Sanders resume vs Ken Norton resume

Thanks, Hans, for your brilliant argument on why that is the case. You're excellent use of a smilie really proved your point. As I've shown above, though, it is very close when looking rationally at their records in comparison and their primary mutual achievements.

 

As far as the Ali fights, yeah some people think he won all 3, but some thought he lost all three. Fact is, he never won decisively while Sanders did over WK. KN's next best accomplishment was his close fight with LH, which I noted in my initial post is comparable with (and imo less impressive than) CS fight with VK.

You're right about the top 10 fighter hurting CS, but considering how poor KN's record was against them, its not exactly a big distinguishing feature. There's little doubt that Sanders would have done as good or better against other top 20's as KN. He didn't, so his resume is lesser, but not by much. And it's not as if Sanders fought no one besides the K's, he had an excellent record and beat a host of top 25-50 guys. Norton doesn't rely on his (mediocre at best) record against other top 10 guys for his resume, its his performance against Ali and Holmes. Sanders's resume on that most important feature is as good or better.