Name 5 fighters who barely missed the ATG status!!!

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  1. Tin_Ribs

    Tin_Ribs Me Full Member

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    Don't get me wrong, commendable achievements and all. But Casamayor was well past it and had been so for ages, and Marquez was struggling to pin him down until that admittedly splendid KO. Diaz was just never that good, though JMM took him out brutally after a hard struggle. Bradley seems to be maturing into a solid, reasonably well-rounded champion, so that one might be a good fight. But who else?
     
  2. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    We're in agreement, Marco Barrera was nowhere near the offensive machine he once was either. The body work was missing, and his stamina seemed to drop despite the fight not being fought at a very high pace. I don't hold that win in to high a regard, nor the Casamayor victory. I do know that there are a lot of posters who rate Marquez higher than Barrera though, and that's puzzling to me.
     
  3. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Roger Mayweather
    Livingstone Bramble
    Marlon Starling
    Simon Brown
    Ken Norton
     
  4. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Roger Mayweather? :huh Really?

    Starling is a good shout, as is Donald Curry.
     
  5. Tin_Ribs

    Tin_Ribs Me Full Member

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    :huh Yeah, it is to me aswell. Probably based on the notion that Marquez handled Pacquaio so well in comparison to Barrera, which is tosh. In their respective primes at featherweight, I'd pick Barrera everytime: he was far more versatile and the greater ring general. If he hadn't walloped Marquez while he was down in the 7th, it could have been entirely different.
     
  6. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    All Time Great means something entirely different to me,to name those that do not make the cut, would take this thread over.
     
  7. asero

    asero Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    kosta tszyu is another name that comes to mind
     
  8. Beeston Brawler

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  9. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    Qawi, Chandler, Pintor, Pedroza, if they are not considered great by an individual they would be mandatory here.
     
  10. asero

    asero Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    after kessler performance, calzaghe may not be ATG anymore...Kessler looks ordinary
     
  11. PunchOut

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    i think Calzaghe should be top 100 ... something between 80-100 spot

    for me, De Jesus, Kotsa Tszyu, Laporte and Camacho just missed the spot
     
  12. Flea Man

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    Lynch and Saldivar? Your top 100 has Bobby Pac in it, dumb ****.
     
  13. asero

    asero Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    i ranked marquez higher than saldivar and JMM barely makes top 90
     
  14. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    he's my No.1 flyweight so would easily be in the top 100
     
  15. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson might warrant a mention. Kind of lacks a signature win over a really great fighter to propel him into the upper echelon of ATG's, but he had the skills to hang with any great flyweight/jr bantamweight when he was at his best.