Fighters who faced the highest number of high quality opponents

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  1. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ossie Ocasio fought:

    Lennox Lewis
    Bruce Seldon
    Tyrell Biggs
    Ray Mercer
    Pierre Coetzer X2
    Evander Holyfield
    Dwight Muhammad Qawi
    Alex Garcia
    Carl Williams
    Mike “The Bounty” Hunter
    John Odhiambho
    Randy Stephens
    Eddie Taylor
    John L Gardner
    Michael Dokes X2
    Larry Holmes
    Jimmy Young X2

    (The Qawi-Lewis fights at the top of the list were consecutive, including both Coetzer fights — that’s eight pretty danged tough bouts in a row.)
     
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  2. CroBox29

    CroBox29 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    In the modern era I would say Kevin Johnson, he fought Vitali Klitschko, Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, Kubrat Pulev, Andy Ruiz Jr., Daniel Dubois, Filip Hrgovic, Martin Bakole, Agit Kabayel and Dereck Chisora.
     
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  3. FreddieGibbs

    FreddieGibbs Active Member Full Member

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    Maxie Rosenbloom, Jack Britton, Ted Kid Lewis
     
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  4. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Good pick.

    Chisora himself is a great candidate. He has fought Tyson Fury x 3 times, Oleksandyr Usyk, Joe Joyce, David Haye, Vitali, Pulev, Kabayel, Dillan Whyte x 2, Joseph Parker x 2. Outsanding resume IMO.
     
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  5. Jpreisser

    Jpreisser Well-Known Member Full Member

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    To follow up with my comment, it appears that McLarnin fought 42 guys in the top-10 out of 69 total bouts, meaning: he spent about 61% of his career against ranked opponents.
     
  6. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    Lennox has a great resume.
     
  7. DJN16

    DJN16 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    In modern times Manny Pacquiao gotta be up there
     
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  8. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Bobby Chacon fought:

    Rafael Limon X4
    Cornelius Boza-Edwards X2
    Ruben Oliveras X2
    Arturo Leon X2
    Danny Lopez
    Ran Mancini
    Arturo Frias
    Alexis Arguello
    Chucho Castillo
    Arturo Pineda
    Shig Fukuyama

    Schoolboy didn’t skip many classes.
     
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  9. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s banned Full Member

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    Muhmmad Ali all due respect ain’t in the convo… Manuel Medina is a more recent fighter (sort of) he fought everybody.