Top 5 AJ wins

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  1. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    How would your list of Top 5 AJ wins look like? For me it would be:

    1. Wladimir Klitschko - duh!
    2. Joseph Parker - aged very, very well
    3. Alexander Povetkin - probably the best heavyweight of the generation that never held a major world title
    4. Dillian Whyte - Top 5 contender for 6 years after AJ beat him
    5. Andy Ruiz Jr. - besides schooling a guy who just beat you up, Ruiz is a pretty good fighter, rated in a Top 10 before and after he beat AJ
     
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  2. GGGfans

    GGGfans Active Member Full Member

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    Klitschko
    Povetkin
    Wallin
    Parker
    Ruiz
     
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  3. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I thought about incudling Wallin as the 5tht spot.
     
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  4. ipitythefool

    ipitythefool Prediction ? Pain Full Member

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    Klitschko
    Povetkin
    Parker
    Raphael Zumbano Love
    Gary Cornish
     
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  5. Kiwi Casual

    Kiwi Casual Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Klitschko
    Parker
    Ruiz
    Povetkin
    Whyte
     
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  6. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    How could I forget?!
     
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  7. UmarIFLUmar

    UmarIFLUmar Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Pov
    Parker
    Whyte
    Pulev


    On paper Ruiz should be on there but my god he was so fat I reckon anyone listed above would have beat him that night.
     
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  8. AdamT

    AdamT Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    I'd personally switch ruiz and povetkin but agree with that list

    The Parker win has aged well, but I'd love to see him try it now with Parker, neutral ref etc
     
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  9. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think if AJ won't get the Usyk/Fury fight next he should go for Parker, 100%. Either that or Kabayel.
     
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  10. AdamT

    AdamT Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    I'm pretty certain he will get the winner, but either of those guys would great too
     
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  11. Kiwi Casual

    Kiwi Casual Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I only have Ruiz up there because he was technically a world champion, sadly povetkin never quite got there.
     
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  12. kirk

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    This would be spot on for me as well.

    I dont see the sense in ranking Wallin above Ruiz tbh. Wallin has done nothing near what Ruiz has. I suppose people are considering the ease in which AJ beat him, but still.
     
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  13. CroBox29

    CroBox29 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Wladimir
    Povetkin
    Parker
    Ruiz Jr.
    Whyte
     
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  14. Wladimir

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    Klitschko
    Povetkin
    Ruiz jr
    Parker
    Whyte
     
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  15. Philosopher

    Philosopher Active Member Full Member

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    I'd agree with that list but with the caveat a fighter can only fight the opposition available and that there will always be an overlap of 'eras', Wlad was well past it, Povetkin was well past it, Ruiz Jr had recently lost on points to every fast food outlet in America and for me, Whyte has never been a world class boxer, hugely entertaining as he always is. Parker is AJ best win for me. He was genuinely dangerous, AJ boxed to a (boring) plan and did what he had too to win, safety first.

    Wlad had him hurt, Povetkin gave him fits, Whyte had him hurt. If we are saying these are his best because he came back from adversity, fair enough...but for me, the best we have ever seen AJ was not in a winning fight, it was the second Usyk fight. That night he was a problem for any of his contemporaries
     
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