It´s just like with eras, you´ve got to rank them where they fought in. But yeah, of course mw had more quality. McCallum was the suprior fighter. If he was the better one. I don´t know.
Can we just leave the Baer nonsense and get back to topic. Don't think anyone has mentioned Montreal. That was a great exhibition of both skill and guts. How is it the lower weight classes? Must be some there. As for HW, I can't hardly think of any that belongs in the company we speak of here. Johnson-Charles comes close, but just falls little short imo. I love Holyfield-Bowe I as a technical blood battle, but it lacks somewhat in ring generalship.
:good Bang on. Barney Ross vs Billy Petrolle II is the best we have ever seen Ross on film IMO, just shows everything. I also think Giardello looks the best on film against Ray Robinson. Bernard Hopkins vs Felix Trinidad is also a favourite of mine.
Tyrone Crawley-Robin Blake. The Butterfly stands flatfooted in mid ring with a much taller and more powerful hometown hero, and boxes his ears off decisively. Orlin Norris-Greg Page. Off of this performance, I thought Orlin might give Tyson some major headaches if they ever squared off. Griffith-Archer II. As Joey's jabs streamed out to repeatedly connect on a continually moving target, the rising crescendo from the knowledgeable MSG audience reached a fever pitch. But at a crucial later moment, Griff drops his left from an upright position and begins shooting from the hip, giving Archer instant trouble. Louis-Farr. Both hurt their right hands early, turning this into a fencing contest over the championship distance.
Duran-Leonard I - Both were fantastic and the fight was very close. One of the great exhibitions of filmed boxing. Calzaghe-Lacy- One sided exhibition of spacing, timing and speed over what was rightly considered a very dangerous opponent. Said opponent's career was unfortunately ruined in the affair.