Which Boxers Have a Weakish Resume but are an all-time H2H Powerhouse?

Bob Foster for sure.

 

Can you go deeper Pat? Don't forget Bob wasn't beaten at 175 until his over the hill comeback, before that he was unbeaten there. His losses were all at heavyweight which i don't think impacts his 175 resume but i might be misunderstanding you.

 

I think he means there are not many outstanding names on his win resume.
His opposition at light-heavy.

 

That's why i added the last bit of my post. I feel it is indeed possible.

 

On second look he is labelling it a crap era which has been said before.

 

Earnie Shavers?

 

Larry Holmes

 

Hearns and the overrated Jones, although his chin may let him down more often.

Now for Hearns, he fought the best but didn't always beat them and therefore doesn't have quite the resume that Leonard has but H2H hes a monster.

 

Aaron Pryor, Meldrick Taylor, Mike Tyson.

 

Sonny Liston. He only defended successfully once, then ran into Clay. But his entire record and the film bear out a great fighter.

In fact, outside of Ali -whose record does not escape nit-picking- you could look at most greats' records and say, "Who did he beat?"

That is why it is fascinating to stack up lists and try and distill who the greatest fighters really were and why.

Marciano's record looks pretty suspicious, just 6 defenses against mostly over-the-hill versions of excellent fighters. But the fact that he never lost as a pro, the way he won his key fights, the film and the way he excited his generation all confirm the Rock is nothing less than an all-time great.

Dempsey apparently never defended successfully against a great challenger. But he was clearly head-and-shoulders above his peers in destroying Willard, Miske, Brennan, Carpentier and Firpo as he did the part of the prototype celebrity champion at the same time. The crowds he attracted speak of a unique talent that put boxing squarely on the map and the film shows a ring beast well ahead of his time.

 

Did you even read the thread?

 

This is a lucid, well articulated post.

Checking the rankings for Dempsey's period as champion, Harry Wills is really the only glaring omission in his record.

Marciano really did top the best his day had to offer.

Aside from Ali's second reign in the mid 1970s, it could be argued that there has been a dearth of worthy contenders during most eras in heavyweight history.

Beyond the heavyweight division, the question becomes consideranly more challenging.

 

Gerald McClellan. He'd knock a lot of boxers out who aren't stick and movers.

 

Marcel Cerdan has a great win-loss record, but few well-known names on it, a lot of unknown French and European fighters.

However, I believe he's a serious threat to any middleweight in history.