A particularly interesting thread to me, as I make my lists on 75% H2H and just 25% resume (so my lists are stupid, in most people's eyes!)....
Wish more people would consider the 'same day' vs 'day before' weights when making predictions/lists in Classic Forum. Game changers.
Dempsey Sullivan Liston Tyson Jeffries
Ali, Liston, Foreman, Holyfield.
Jack Johnson? I'll say: 1. Whitaker 2. Hearns 3. Johnson 4. Holmes But happy to see almost any order. All top 100 guys. Many, top 50.
I like threads like this. I'm going to say that at 160, Hagler does extremely well. Hagler UD (younger) Conn Hagler SD (young) Charles As soon as...
19
I have him at 42. But haven't updated LHW my list for a while. Lists are tricky.
I have him at number 1 at Lightweight, and can't see him being any lower than #3. I have him at number 8 P4P, and can't see him being any lower...
I think Alan Minter boxed a kangaroo too, about 50 years after Primo Carnera did it!
First Round: Ali beats Tyson Louis beats Fury Holmes beats Marciano Liston beats Lewis Frazier beats Johnson Bowe beats Wilder Foreman beats...
Robinson Langford Greb Armstrong
I can see an argument for any order, and I have them close to each other - all between 22 and 31 - on my heavyweight list. (My lists are about 75%...
1. Joe Gans 2. Joe Louis 3. Joe Choynski 4. Joe Frazier 5. Barbados Joe Walcott 6. Joe Lynch 7. Joe Brown 8. Joe Pesci from Goodfellas 9....
I would say only only these guys beat prime Foreman: Ali 100% Liston 65% Holmes 60%