Cheers mate, glad you like it. Feel free to apply it if you think it has merit to your list-making :good
Looking at the inherent ability/worth of a fighter is definitely something that needs to be looked at when making an overall assessment of a...
It depends how prominent dominance is in your ranking criteria and whether you think he edged Leonard or not. Given that dominance has a prominent...
Yeah it helps those that fought in weak eras and specifically the modern guys be represented a little better, but at the same time, the resume...
Same... though at the same time something should be said for it.... after all, most guys come in their best shape for title fights. It's easier to...
I think a good halfway point is to give some credit for accomplishments and achievements and thereby acknowledge those that made a lot of title...
I think a h2h criterion would bias us against fighters we haven't seen or seen grainy, worthless footage of. If I was merely dealing with fighters...
They wouldn't be alone amongst boxing royalty in thinking that.
An interesting one, I probably should reserve a place for this. I was reluctant to do so because a lot of the great fighters in the past didn't...
This thread is inspired by Stoney's thread 'Ranking the Greats'. I'm just interested in what criteria everyone uses in compiling their all time...
His talent saw him get Ko'ed by a past prime Simon Brown and a mediocre Keith Mullings. That and him getting DQ'ed a couple times killed the...
He had great defense, the type that dares an opponent to hit him whilst staying in range.
He was pretty unlucky to come across Raul Perez, who is a stylistic nightmare for a mid-low output defensive fighter. At least he had the balls...
Considering only fighters I've seen a decent amount of footage of, I'd say: Probably Shozo Saijo or Juan Manuel Marquez. However, I'd give give...
Canzoneri won this fight pretty easily on my scorecard. Though neither man submitted to the other and both went hard for all 15 rounds, I felt...