Qawi/Braxton - ATG?

The night he beat Eddie Davis he was great but never showed the same promise again.

 

I've always really liked Qawi...one of my favorites back in the day. He always came to fight. I'm not sure too many would agree with me on here, but Qawi would match up tough with anyone at 175. As time passes I think he'll be appreciated more...Great fighter? Hell yeah! Tough as nails.

 

Falls under the Great category, just short of the All Time Greats.

 

In the LHWs, I would say that he would be borderline top 10 ATG.

At Cruiserweight (the official ones only), I place him at number 2 - behind Holyfield.

 

Great pressure fighter. I was very suprised that he did not pressure Spinks more & allowed Spinks to freely move around the ring a pile up the points. A victory over Spinks that night would have cemented it for him. Didn't Braxton also fight James Scott?

 

I consider him a very good fighter, top 20 lightheavyweight of all time.

 

I think the man is a borderline ATG at 175, we all do this kind of thing differently, but the very greatest fighters (in a weight classes history) are what i refer to as the 'elite', then come the ATGs, and Qawi was one of the premier fighters in his era, probably cuts it as an ATG for me in that light

 

I think he makes it and would have ben a dominant champ if he hadn't have run into Spinks.

 

Its a kop out vote I know but I went for "borderline", great fighter who would have achieved more but for Mike Spinks being around, but the bottom line is that Mike Spinks WAS around.

 

Again a great fighter but not an ATG. I guess its where you put the bar and how the boxer had fared with rivals around at that time. I'd say DeJesus was an all time top 20-25 lightweight, if thats an ATG then so be it, I'd have no real arguement. Same with Qawi, not an ATG in my book but pretty close, hence my vote..