So who do we think met the toughest opposition overall?

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  1. Manassa

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    I'm talking about, win or lose, the fighter who met the toughest bunch.

    I always said it was between Moore, Langford, Greb and Rosenbloom or, fight-for-fight, Jimmy McLarnin.

    Another good contender is Sammy Angott. Look at it!:

    Ike Williams x4
    Ray Robinson x3
    Bob Montgomery x3
    Beau Jack x2
    Baby Arizmendi x2
    Lew Jenkins
    Freddie Miller
    Willie Pep
    Fritzie Zivic

    Those are just the Hall of Famers. It's Angott's constant goings-on with top ten challengers that solidifies his claim. But he's still not number one for me.

    Any definitive choices? I think I like Moore:

    Harold Johnson x5
    Jimmy Bivins x5
    Ezzard Charles x3
    Joey Maxim x3
    Lloyd Marshall x2
    Holman Williams x2
    Cocoa Kid
    Teddy Yarosz
    Charley Burley
    Willie Pastrano
    Bobo Olson
    Floyd Patterson
    Muhammad Ali
    Rocky Marciano

    Again, all Hall of Famers (crazy). It really becomes the ultimate record for me when you add about another fifteen fights against Eddie Booker, Jack Chase, Bert Lytell, Tiger Wade, Alabama Kid and The Hogues. Astonishing depth and top level pound-for-pound greats of every style and division.

    Anyone else?
     
  2. Manassa

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    ****, Moore had fifteen fights against top twenty five all-time light heavyweights. Proven.
     
  3. Manassa

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    Yep, up there, a bit below Angott for me though.
     
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  5. Manassa

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    Stop trawling Boxrec like me, it eats your life :lol:
     
  7. LittleRed

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    Flea would vote for Ricardo Lopez.
     
  8. PhillyPhan69

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    The obvious pick is Dempsey!
     
  9. Manassa

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    Of course not. But I have to say, I know the opponents of Moore, Armstrong and Williams very well. Too well :dead
     
  10. LittleRed

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    Alex Sanchez was like a miniature Ezzard Charles.
     
  11. Theron

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    :happy
     
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    Alvarez dropped Lewis in a sparring match. This alone its worth more than Terry Norris' entire career.
     
  14. Bill1234

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    For a journeyman, David Jaco took some really big wallops from some very good fighters. He doesn't come close to the toughest competition when compared to guys like Moore, Charles, Zivic, Armstrong, Williams, etc, but for someone of his calibre (or lack of), he had it pretty rough fighting the following guys for probably little pay:

    Carl Williams
    Razor Ruddock
    Pierre Coetzer
    Tony Tucker
    Mike Tyson
    Buster Douglas
    Jose Ribalta
    Mike Weaver
    Oliver McCall
    Gary Mason
    George Foreman
    Tommy Morrison
    David Bey
    Mike Hunter
    Adilson Rodrigues
    Bert Cooper
    Alex Stewart
     
  15. Unforgiven

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    Joe Grim fought :

    Bob Fitzsimmons
    Joe Gans
    Joe Walcott
    Jack Johnson
    Jack Blackburn
    Philadelphia Jack O'Brien
    Battling Levinsky
    Sam McVey
    Dave Holly
    Luther McCarty
    Peter Maher
    Hugo Kelley

    I've often seen the top three names there cited as among the all-time top 20 of pound-for-pound greats.