Most skillful perfomance you've seen

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  1. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Really? Based on?

    I mean he was a terriffic fighter but there are plenty fo fighters who deserve to be ranked at mw IMO.
     
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  2. D.T

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    Armstrong-Arizmendi
    Ali-Williams
    Holyfield-Dokes
    Mayweather-Marquez
     
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  3. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    that's an inherently flawed way of comparing the two.

    The weightclasses are not directly comparable in such a way.


    McCallum was just outright better than someone like Baer to me.
     
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  4. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    When comparing greatness not really.

    More skilled defenitly. Better, I don´t know.
     
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  5. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I do too.
     
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  6. Stevie G

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    Sugar Ray Leonard v Wilfred Benitez was quite a skill-fest too.
     
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  7. Pachilles

    Pachilles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Give it up Fritzl. Its as clear as day.
     
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  8. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Based on what?

    Personally, I think all of those guys have at the very least a good case to be ranked above him. McCallum was a very good mw but this is a very deep division. I probably forgot a few too.


    Harry Greb
    Carlos Monzon
    Ray Robinson
    Marvin Hagler
    Bernard Hopkins
    Dick Tiger
    Tommy Ryan
    Tony Zale
    Jake LaMotta
    Bob Fitzsimmons
    Freddie Steele
    Charley Burley
    Joey Giardello
    Gene Fullmer
    Emile Griffith
    Nino Benvenuti
    Teddy Yarosz
    Fred Apostoli
    Holman Williams
    Mike O´Dowd
    Rodrigo Valdez
    Frank Klaus
    Tiger Flowers
    Mickey Walker
    Mike Gibbons
    Ken Overlin
    Marcel Cerdan
    Michael Nunn
    James Toney
    Roy Jones Jr.
    Jack Dempsey
    Johnny Wilson
    Al Hostak
    Rocky Graziano
    Vito Antuefermo
    Sumbu Kalambay
     
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  9. McGrain

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    Superb shout.
     
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  10. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :hi:
     
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  11. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I got the winnah-
    Willie Pep beating Sandy Saddler on Feb.11,1949 in 15 rds.,avoiding the stronger
    murderous punching Saddler. It was not only skillful,it was UNCANNY !!!
     
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  12. McGrain

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    If I had to give one answer, I'd go for Sugar versus LaMotta VI.
     
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  13. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What are you insinuating, Bodhi? That the Heavyweight division is just as deep as the Middleweight division, and therefore your comparison holds perfect validity? I doubt if I'd even have Baer in a top 20 Heavyweights list, to be honest. Either way, it simply doesn't work like you're making it out to. You could find the kind of quality you'd find in a top 20 Heavyweights list going through the top 50 or more Middleweights.

    Why not just compare them on their overall worth as fighters? In that light I think it's obvious to most that McCallum was Baer's superior, and easily.
     
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  14. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Jones Jr. against Toney
     
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  15. Stevie G

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    McCallum was very much an unsung hero. He should have been given an invite to the Hagler,Hearns,Leonard and Duran party. He'd have fitted in admirably.
     
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