in their day but I'm not convinced that would necessarily be the case today. I think they would be...
Vitali is a decent example but Grant wasn't very good and Akinwade was skinny without great physical strength or high end power. Aside from...
I would love to hear an argument as to why Marciano belongs outside the top 10, there are people with more wins over ranked opponents but they...
The guys Ali and Holmes beat were also tiny by todays standards. If size is an issue for Liston it is also a problem for those guys.
