Best SMWs of all time?

1.Ward
2.RJJ
3.Calzaghe

not a full ten but those are my top three.

 

in no particular order ill shoot some off the top of my head:

Ward, Frock, Toney, RJJ, Calzaghe, Benn, Kessler, Otke

 

Ottke is not one of the best. Otherwise, the Hitman is right, except he forgot about Eubank and he spelled Froch's name wrong. And he also forgot Andre Dirrell.

 

Failey hijacking in 3...2...1....

 

yup I only put down who I could think off at the time. As far as Ottke goes he ranks right up there with the rest of them IMO.

 

RJJr
Toney
Nunn
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Ward
Calzaghe

 

Ward
Calzaghe
Jones

 

Ward
RJJ
Ray Leonard

 

I base these things on resume and when it comes to resume, this is it

1. Calzaghe - winner of 22 SMW title fights, won WBO WBC WBA IBF titles, beat undefeated WBA/WBC champ

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, undefeated IBF champ

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, undefeated future WBO int champ

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, former champ and top SMW

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, and other SMW champs who were still world rated in

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who years later looked to have beaten Ottke,

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who was a 2 time SMW champ who looked unlucky to many against Ottke only losing a debateable SD and never beaten clearly by any other SMW. Add other top 10 SMWs on top of these SMW world champs in Sheika, Starie, Manfredo, Mkertchyan, Bika and you get the top SMW of all time.

2. Eubank - winner of 13 SMW title fights and 2 draws, won the WBO SMW title but also drew with the WBC SMW champ

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, and beat the undefeated relinquished IBF SMW champ Rocchigiani, add in

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who after losing to Eubank twice became WBC SMW champ, former champ

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then all of the other top 10 SMWs,

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. Out of Eubanks 18 WBO SMW title fights 14 of those fights were against fighters who were, had been or became top 10 SMWs. One was a unification and another was against the undefeated former IBF SMW champ (relinquished his title). In fact 6 of the fighters he faced had been or became world champs, then consider that 2 of Eubanks SMW title defeats were to the same fighter where the first was a debateable decision and the second a SD and you have the number 2 SMW.

3. Ottke - winner of 22 SMW title fights, won WBA & IBF SMW titles, won a world title in only his 13th fight, beat IBF champ

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, beat 2 time WBA champ

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, beat undefeated future 2 time WBA SMW champ

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, former SMW champ

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, beat other top 10 SMWs in

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went on to win the WBA LHW title,

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, and fighters that went on to win titles or were former champs in other divisions to go with Branco in

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, and that to me is the number 3 SMW.
Kessler possibly deserves to be above Ward SMW resume wise, as at SMW he has beaten undefeated WBC SMW champ

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, WBA SMW champ

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, 3 time WBC champ

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who became a WBA SMW champ after Kessler beat him, undefeated future WBA regular champ

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, former WBC SMW champ

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, former WBC SMW champ Thobela as well as top 10 SMW in undefeated

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, and Kessler deserves a place.


Now it becomes difficult as you have a SMW like Collins who only made around 7 defences but

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beat

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, first time the undefeated fighter of 17 world title fights and 2 weight world champ and Collins also

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beat 2 weight world champ

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. Both massive wins.
You also have Benn who beat the WBC champ in

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, drew with long running WBO champ

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, future WBC SMW champ

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and then there was the

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win.
Kessler possibly deserves to be above Ward SMW resume wise, as at SMW he has beaten undefeated WBC SMW champ

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, WBA SMW champ

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, 3 time WBC champ

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who became a WBA SMW champ after Kessler beat him, undefeated future WBA regular champ

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, former WBC SMW champ

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, former WBC SMW champ Thobela as well as top 10 SMW in undefeated

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, and Kessler deserves a place.




Its very difficult to make a decision from 4 onwards but
1. Calzaghe
2. Eubank
3. Ottke

4-10 will be a mix of Benn, Collins, Kessler, in the later top side of the top 10, there would be Ward, Woodhall, Mitchell, Reid maybe Froch, Beyer

 

1. prime jones
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2. calzaghe
3. toney
4. ward
5. hopkins (the one who fought pavlik :smoke)

 

1. Ward
2. Calzaghe
3. RJJ
4. Eubank
...Collins, Benn, Ottke?

 

Explain how you got Ward at number one? :huh Top 10 I could possibly see a point, but number 1? How?

 

possibly one of the greatest replies ive ever read on a boxing forum

 

1) Joe Calzaghe
2) Andre Ward
3) Roy Jones
4) Carl Froch
5) Chris Eubank
6) Mikel Kessler
7) Nigel Benn
8) James Toney
9) Lucian Bute
10) Sven Ottke