Rank These Fighters By Their Accomplishments

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  1. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    ..........Please rank the following fighters in order of their career accomplishments. Not skill, remember. Let's leave that out of the equation. Just what they were able to accomplish, regardless of the tools they had or didn't have...........

    Eder Jofre
    Marvin Hagler
    Thomas Hearns
    Ezzard Charles
    Michael Spinks
    Carlos Monzon
    Carlos Ortiz
     
  2. Sweet Pea

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    Ezzard Charles
    Carlos Ortiz
    Carlos Monzon
    Marvin Hagler
    Tommy Hearns
    Michael Spinks
    Eder Jofre

    Likely, based purely on resume/accomplishments. Spinks is a tough one to rank.
     
  3. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    ...........Hmmmmm. Okay, cool thanks. It'll be interesting to see some others. I have an inkling as to how it will go, but I wanted to see for sure.
     
  4. teeto

    teeto Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Mine - this is tight in some areas of the list though -
    Charles
    Monzon
    Ortiz
    Spinks
    Hagler
    Hearns
    Jofre

    I know i'll get detractors for the Spinks- Hagler situation, but i accept that could possibly wrong or right.

    This is quite funny though, because Jofre may be top (Charles?) if it were strictly a p4p list
     
  5. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    ...........Anyone else? I'd like to get a concensus. :D
     
  6. brooklyn1550

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    1. Ezzard Charles
    2. Carlos Monzon
    3. Carlos Ortiz
    4. Marvin Hagler
    5. Thomas Hearns
    6. Michael Spinks
    7. Eder Jofre
     
  7. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    ...........Many thanks.

    Keep 'em coming folks!
     
  8. teeto

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    Charles seems to be undisputed king of this thread!!!
     
  9. Ted Spoon

    Ted Spoon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1) Ezzard Charles
    2) Carlos Monzon
    3) Carlos Ortiz

    The top three are quite solid, then it becomes a more level playing field:

    4) Michael Spinks
    5) Marvin Hagler
    6) Thomas Hearn's
    7) Eder Jofre
     
  10. brooklyn1550

    brooklyn1550 Roberto Duran Full Member

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    As he should be:good

    Nobody else on that list comes close to matching his resume, despite the fact that all of them are legendary fighters.
     
  11. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ezzard Charles
    Marvin Hagler (I had him edging Ray and beating Vito twice)
    Carlos Ortiz
    Tommy Hearns
    Carlos Monzon
    Michael Spinks
    Eder Jofre

    Hagler, Ortiz, Hearns, Monzon and Spinks are very hard to distinguish accomplishment-wise.
     
  12. teeto

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    You're right , he is a lock for number 1 imo (as in everyone else's!) , and Jofre is the undisputed bottom place here it seems , that is right though. However , he was a great fighter , one of the best ever imo, the fact that he's bottom of this list is the main reason why many dont rate him as high as i do as a ATG - achievement. But he was said to be absolutely amazing in his prime, got beat twice by a very good fighter who seemed to be his bogeyman, and then comes back past his prime and at a higher weight and wins all his remaining fights at the top level - greta fighter imo
     
  13. salsanchezfan

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    I figured Charles would rank #1, but some of the answers down the list are a bit surprising. To be honest, I could see many names here flip-flopped and completely understand the reasoning behind them.
     
  14. Pat_Lowe

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    Hearns above Monzon? Interesting, he would be one of the fighters I'd rank highly based largely on head to head ability.
     
  15. salsanchezfan

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    ............Nice to see ya Pat, you still fighting?