Rank the following 8 fighters.

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  1. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Rank the following fighters from greatest to least greatest. Reasoning would be appreciated. Who beat the most impressive level of opposition? Who was the most complete fighter at their best? Discuss.

    Michael Spinks
    Julio Cesar Chavez
    Eder Jofre
    Alexis Arguello
    Roy Jones Jr
    Thomas Hearns
    Carmen Basilio
    Larry Holmes
     
    Addie, Sep 28, 2010
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  2. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    They were all crap.
     
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  3. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    :yep Hamed would have certainly whipped them all, but let's get serious, rank these bums from best bum to worst bum. Let's do that, Lora. :good
     
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    :lol:
     
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  5. RockysSplitNose

    RockysSplitNose Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Don't want to under appreciate someone I don't know much about but I don't know a great deal on Eder Jofre so not really sure on him but my pick for the greatest P4P of that bunch would be Roy Jones maybe followed by JC CHavez, then Basilio and Arguello, then Hearns, then Holmes - sorry to Holmes fans - I just don't rank to many of the heavyweights too highly in a P4P sense in comparison with the great guys from lower weights - and I don't consider Holmes to have been one of the mount olympus heavyweights either
     
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  6. Pachilles

    Pachilles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1) Roy Jones Jr
    2) Thomas Hearns
    3) Julio Cesar Chavez
    4) Michael Spinks
    5)Alexis Arguello
    6)Larry Holmes
    7)Eder Jofre
    8)Carmen Basilio

    Jones Jr was the most complete fighter. Chavez was the most proven. Hearns fought the best competition
     
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  7. teeto

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    I like what you've done here Addie, you've gave us a **** of a thread/task. And it's going to be a long thread when people clash i think! To be objective i'll try and sort it out resume-wise.
     
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  8. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Indeed. I purposefully wanted to match-up 8 fighters who I felt were all fairly comparable in terms of greatness.
     
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  9. Nicky P

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    Roy Jones Jr
    Thomas Hearns
    JCC
    Alexis Arguello
    Larry Holmes
    Michael Spinks
    Carmen Basilio
    Eder Jofre (don't know much about him)
     
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  10. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    I'm surprised Jones has been getting the nod so far.
     
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  11. di tullio

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    Thomas Hearns
    Roy Jones Jr
    Larry Holmes
    Carmen Basilio
    Eder Jofre
    Julio Cesar Chavez
    Alexis Arguello
    Michael Spinks

    I think. I'm not really sure.
     
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  12. teeto

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    It's a situation wherein you have fighters with good wins but without a very stacked resume, you have fighters with a stacked resume and not too many bona fide great wins, and you have fighters with great resumes and considerable losses on the ledger. It just depends how you weight the average. Probably-

    Jones
    Hearns
    Basilio
    Jofre
    Spinks
    Arguello
    Chavez
    Holmes

    It could be any other way though and i won't contest it, i just put myself out there as i've already posted and said i'd try.

    My opinion of the fighters (simply as fighters) is probably-

    Jofre/Jones/Holmes/Spinks
    Arguello/Basilio/Chavez/Hearns

    The top line i think slightly more of, probably Jofre being the man, ironic with the lack of his successful effors i've viewed i know.
     
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  13. Nicky P

    Nicky P Jamiva Boxing Full Member

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    Jones did some special things in the ring in his prime and even before his prime.
     
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  14. teeto

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    Jones was such a good fighter it was silly.
     
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  15. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    My stab would maybe be like....

    Michael Spinks
    Thomas Hearns
    Carmen Basilio
    Roy Jones Jr
    Alexis Arguello
    Eder Jofre
    Julio Cesar Chavez
    Larry Holmes

    I tend to be one of the few who rank Spinks over Jones. I just felt he dominated a far, far greater Light Heavyweight division, and he beat a far, far greater Heavyweight in Larry Holmes.
     
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