Hm, the guys that got me into boxing, Maske, Rocchigiani and Michaelchewski. Thought they were amongst the best ever. Then I saw Jones Jr. and new they weren't but he was. Then I learned more and more and he wasn't anymore. Guess the more you learn about stuff and re-evaluating your judgements the less mysticism there is left and the smaller and more human those guys look.
Look at JMM prior to that fight. He had a dad-bod, for crying out loud! Then look at who was in his corner (known cheats). Do some research, kid.
I would say mainly relative to the champions who came before Louis, because that is where the comparison is most meaningful.
Yet JMM had Victor Conte's crew in his corner for his final fight against Manny. You know, the biggest PED cheats EVER in sports history.
Agree with all those accept Johnson. When you are that good defensively, with quick reflexes for a HW, and that ring IQ... He'll always be able to compete with the best imo.
AGREED. yet again he was just leveling the playing field manny had cheated for years. manny was the inferior fighter. both on peds and you saw what happened
Idiot Chavez beat Laporte easy, Got schooled vs Taylor? LOL he put Taylor in hospital. JMM isn't to tie Chavez' shoelaces.
For me, I'd list: Pryor Jeffries Since it's just about holding in a lower regard, and not that he's not an ATG, I'd list Joe Louis. He's an ATG, and a top 3 HW based on champtionship reign. However, looking more and more at his fights, and weaknesses, it has become clear that he's not the h2h beast I once thought he was.
Taylor suffered a broken eye socket, broken ribs, badly busted up face, had a lot of blood pumped from his stomach, was ****ing blood for weeks and was in hospital for almost 2 weeks following the fight.
only fanboys start a response accusing a person of being an idiot. go to boxrec. padded tomato cans at least fifty. laporte beat him and i can tell you as a former boxer for nine years. i have won fights where i have been taken to hospital and been black and blue for weeks yet my opponent is out and about the same day, thankyouverymuch. so taylor going to hospital doesn't mean he didn't SCHOOL chavez . he did. and JMM IS BETTER than chavez. smarter, better stamina, better opposition, more success climbing weight classes. just accept it.