People tend to rank Monzon, Hagler, SRR, Hopkins in their top5 MWs. Now the following left the MW division in search of bigger fish at LHW/HW Greb Patterson Langford Fitzsimmons Charles Moore Byrd Toney RJJ How would Monzon, Hagler, SRR, Hopkins do at HW? Would they do as well as the above fighters? In head to heads who would be the top 5 in all these fighters?
Add Mickey Walker to that list ,he fought a draw with Jack Sharkey,and beat the very big Bearcat Wright.
Also is it fair to rate Monzon, Hagler above Greb Patterson, Langford, Fitzsimmons, Charles, Moore, Byrd, RJJ given they were facing easier fights against smaller men.
IF Byrd stayed at MW he could have possibly been an atg... Or at least better looked at than he is as a heavyweight..
Nah, Byrd was a mediocre fighter even at his best. His style would not have worked nearly as well against smaller quicker fighters.
Ezzard Charles or Archie Moore would be able to beat any heavyweight out there today excluding Wladamir Klitschko. Perhaps including him. Sam Langford would be the undisputed and unified heavyweight champion if he was fighting today. Harry Greb or Mickey Walker could pick up a strap in the heavyweight division today at least if they were alowed to fight at 175 lbs. Of the great middleweights who did not try their hand at higher weights Bernard Hopkins strikes me as one who could get results.