Julian Jackson - Top 100 P4P?

Doesn't make a top 100 IMO. To be honest, not even close. A win over Norris, a win over Graham, and a 2-weight world champion just isn't enough in my eyes. When I wrote my own top 100, I didn't fit in so many fighters that I feel were better than Julian (Mosley, Marquez, Wright, Camacho etc) so for me it's a no. JMHO

 

top 100 in skills but not in accomplishment

 

I don't think any of the fighters you put in parentheses were much better, if at all.

 

Depends how highly you rate him head to head really.It's not like there is any real defined resume based criteria for what fighters in that range should have accomplished after all.

Jackson is a bit underrated usually imo.Even with his workmanlike box-fighting style, he was a notch or two better than guys like Morales or Marquez that usualyl prop up these lists.That crushing power is too much of an equaliser for fighters of that talent level to overcome more often than not.

 

He was one of those men that was blessed with extraordinary luck against some of his opponents. I'm not a fan at all.

 

Not even Mosley???

 

I said some of his opponents

 

Top 100 on skills? Not a chance.

 

Some call it luck, others call it punching power.

 

Nah, not really. They rank in a similar stratosphere for me. Both were flawed, both had very good physical tools to compensate most of the time, but both were capable of being beaten by the very best or simply difficult stylistic matchups. Jackson less so because of his power which gave him a chance against pretty much anyone.

 

Personally I view Mosley and Winky as clearly superior fighters, but I appreciate your points, all these guys are limited/flawed and Jackson's power was indeed a "great equalizer".