Has The Ring Magazine Top 80 Ever Been Discussed Here?

Sweet Pea · Jun 21, 2008

PACFAN84 said:

The list is a joke because of the placements of the great Thomas Hearns and of Roy Jones Jr. How the **** can Pernell Whitaker be number 10 if Tommy Hearns is #67?!?!? I doubt if even Sweet Pea himself would argue he should be ranked above the Hitman, and even if there are some who thinks he should be, no1 in their right mind would think he should be 57 places higher. And Roy Jones Jr should definitely be top 10 P4P. Named Fighter Of The 90s, 7 world titles at 4 weight divisions, 1st guy in over 100 years to win world title at middleweight and heavyweight, resume including wins over Toney, Hopkins, McCallum and Ruiz at heayweight. Surely that puts him above Pernell Whitaker, Carlos Monzon and Ezzard Charles??

Also, to have Felix Trinidad at #51 but Oscar De La Hoya at #75 is a joke. Did anyone at The Ring see their fight? Or take their achievements in the ring into question?? Trinidad was a great welterweight with a great punch, but he was too one-dimensional to ever be considered a great. He didn't carry his power above 147, and it was clear how little boxing ability he had v Hopkins and Wright. De La Hoya had more talent, more ability, and achieved more.

As always with these lists, the old guys are ranked higher. It's human nature I suppose, people always put the old greats on a higher pedestal and don't want to accpet their own generation being as good coz they get paid more. Sugar Ray Leonard should have been top 5 (above Greb, Pep and Benny Leonard anyway), and Hagler should have been higher than 17 (above Whitaker, Charles, Saddler and Dempsey).

I'm guessing Holyfield was only ranked above Foreman, Holmes and Lennox Lewis because of his exploits at cruiserweight, coz he was nowhere near as good a heavyweight. And Tyson ranked far far too low. His current state should not affect our memories of what a monster he was in the late 80s. He should be top 30.
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My God, this is one of the worst posts I've seen in a while, and no, not just because of your incorrect criticism of Whitaker.

RafaelGonzal · Jun 21, 2008

Sweet Pea is too high and Hearns too low 1-9 are very good. The debates begin at 10.

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