Top in these weights v current top ring mag lists at these weights comparison

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Match the top 10 in 1988 at these three weights v current top 10`s at same weight, i.e. Champ v champ, No.1 v No.1 etc. Also was Ray rated too high at light heavy and middleweight in 1988?

    Heavyweights Light Heavyweights Middleweights
    champ TYSON FURY
    1 OLEKSANDR USYK
    2 ANTHONY JOSHUA
    3 DEONTAY WILDER
    4 DILLIAN WHYTE
    5 Joe Parker
    6 ANDY RUIZ JR.
    7 LUIS ORTIZ
    8 JOE JOYCE
    9 FILIP HRGOVIC
    10 FRANK SANCHEZ


    Mike Tyson, Champion
    1. Evander Holyfield
    2. Carl Williams
    3. Adilson Rodrigues
    4. Tim Witherspoon
    5. Michael Dokes
    6. Razor Ruddock
    7. Tony Tucker
    8. Orlin Norris
    9. James (Buster) Douglas
    10. Francesco Damiani

    11. 1. ARTUR BETERBIEV
      2 DMITRY BIVOL
      3 JOE SMITH JR.
      4 MAXIM VLASOV
      5 GILBERTO RAMIREZ
      6 CALLUM SMITH
      7 MARCUS BROWNE
      8 ANTHONY YARDE
      9 JOSHUA BUATSI
      10 MATHIEU BAUDERLIQUE

      light heavy titlevacant
    1. Charles Williams
    2. Virgil Hill
    3. Sugar Ray Leonard
    4. Dennis Andries
    5. Donny Lalonde
    6. Tony Willis
    7. Bobby Czyz
    8. Lindell Holmes
    9. Graciano Rocchigiani
    10. Joe Lasisi
    11. VACANT
    12. 1 GENNADIY GOLOVKIN
      2 JERMALL CHARLO
      3 DEMETRIUS ANDRADE
      4 JAIME MUNGUIA
      5 RYOTA MURATA
      6 ZHANIBEK ALIMKHANULY
      7 CHRIS EUBANK JR.
      8 CARLOS ADAMES
      9 SERGIY DEREVYANCHENKO
      10 LIAM WILLIAMS
      Middleweight Sumbu Kalambay, Champion
    13. 1.Michael Nunn
    14. 2.Sugar Ray Leonard
    15. 3.Roberto Duran
    16. 4.Iran Barkley
    17. 5.Thomas Hearns
    18. 6.Herol Graham
    19. 7.Mike McCallum
    20. 8.Darrin Van Horn
    21. 9.Julian Jackson
    22. 10.Rene Jacquot
     
  2. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Heavyweight matchups are fairly competitive. The light heavy's of today look much better than 1988. But the middleweights of 88' are far superior to todays.