Top Ten at 168?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Rumsfeld, Nov 15, 2008.


  1. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Excluding Calzaghe, what do you have?
     
  2. USboxer1981

    USboxer1981 The Real Def. MVP Full Member

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    Kessler
    Jermaine Taylor
    Carl Froch
    Lucian Bute
    Librado Andrade
    Sakio Bika
    Anthony Mundine


    The rest, whatever..
     
  3. LiamE

    LiamE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Kessler
    Froch
    Bute
    Taylor
    Andrade
    Inkin
    Bika
    Mundine
    Pascal
    Zuniga
     
  4. heidegger

    heidegger Guest

    Mundine has left SMW.
     
  5. RightCross

    RightCross Grandmaster of Boxing Full Member

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    Kessler
    Taylor
    Bika
    Mundine
    Dirrell
    Green
    Ward
    Froch
    Bute
    Inkin
     
  6. LiamE

    LiamE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Pop Direll in at 10 then I guess.
     
  7. olyalex

    olyalex Manos de piedra Full Member

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    1.Kessler
    2.Bute
    3.Taylor
    4.Forch
    5.Bika
    6.Inkin
    7.Mundine
    8.Andrade
    9.Lacy
    10.Dirrel
     
  8. bzolor

    bzolor Member Full Member

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    Lol Bute on second and andrade on 8th. Bute lost renember. I recon ur from Canada or Romania or just simple not a boxing fan
     
  9. kel

    kel Boxing Addict banned

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    Mundine is middleweight, please leave him out of future lists.
     
  10. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    I haven't seen the Taylor v. Lacy fight, unfortunately, so I cannot comment on Taylor's performance...but beating Lacy in itself is no feat.

    Anyway, Taylor has the skills to be in the Top 3 at SMW, so, leaving him out, I have:

    Kessler
    Bute
    Andrade*
    Inkin
    Bika

    ...the rest...I'm not sure what order they'd follow in: Froch, Tsypko, Berrio, Larsen, Dirrell, Pascal, Sartison, Green etc. or even if all of them are indeed Top 10...some might slot somewhere in between the 5 above, some might not...most are unproven or not obviously Top 10 (e.g. Berrio), so there's no much point in ranking them.

    *Andrade slots in just after Bute, in any case, because he was just a couple of short of stopping him...a rematch is needed to clarify who is indeed the superior fighter.
     
  11. itrymariti

    itrymariti CaƱas! Full Member

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    Agree
     
  12. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Oh, dear...that is one bad list...thunder and Armele Romane won't be pleased!:verysad
     
  13. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    :lol:

    Mundine is a MW...Pascal...is he in the Top 10 because he faces Froch next?:hey Zuniga is NOT a Top 10 fighter, by any means...:verysad; Froch at 2? Why not at 1? :huh

    Come on, Liam, you're much better than that!
     
  14. LiamE

    LiamE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Well I agreed above to drop Mundine... Frankly after Inkin and Bika there is a big drop off. You really think Tsypko, Berrio, and Sartison are certainly better than Pascal and Zuniga? I cant see it, maybe Sartison. Basically there is a top 7 or 8 and also rans/prospects. Pascal looks quite skilled if untested and Zuniga has beaten (an old) Echols and taken Inkin the distance. I wouldnt argue with him being swapped for say Berio or Sartison say but I dont see any great difference in them.

    Obviously I am ranking Froch on my estimation of his H2H ability not achievment.
     
  15. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    For sure, mate! For sure! Berrio and Tsypko are definitely better than Zuniga. Pascal is just unproven, but with his chin, you'd have to fancy Berrio's chances. Tsypko could outbox him too, probably. Pascal could be Top 10, but he could be as modest as Top 25 too...there's no way of knowing, and ranking him in the Top 10 is wishful thinking at this stage, unfortunately.

    Inkin just did enough to win. I'm not saying Inkin's a wordbeater either, but he is a Top 10 fighter, at least until proven otherwise.

    But why do you rank him at 2? If he is the indestructible monster that you make him out to be by ranking him over some very good proven fighters, when he's not even proven to be a world class fighter, why not rank him straight at No 1? And why not rank someone like Dirrell high up too...he looks unbeatable against mediocre opposition too...for different reasons...