Best Cruiserweights of all time?

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  1. Haye

    Haye Boxing Addict Full Member

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    In all honesty I have never seen half these guys so can you older guys rank them for me. Obviously Holyfield is the best CW ever but rank these other guys, and ones I may have missed.

    Holyfield, Qawi, Saad Muhammad, Haye, Gomez, Jirov, Mormeck, Tiozzo.
     
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  2. pit

    pit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Saad Muhammad was a Lt Heavy not a cruser , Quawi didn't do as much at CW as he did at Lt Heavy , .

    Haye is OK but didn't come close the what Holy did at CW

    So that Leaves only two, Holyfield #1 and Jirov second by default
     
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  3. Illmatic

    Illmatic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Jirov didnt face many of the big names (for CW that is) when he was there. Gomez had a lengthy run as titlists...De Leon won titles 3 times.
     
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  4. Ray Robinson

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    Tiozzo should not be mentioned in the same thread as Holyfield. :lol:

    Never!!
     
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  5. JAHamilton77

    JAHamilton77 Walking Violence Full Member

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    1. Holyfield
    2. Nelson
    3. DeLeon
    4. Jirov
    5. Gomez

    (I always have a feeling I forgot someone)
     
    JAHamilton77, Mar 10, 2008
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  6. jc

    jc Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    1. Holy

    All other position are up for discussion.

    It all depnds on what you think is more important, Nelson, Jirov, Gomez were all long reigning titlists, but none of then were undisputed like Mormeck and Haye...
     
    jc, Mar 10, 2008
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  7. Haye

    Haye Boxing Addict Full Member

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    DeLeon was waay before my time. He musta been what, the first CW champ?
     
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  8. surreal deal

    surreal deal Liverpool via Krypton Full Member

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    1.HOLYFIELD
    2.HOLYFIELD
    3.HOLYFIELD
    4.QAWI(could have had a decent reign if not for,er,Holyfield)
    5.DE LEON(was the man in the difficult early days)
    6.GOMEZ(the best in the years before haye)
    7.OCACIA(good early CW)

    Starts getting pointless now.:tired
     
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  9. brooklyn1550

    brooklyn1550 Roberto Duran Full Member

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    Obviously number one is Evander Holyfield (and I don't think that will ever change). After that, you can argue any order between the following...

    Carlos de Leon
    Dwight Muhammad Qawi
    Juan Carlos Gomez
    Vassiliy Jirov
    David Haye
    Johnny Nelson
    James Toney
    Jean Marc Mormeck
    Orlin Norris
    Al Cole
    Anaclet Wamiba
    Marvin Camel
    Ossie Ocasio
    O'Neil Bell
     
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  10. Alo2006

    Alo2006 R.I.P Sean Taylor Full Member

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    Holyfield :bbb
     
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  11. Bodysnatcher

    Bodysnatcher Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  12. C HOP

    C HOP The World Awaits Full Member

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    lol damn cant belive 5 months ago there was hardly a thread about cruiserweight and david haye lol now look at this board haha how times change in boxing
     
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  13. jc

    jc Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Cruiser has been a good division for a while. As soon as they started unifying it became interesting, we could have had this interest years ago if Nelson, Jirov and Gomez who took a risk and fought each other...
     
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  14. ripcity

    ripcity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    If we are only talking about those who acatuly fought at Cruiserweight than I would go with Holyfield. I think if Hay were to stay at the weight for a little longer he could overtake Holyfield. I also think O'Neil Bell can also overtake Holyfield. If you also include hevywewights who fought under 200 lbs I would go with Rocky Marciano as my #1.
     
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  15. Asterion

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