Top 5 Cruiserweights ever?

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  1. George Crowcroft

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    I don't know loads about this division so mine aren't in order but the contenders to me are

    Oleksander Usyk
    Evander Holyfield
    Jean Marc Mormeck
    David Haye
    Steve Cunningham
    Tony Bellew
    Marco Huck

    Any others? And what are your top 5 for the division? HWs of before the 80s need not apply
     
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  2. Chuck Norris

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    Oleksandr Usyk, Evander Holyfield, Carlos De Leon, David Haye and James Toney.
     
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  3. It's Ovah

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    Where are Lebedev and Adamek?

    Drodz, JC Gomez, and YP Hernandez deserve a mention too.
     
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  4. George Crowcroft

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    I read through Adameks résumé, I saw more stuff at HW and LHW so I left him off. I just straight forgot about Lebedev Tho
     
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  5. It's Ovah

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    I know he's considered almost a staple in discussion like these, but what exactly did David Haye actually achieve at CW that puts him so high in everyone's estimations?
     
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  6. George Crowcroft

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    Didn't he stop Mormeck
     
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  7. Chuck Norris

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    Went to France and stopped Mormeck to become the Cruiserweight champion and afterwards went to unify with Maccarinelli.
     
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  8. It's Ovah

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    Yes, and so did O'Neil Bell.
     
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  9. It's Ovah

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    How does that make him an ATG cruiserweight?
     
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  10. Massa

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    1 Usyk
    2 Holyfield
    3 Haye

    Adamek, Huck, Jirov, Cunningham
     
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  11. Chuck Norris

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    Because Haye was damn good at Cruiserweight that's why. But I don't believe he would have beaten the likes of Usyk and Holyfield.
     
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  12. Flea Man

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    It doesn’t, he’s massively overrated

    There are legitimately only 2 ATG cruiserweights: Usyk and Holyfield.
     
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  13. emallini

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    Lol
     
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  14. It's Ovah

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    He went life and death with an old Mormeck (who Bell KOed the year before) and beat up the chinny Enzo. That's an extremely shallow body of evidence to base such a claim on.
     
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  15. DJN16

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    Please can you remove Tony Bellew from that list.
     
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