5 fighters, very good or great?

These are 5 fighters it actually pains me a little not to call great but I do my best not the chuck that word around lightly.

Chacon and Tapia aren't far off.

Carbajal is top 10 for his weight and usually that's enough for me but alas light-fly just doesn't have the history or depth.

Man I loved Marv and the service he gave to the sport but he falls pretty far short.

Alvarez was a fine fighter, capable of a lot more if the opportunites were there at the lower weights but for me he is the furthest from great.

 

All very good

 

I consider Johnny Tapia a great fighter, or very close to it. For me he deserves parity with bigger name fighters from the same era such as Calzaghe and Tszyu.

 

I'd love to label Chacon & Tapia in particular as greats, but for me they all border on it and sit in the very category instead.

 

I consider Tapia more than just a borderline great. I think he's very underrated. Carbajal was a great fighter, imo, and interestingly, I never even thought to wonder if he was or wasn't. It was not a question to me.

 

Tapia was great ...the rest very, very good.

 

Tapia and Carbajal were closest to being great. Let's be discrete in doling out this term "great"..none of them were great, but like I said, Tapia and Carbajal came closest.

 

Sometimes I get the feeling that someone deliberately says "great" instead of "all-time great" and they get answers based off of personal "all-time great" criteria, if that makes any sense.

 

I assumed he was talking in all-time terms. The likes of Chacon, Tapia and Carbajal were great for their own era, but in all-time terms? No, not for me.

 

Yeah I dont think Alvarez had the mental makeup to be great. He was tough but crazy.

 

Eusubio Pedroza
Alfonso Zamora
Rodrigo Valdez
Esteban DeJesus
Rafael Herrera

 

wtf? :?

 

Very Good,,,,,Mucho Bueno,,,,,,,,,,No Excellente'