Record of fighters against Top10 opposition....

I wonder, what is Tyson's?

 

Thx for the records! By the way: where do you get The Ring rankings archives?

Also, what is the top10 record for:
Evander Holyfield
Kostya Tszyu
Dariusz Michalczewski
and Ricardo Lopez, if I may ask?

 

What do you mean already, Cotto is 28 sounds like par for the course if you ask me

 

How many top 10 has Calzaghe taken?

 

Interesting side-note about MAB, I believe his resume is sprinkled with the most # of fighters who were at one time or another on the Ring's PFP list (at least 8 of them)!

 

Lacy, Veit x2, Kessler, Manfredo (10th at the time), Bika (10th at the time) Mkertchian (9th at the time), Reid, Woodhall, Sheika, Eubank, Mitchell, Hopkins.

Pretty sure each of these guys were Ring Top 10 at the time they fought Calzaghe, only ones I'm not 100% on are Woodhall and Sheika but I know both were highly rated at the time they got beaten.

13-0

 

Goes to show you...

A: Pernell Whittaker didn't fight as many great names as people seem to think he did

B: Oscar De La Hoya has won a shitload against top ranked fighters considering the amount of fights he had vs the amount of fights Chavez had. Oscar has also only ever lost to great great fighters

C: Floyd Mayweather Jr ain't doing too badly for himself, another win against De La Hoya gets him another Top 10er and puts him close to the 20 which seems to be "elite"

D: The respect we show to universally rated top 10 fighters has absolutely decreased as we constantly state "Who has Floyd ever beat" without realising, he's actually beat a shitload of top ranked fighters.

 

Very cool stats, makes me re-evaluate many people from a different perspective. :good

 

I might add that The Ring has to rank guys in weak divisions as well, so defeating top10 fighters (especially at the lower end) in a weak division and a strong division is not the same.

 

Things I never noticed

RJJ and DLH have similar win/loss ratio to top opposition.

Mayweather has a better record than Leonard.

Of course, its not as black and white as this but still interesting to think about.

 

Was Tommy hearns not a top 10 fighter when he an Leonard fought their second fight? Is so, a draw should be on Ray's record.

 

Leonard's losses came to ATG Duran and the other two when he was wasy past his prime. Cant compare Leonard to Mayweather. And when you think about it, Leonard's best was from 77-81, only 5 years. Had he not retired in 82, he would have a much more impressive record.

 

I love Floyd for what hes done in his career over all, but I hate him for what hes done in his career the last 2 years. :smoke I want to see Floyd clean out 147lbs. He is still young and still has time. I won't be rooting for him against Cotto but I'd respect him if he took the fight and even more if he clearly wins.

 

These are my EXACT sentiments. Nicely put.