Best legacy: Sanders, Byrd, or Peter

I'd rank 1 Sanders, 2 Peter, 3 Byrd. Here's how I see their resume and legacy
1. Sanders. He beat a half dozen or more quality fringe contenders or high level journeymen, but only really had three fights against top ten hws. However, the fact that he blasted out an ATG in Wlad and nearly blasted out another in a great losing effort against Vitali are sufficient accomplishments to raise his stock above the other two for me. They had more wins, but much less impressive, and that edges Sanders for me.

Peter
3 wins over top 5 hws(Maskaev, Toneyx2)
6 Wins over top 30ish guys in Aguilera, McCline, Sykes, Williams, Diaz, Shufford

On top of that, he nearly beat an atg in Wlad. Not including his totally shot period, he had about the same number of losses as Byrd and Sanders.

Byrd: First you have to deal with the fluky win over Vitali. Is it a win, yes. Should the circumstances behind it, and the fact it was clear Vitali was the superior fighter be taken into account? Yes. I'll credit it as a top ten win and nothing more.
4 wins over top 10ish hws: Vit, shot Holyfield, Tua, McCline(debatable victory, as many of his wins were).
5 wins and a draw against top 30ish opponents: Castillo, Purrity, Harris, Oquendo, Williamson, Golota(draw).

So, Peter and Byrd had about as many top wins, and Sanders considerably fewer. But for me Peter's close loss to Wlad edges him over Byrd for me, with Sanders demo job on Wlad and top performance against Vitali edging Peter. All three are very close whoever you pick imo.

 

Thanks. I know it's probably against the grain to rank them as I do, I don't have a problem with any ranking there. I do think there is alot to go into legacy and resume though, and sometimes group think sets in a bit and people can be overlooked. For me, I think Corrie probably doesn't get enough credit for his two big performances. Single wins and great losing performances can mean alot. Take away Frazier fights against Ali, keep everything else the same, and Frazier may not even be considered a concencus top 25 hw

 

Sorry, I'll edit and reword that, I meant Frazier wouldn't be, not Ali

 

Any other votes or comments on the legacies of the three best non Ks of the first half of the K era?