Top Ten Super-Middles!

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  1. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    A pretty loaded division for its relatively short existence. Give me your Top Ten! A lot of entertaining and very skilled fighters to discuss.
     
  2. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Chong-Pal Park is the Korean body snatcher, have to always give a shout out to probably my favorite 168 pounder of all time and one of the divisions original champions. Terrible, devastating body puncher who was built like a friggin' tank.
     
  3. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Not sure I'd have Collins above Eubank or Benn .I know he beat both but that s a few years after their prime. And I also see Calzaghe besting Steve on points.
     
  4. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Roy Jones
    Toney
    Ottke
    Calzaghe
    Eubank
    Benn
    Pal park
    Froch
    Rocchigiani
    Kessler
     
  5. Gudetama

    Gudetama Active Member Full Member

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    1. Harry Greb
    2. Bob Fitzsimmons
    3. Joe Choynski
    4. Ray Robinson
    5. Sam Langford
    6. Stanley Ketchel
    7. Roy Jones Jr
    8. Mickey Walker
    9. Ezzard Charles
    10. Billy Conn
     
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  6. Webbiano

    Webbiano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    1. Calzaghe
    2. Ward

    3. Eubank
    4. Benn
    5. Jones Jr

    6. Collins

    7. Park

    8. Froch
    9. Kessler

    10. Toney

    11. Otke

    Very subjective here as you have a few fighters that have better body's of work at other weights. I tried to base this just on what they've done at super middleweight. I would have to go back and refresh my memory with a few of these fighters records to be fully satisfied
     
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  7. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Ward and Toney would have boxed Eubank`s ears off, they would have countered him everytime he missed with that wild right hand he used to throw!
     
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  8. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Name me one skill Eubank had that Jones didn`t?! Reggie Johnson was better than Eubank.
     
  9. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Name me one thing these guys could do that Ward coudn`t! Say what would have done against Kessler that Ward didn`t, the skills Ward used in schooling an ageing Kessler was stuff none of these guys displayed though Toney was better than the rest of year list defensively and Jones is the fastest fighter of all time.
     
  10. Webbiano

    Webbiano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Defending the title twice as many times
     
  11. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Froch >> Kessler

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    They both have wins over each other. The first fight was very close but the superior fighter usually wins more clearly in the rematch and that was Froch.

    You can clearly see Froch has a much deeper resume than Kessler so Ward has the better single win than Calzaghe in Froch imo..

    Calzaghe's best win at 168 is Wards second best win and Ward beat Kessler in far more lop sided fashion than Calzaghe did.

    The question is do you rate Joe higher than Ward because he has more defenses of a belt even if a lot of those defenses were against taxi drivers.
     
  12. Gudetama

    Gudetama Active Member Full Member

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    I really like this list in general, but don't you think a prime SMW Jones could do the guys above him?
     
  13. Webbiano

    Webbiano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    For sure, that's why I rated him so highly.
     
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  14. Fashionista

    Fashionista Style over Sport banned Full Member

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    1 Calzaghe
    2 Ward
    3 Froch
    4 Collins
    5 Jones Jr
    6 Kessler
    7 Eubank
    8 Ottke
    9 Rocchigiani
    10 Benn
     
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  15. Bummy Davis

    Bummy Davis Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Calzaghe
    Ward

    Collins
    Kessler
    Froch