Debating my top ten CW list

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  1. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace

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    Orlin Morris is a good shout. My issue with movers is even at CW Toney has such an advantage in speed and reflexes, I'm not sure how much issue they'd give him. But as you say he didn't really fighter many technical boxers after Griffin.
     
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    I wouldn't say Toney is unproven. His win against Jirov was pretty damn impressive not to mention his win against Jason Robinson. He just didn't stick around long at CW.
     
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    Jason Robinson was a very good fighter from the Chicago area. I use to see him at amauter tournaments and know people that sparred with him. He was an elite kickboxer that also could box. He never held a belt but he was skilled.
     
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    Based on some of the feedback I'm looking at the following adjustments

    Rank First Last Best Performance
    1 Evander Holyfield Dwight Qawi
    2 David Haye Jean Marc Mormeck
    3 James Toney Vassiliy Jirov
    4 Dwight Qawi Leon Spinks
    5 Juan Carlos Gomez Marcelo Domingues
    6 Tomasz Adamek O'Neil Bell
    7 Steve Cunningham Marco Huck
    8 Carlos De Leon S T Gordon
    9 Denis Lebedev Lateef Kayode
    10 Orlin Norris Arthur Williams
     
  5. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. Full Member

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    I get that but Usyk is now a heavyweight.
     
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    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    And even if he was still campaigning at CW, what he's already done makes him a lock for top 5 no matter what happens.
     
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    Eye of Timaeus Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Usyk is number 1. Holyfield might have to drop down to 3 soon.
     
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    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Dunno about Holy being third, but Usyk is #1 imo.
     
  9. lufcrazy

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    As I said, I blame Leon Spinks.

    He went from being an Olympic Gold Medallist and an Unbeaten HW champion of the world with a victory over Muhhamad Ali, to being a guy with a 26-17 record who will never be considered a great fighter by anyone.

    For that reason I now wait for people to retire first.
     
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    It looks like he will be, but Huck stepped up for one fight, said he'd move up and then dropped back down again.

    It's just a matter of having patience.
     
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    Eye of Timaeus Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Gold medals mean nothing in the pros. Ali was past it and Spinks was never anything special.
     
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    You prove my point spectacularly.

    Cheers buddy.
     
  13. It's Ovah

    It's Ovah I am very feel me good. Full Member

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    Why would you continue to rate someone based on the hype that had at the time they were fighting, especially when said hype was shown to be unsubstantiated? In that case Usyk actually does deserve to be considered here, since plenty of people are already hyping him up to be a major player at HW, and his CW resume speaks for itself. The fact he's still active shouldn't alter anything in this case.

    Haye's speed and power were up there with the best of them, but he had too many struggles at the weight against too many unheralded fighters for me to rate him that highly on a H2H basis. His chin was poor (possibly due to weight draining), as was his stamina (might be related), and he often showed an amateurish inability to pace himself, expending vast amounts of energy in short bursts of aggressive punching, then taking rounds off to recoup. A fighter like Gassiev I feel would have taken him apart, though I can see a number of fighters causing him problems and possibly taking him out at some point.

    His whole style was just very risky and it's to his credit that he came out on top as often as he did.
     
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    This reminds of what BloodBoxing said. “ if you want a cure for insomnia,, go study the history of the cruiser weight division” haha
     
  15. lufcrazy

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    I don't feel it was unsubstantiated. As I said I rate him highly.

    Blame Leon Spinks for why I'm not rating Usyk right now. Come his retirement or permanent move from the division I'll then consider his place carefully.