I don't see much evidence for Michael Grant ever being a top 10 heavyweight ability-wise. At the time he fought Lewis there were more than 10...
Wards competition at 168 seems like it should be a reasonable gauge as to how good he was at light heavyweight.
If Sanders is as good as some are suggesting it seems a bit odd his resume is so thin aside from the Wladimir win. It seems like a tremendous waste
There are plenty of guys who accomplished less than Marciano who might be favored to beat him but its not clear what Bonavena brings to the table...
If Bonavena was near Marcianos level he should have been easily able to beat the likes of Ellis, Lyle, and old Patterson
Following his loss to Tiger, Fernandez won 5 fights straight including kayo wins over Joe DeNucci and Jose Torres. He wasn't on the downside by...
No evidence for these fights being fixed. I could just as easily claim Barkley's wins were fixed. If Barkley was better rounded why didn't he...
Carter has wins over Griffith, Fernandez, and Benton among others. I don't see how Barkley accomplished more. Barkley had the advantage of...
Kalambay beat a guy who beat Hearns twice. How is McCallum losing to him relevant vis a vis fabulous four?
Tyson was still ranked in the top 10 by Ring Magazine going into the fight but is there really much evidence to support him still being a top 10...
How so? There are many top guys Holyfield never fought Tim Witherspoon Tony Tucker Tony Tubbs Oliver McCall Frank Bruno etc I think the era...
What makes you think he was still top 5?
I would have more faith in Moorer winning had he fought more top guys. Botha, Schultz, Cooper, etc lost whenever they tried stepping up in class.
Why not? We have multiple examples of fighters from these eras losing to fighters from earlier eras. Like Cleveland Williams getting knocked out...
The likes of Lou Savarese was able to hold his own with the Foreman that beat Moorer. Is Lou Savarese miles better than Max Baer?
