Probably huh? Please don't put Quarry in the same class as guys like Holyfield, Louis, Charles, Marciano, Frazier, Dempsey, and some others.
Holmes 70s, 80s, and 90s Holyfield 80s, 90s, and 00s Tyson 80s, 90s, and 00s Ray Leonard 70s, 80s, and 90s Hearns 70s, 80s, and 90s
:bbb Eddie Machen- Machen would have had his moments Patterson would have given Ali more problems during this time than he did when they...
Pete Rademacher (pro debut) vs. Patterson
Others that I would consider are Mormeck, Cole, Norris, Czyz, Ocasio, Toney Fighters that were/are almost their... Washington, Cunningham, Jones...
Tucker put up a decent fight vs. Mike Tyson but what else did he do? He was the IBF HW Champ for a couple of months in 1987. He stopped Buster...
It would be like winning the WBF belt today or the WBO belt in '88 or '89.
Saw it live on TV when I was 8 in Nov. of '82. I thought it was a great fight. Kim died 5 days later. The ref (Richard Greene) committed suicide...
Holyfield faced (counting IBF, WBA, WBC, WBO, and Lineal World Titles)- 1. Booze 2. Qawi x2 3. Parkey 4. Ocasio 5. DeLeon 6. Thomas 7. Dokes 8....
Sugar Ray Robinson fought 12 as well... 1. Sammy Angott 2. Henry Armstrong 3. Carmen Basilio 4. Kid Gavilan 5. Jake Lamotta 6. Joey Maxim 7....
Ward W10 Gatti... it was close and a case can be made either way. I was glad Ward won because I doubt we would have seen a trilogy had Gatti got...
Chris Byrd would give most HWs from the past trouble. At his best he only lost to big punching monsters
Zora Folley and Eddie Machen were very good fighters, but not great ones.
Jimmy Young... beat Foreman, lost questionable decision to a faded but still decent Ali, lost a split-decision to a still very good Ken Norton
His '46 - '51 run was great. During this stretch he faced among others- Archie Moore W10, W10, KO8 Lloyd Marshall KO6, KO2 Jimmy Bivins W10,...