Name all fighters who have performed at better than borderline elite level...

Mijares vs. Navarro and Munoz - A and A+ respectively.

Calzaghe vs. Kessler - A+

Mayweather vs. Hatton - A

Forrest vs. Piccirillo - A(didn't lose a round, KOed him brutally).

Nate Campbell vs. Juan Diaz - A

Israel Vasquez vs. Rafael Marquez 3 - A on both sides.

Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Johnny Edwards - A.:yep

 

Quintana vs Williams - A

 

Is that bear in your avatar? What breed was he?

 

PBF vs Hatton A
Cotto vs Mosely A
Qintanna vs Williams A+
Vasquez vs Marquez I agree both A+
Pavlik vs Taylor A

 

Cotto vs Gomez A (although the match-up was a about a C) so don't know if this fits criteria.

 

Nate Campbell's perfomance againt "The Baby Bull" deserves an A+
(He took the best Juan could give, and gave much more)

Carlos Quintana's performance against "The Punisher" deserves an A+
(He stopped the hype train, dismantled & humiliated Williams)

 

Mayweather was an A in the fight performance wise, Hatton was a B- or B max, Hatton won one round clearly and got KTFO, that's an A level performance on Floyd's part.

 

Tho I agree that Cotto should get an A for his performance vs Shane. The simple fact that you can make an arguement that Mosely won the fight (I had it a draw, tho I wouldnt argue a win either way), doesnt that put Shane in that A range as well?

 

Absolutely, Shane still is an A level fighter, but not an A+ like he once was. Which means that Cotto as it stands now with no further improvements is a solid A, which makes him elite no doubt, but not a top elite. He could potetially get better though, he's shown very good improvements the last two years.

At 140 he was a B+, at 147 he's been a solid A, great improvement.

 

What is your opinion of Cotto vs Gomez. Cotto clearly stood out as an A fighter, but matched up with a C. So can that count?

 

Pavlik vs. Miranda - B win vs. a B-.

Pavlik vs. Taylor 1 - B win vs. a B.

Pavlik vs. Taylor 2 - B- win vs. a B, stylistic advantages allowing him a close victory.

:good

 

Yes, A level performances can be done over lesser fighters. That was an A level performer brutally shredding a solid C level fighter. An A level performance over a C is barely taking anything and just totally outclassing/brutalising the opponent. Furthermore, an A+ performance is doing the same to a B- or better and an ATG/Supernatural performance is doing the same to a B+ to A level fighter. RARELY has an A+ dominated another A+, impossible to do.

Same with Gamboa blasting C level Edwards in the 1st, doesn't get anymore A level than that. Though Gamboa was B+ vs. Jimenez due to a few issue's.

 

How about JMM?

Elite performances against Pac and Rocky Juarez.