Very Good but not great

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  1. Toney F*** U

    Toney F*** U Boxing junkie Full Member

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    Name some fighters who were as good as you can get without being great. Some that come to my mind:
    Norton
    Norris
    Eubank sr
    Cotto
    McClellan
    Taylor
    Pintor
    Haye
    Mercer
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    Showstopper97 The Icon Full Member

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    Young
    Lyle
    Shavers
    McCall
    Rahman
    Tua
    Saunders
    Byrd
     
  5. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think Pintor is. And although Norton does not have a humungous list of ATGs he beat, his style has made him a great imo.
     
  6. George Crowcroft

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    I'm not doing heavyweights. I refuse. Actually, I'm just doing light-heavyweights. Why? Coz I said so.

    Eddie Gregory
    James Scott
    Yaqui Lopez
    Marvin Johnson
    John Conteh
    Mike Rossman
    Jesse Burnett
    Virgil Hill
    Charles Williams
    Henry Maske
    Dariusz Michalczewski
    Antonio Tarver
    Chad Dawson
     
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  7. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nearly every 80s heavy:
    Weaver
    Dokes
    Berbick
    Coetzee
    Tillis
    Thomas
    Page
    Snipes
    Tubbs
    Tucker
    Douglas
    Smith
    Bruno

    All good, some bordering on ATG-ness. Holmes, Tyson, and Spoon are the only real ATG 80s heavies.
     
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    BoxingDialogue Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Bujia Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Khaosai Galaxy
    Esteban De Jesus
    Shane Mosley
    Ike Quartey
    Terry Norris

    Hell, there’s quite a lot of them.
     
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  11. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I always feel a bit dirty when I suggest DeJesus gets entirely too much historical mileage out of that one win.

    Good win though.
     
  12. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Well, you have a good point throwing Young into the mix, but I think that all of the fighters on any list of the greatest of all time, pound-for-pound, flyweight, welterweight, heavyweight, or whatever-that a fighter's greatness is not based soley on his resume, unless the list is specified to that subject.
     
  13. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I would also like to ask your opinion of this list, by boxrec:
    https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Division-By-Division_-_The_Greatest_Fighters_of_All-Time
    Do you feel that it is wrong to rank Norton #22? Where do you draw the line in the list on which are ATGs and which are not. Of course, there might be guys below Norton you feel are ATGs, and guys above Norton you think are not, but I would like to know what you think.
     
  14. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  15. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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