Best Heavyweight P4P

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  1. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I kinda like Ezzard Charles as a p4p great heavy. Dude started as a middle weight and beat a crap load of great heavies
     
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    Ok
     
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  3. Balder

    Balder Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Marciano
    Charles
    Holyfield
    Dempsey.
     
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  4. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No. o_O:confused::nonono
    I've probably never favored Marciano in any fantasy fights discussed on this forum.
     
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  5. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Cause their modern counterparts are far better.
     
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  6. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No, they wouldn't. Please, explain me how someone like Leonard, McFarland, Driscoll, Gans or Langford would be embarrassed.
    Wait, what does it highlight? I'm confused now.
     
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  7. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Please, explain me how someone like Leonard, McFarland, Driscoll, Gans or Langford wouldn't be able to compete.
     
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  8. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Wow, what a detailed answer. Yeah, you have to be right then.
     
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  9. MarkusFlorez99

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    Watch footage of them
     
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  10. George Crowcroft

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    I'd be really interesting in the people who're saying Leonard, McFarland, Driscoll, Gans and Langford get embarrassed today to give us your current top fives at 122, 126, 130 and 135. Just to see who these legends can no longer beat.
     
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  11. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Wow, I never thought that I had such an option. Thank you!
     
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  12. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You won't get the answer unfortunately.
     
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  13. MarkusFlorez99

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    As of now
    135 - Teofimo Lopez (although we need a rematch with him and Lomachenko)
    130 - Oscar Valdez
    126 - Gary Russell Jr
    And i dont care for JFW

    But those versions of the fighters you listed at lightweight would get destroyed by Lopez and dissected by Lomachenko. Their sloppy and rudimentary compared to modern elite fighters. Im not some guy who has a bias against past fighters because i can tell whos skilled enough to compete with or destroy modern fighters.

    Fighters like SRR would. He was a monster and i can tell just based on film in addition to his resume. He would destroy every welterweight in modern times. Others like Ike Williams, Jake LaMotta, Kid Gavilan, Carlos Ortiz etc could be world champions today just as SRR would.

    Langford ? Gans ? Etc ? No. Benny Leonard looks decently skilled at LW but if you get a time machine and put Teofimo Lopez or prime Pernell Whitaker or prime Floyd Mayweather or prime De La Hoya in the ring with Leonard in the early 1900s I'd favor them to severely outclass him. Although realistically times were different back then, different rules, glove material, etc. So it would be somewhat hard to imagine that
     
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