So what do you think of the comparison with Grant? By the way: I think fighters have been in the ring top5 before, when being undefeated and having fought a string of tomato cans and a few past their best, former contenders. George Foreman for instance. Now i don't agree with these rankings, but they have been there nonetheless.
Grant's accomplishments are probablly superior, he probably did more to earn a ranking. Of course he was never worthy of some of the hype (which never reached a fever pitch comparable to that surrounding Cooney anyway). Well, I'm not against ranking guys like that. All results deserve recognition. It depends on what's happening at the time. In 1980 and 1981 there were at least 5 heavyweights who were doing enough to be ranked above Gerry Cooney.
So his amatuer success against top Soviet heavyweights is hype is well? Or Eddie Futch going on record saying that Cooney had the talent and the punch to be the world champion? But what would he know....
