Ring Magazine Top 20 fighters since WWII

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  1. detamour

    detamour Guest

    boxing, is a subjective sport right? Even some of his haters except, that dougie fisher who hates his guts have given floyd credit!!
     
  2. Leonit

    Leonit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I was thinking the same. He is criminally underrated by those experts.
     
  3. Leonit

    Leonit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I have no ill feelings for Floyd so I feel that I'm relatively objective. He is way to high in that list. His resume and Pacs are pretty close IMAO and he has 4 times the votes Pac has.
     
  4. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    At HW, I agree.

    On both counts.


    But Evander had cruiserwt credentials as well and the list reflects that, I think.

    I have a hard time with Lewis so low, though.
     
  5. Stallion

    Stallion Son of Rome Full Member

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    No wonder the Ring magazine holds little to no credibility when it comes to the things like this. It's best for them to just stay out of it.
     
  6. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    Spinks and Hearns standout as very underrated on this list. Apparently it's not only the newbies and casual fans who underrated Spinks.

    Mayweather too high. Nice to see Jofre get his props.
     
  7. Dos Huevos

    Dos Huevos Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Next to impossibe tackling a list such as this. Pretty good job if you ask me.
     
  8. Vanboxingfan

    Vanboxingfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Lewis got totally robbed on this list. I think he should be somewhere near Holmes IMO.
     
  9. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Dates are not subjective. The guy at number 2 hit his prime before the beginning of WWII and many years before its end.

    Anyone who takes this list seriously is guilty of equal idiocy.
     
  10. detamour

    detamour Guest

    some off these guys hate floyd right? note dougies list!!
     
  11. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Some people are mad because their one favorite guy didn't make it or that their one least favorite guy did make it.

    Everyone has different criteria. Interesting to see how the opinions come together and where the total "points" fall.

    It is not a science, just 20 industry men and their opinions. Don't get so offended if you don't agree with them.
     
  12. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Definitely not Ray.
     
  13. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    I will say, I've never seen Charley Burley get rated above Emile Griffith before. That is a pretty **** opinion.

    Larry Holmes and George Foreman ahead of Pacquiao? I think NOT!

    Mike Tyson should not have made a single persons' top 20... let alone total ahead of several guys who are clearly superior in every semi-measurable or debatable way.

    Ricardo Lopez, Carlos Ortiz, and Tommy Hearns all deserve to be ahead of several of the guys they received less "points" than.

    Obviously, all just my humble opinion.
     
  14. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Armstrong and inclusion of guys who fought the vast majority of their career before the war in Louis and Conn immediately struck me as highly awkward.
     
  15. markq

    markq Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    ur butt hurt