Greg Page? Tim Witherspoon?
Donald Curry domination of Lupe Aquino.
I'm adding Scott Frank and Marvis Frazier to that list.
two underrated boxers in terms of speed were Bernard Taylor and Lonnie Smith.
Salvador Sanchez and Jeff Chandler.
Cobb and Shavers I was the two best performances from Larry.
They should have matched up Leon Spinks and John Tate for the title.
Larry beats Wlad by shutout decision, with a couple of knockdowns thrown in.
Probably when Holmes beat Ali, but your time frame is probably more on point.
Tony Tubbs was 240-13.
Donald Curry was also very fast at welterweight, as was Ronnie Harris at middleweight.
Cooney was the undisputed #1 when he fought Holmes, for at least 1 1/2 years.
1) Witherspoon 2) Coetzee 3) Dokes 4) Thomas 5) Page 6) Berbick 7) Tubbs. As Natonic mentioned, Page would be at the top based on ability.
As were the combinations of Michael Dokes early on.