Rank the Following Current Fighters by Their Historical Legacy As of Now

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  1. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    Me reading this list :teeth:
     
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  2. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    Can you rank them from ugliest?
     
  3. DaRealJT

    DaRealJT Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Oleksandr Usyk - ATG
    Naoya Inoue - HOF, verge of ATG
    Terence Crawford - HOF
    Errol Spence - HOF
    Canelo Alvarez - ATG
    Dmitry Bivol - verge of HOF
    Vasily Lomachenko - HOF
    Josh Taylor - possible HOF, but personally not
    Jermell Charlo - possible HOF, but personally not
    Juan Francisco Estrada - HOF
    Kazuto Ioka - HOF
    Kenshiro Teraji - idk enough to say
    Roman Gonzalez - ATG
    Shakur Stevenson - way too early to say but likely will be at least HOF in the future
    Artur Beterbiev - HOF
    Tyson Fury - ATG
     
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  4. Sooncreate3

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    Tough list to make, but it was loads of fun to do. Lesser number means higher all-time rank and higher number means lower all-time rank.
    1. Chocolatito
    2. Usyk
    3. Estrada
    4. Fury
    5. Canelo
    6. Lomachenko
    7. Ioka
    8. Inoue
    9. Bivol
    10. Taylor
    11. Teraji
    12. Crawford
    13. Spence
    14. Beterbiev
    15. Mell Charlo
    16. Stevenson
     
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  5. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Why? Because the black fighters all rank so low? Sorry, their styles are just horrible to me, had there been more aesthetically pleasing styles available, they'd have ranked higher than Chocolatito as well. Like say.... Joe Joyce, Keith Thurman, Shawn Porter, Kell Brook, Regis Prograis, Frank Martin, Austin Trout, Erislandy Lara, Luis Ortiz, Yunier Dorticos, hell.... even Wilder and AJ. That's just how nauseating I find slicksters, but for what it's worth, I was this close to slotting Spence above him, but Spence has only been involved in one FOTY candidate and that was more on Porter, whereas Roman has been in several. Somehow Spence and his boring ass personality.... even makes volume punching boring.:lol:
     
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  6. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Of course.... ugliest up top to hottest at the bottom.:lol:

    Terence Crawford
    Tyson Fury
    Roman Gonzalez
    Shakur Stevenson
    Juan Francisco Estrada
    Artur Beterbiev
    Errol Spence
    Dmitry Bivol
    Josh Taylor
    Oleksandr Usyk (as long as he doesn't smile:lol:)
    Jermell Charlo
    Kenshiro Teraji
    Canelo Alvarez
    Kazuto Ioka
    Naoya Inoue
    Vasyl Lomachenko
     
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  7. JunlongXiFan

    JunlongXiFan 45-6 in Kirks Chmpionshp Boxing Predictions 2022 Full Member

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    This is hands down the worst list I have read anywhere on any boxing website ever
     
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  8. Sooncreate3

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    Which aspect? I'd love to discuss my list. What would u say was my weirdest selection?
     
  9. Young Terror

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    :deal::sisi1
     
  10. Sooncreate3

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    I didn't even notice until you told me lol. Tbh, it's not like Crawford, Spence, Charlo, and Stevenson are HOF-level fighters (yet). Crawford and Spence fight very infrequently, haven't fought each other. Crawford fights lots of soft touch opposition these days and he hasn't fought a Top 20 P4P fighter since Yuriorkis Gamboa almost a decade ago. For Charlo, he ain't bad but outside Castaño, Rosario, and Harrison, there isnt much to his resume and Charlo did look iffy against Castaño in the first fight. Stevenson's career as an elite fighter has been very short but I do believe he has the most potential out of the 3 previous fighters I mentioned. I won't be surprised if Stevenson jumps 5-6 spots in the next few years.
     
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  11. JunlongXiFan

    JunlongXiFan 45-6 in Kirks Chmpionshp Boxing Predictions 2022 Full Member

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    Well, I exaggerated a lot looking at it again, but it's still quite bad.

    Lomachenko and Fury are way too high. They both have pretty abhorrent resumes compared to some of the fighters ranked below them, like Inoue.

    Fury has beaten three fighters ranked by The Ring when he beat them in his career:

    Klitschko was actually very good but an old man, Wilder has only one good win (vs a 38 year old man) and Chisora has maybe a few wins vs good fighters but has lost 13 times.

    I mean, seriously, how can you have Fury above Canelo? Canelo has beaten Kovalev, Golovkin, Cotto, Jacobs and so many lower tier champions. I mean, Kovalev, Golovkin, Cotto are all legitimate HoFers (Golovkin and Cotto border ATG) and were all younger than the Fury version of Klitschko by a lot when Canelo beat them.
     
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  12. ellerbe

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    Are you rating choco ugly cause he’s a midget or because of his face? Lol. I’m also surprised you don’t have Kenshiro higher, dude lowkey looks like a downie sometimes.
     
  13. acie2g

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    he need some more fights for me, hard to call a guy with less then 30 fights a ATG, Uysk is right on the borderline Undisputed cruiser weight champ and 3-belt unified Heavyweight champ first guy since Evander to do that, that’s historically great I guess for me even tho he was unified I had Fury the Lineal champ and Wilder the WBC champ both over AJ..Uysk just needs some more fights under his belt but he is right there no doubt about that.
     
  14. mark ant

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    Oleksandr Usyk has a better legacy than Inoue, probably the greatest cruiser of all-time and would have been a legend if he stayed at that weight, has looked more human at heavy though.
    Terence Crawford legacy ruined because even if he beats Spence fans will blame it on the crash.
    Errol Spence Just a weight bully who would be torn apart at 154.
    Canelo Alvarez Bivol exposed him, good but not a skilled boxer, just a great striker.
    Dmitry Bivol Hasn`t beaten anyone that great.
    Vasily Lomachenko Needs to get revenge on Lopez or whoever has beaten Lopez to be considered one of the all-time greats.
    Josh Taylor No power, looked awful v Catteral.
    Jermell Charlo Hasn`t beaten anyone special.
    Juan Francisco Estrada Not that good.
    Kazuto Ioka Not that good.
    Kenshiro Teraji Not that good.
    Roman Gonzalez No great opposition, looked poor in his last loss.
    Shakur Stevenson Weight bully who hasn`t beaten anyone special.
    Artur Beterbiev Gets hit too much and hasn`t beaten anyone special.
    Tyson Fury Hit and held v Wilder, gassed Deontay by head-locking him and putting all his weight on him, showed good defense while making it nearly impossible for Wlad to hit his head, but lame offence, not a great legacy at all.
     
  15. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    He was an ATG before he went to HW.